GOTHENBURG - Per Gessle received the Lisbergsapplåd award yesterday in front of the first visitors to Gothenburg's amusement park, which had just opened its doors for this year's season.


  "It is a honor to receive this award. I actually didn't know it existed," Per said to Göteborgs Posten, "but when I saw the names of those who received the award previously, I felt very flattered." Per also explained that Gothenburg has played an important role in his career with Gyllene Tider, Roxette and as a solo artist.

  Per is busy these days with various projects but he hesitates when it comes to revealing more. "I have a frame, an external skin that I try to fill with content. The feeling is similar to the one I had when I worked with Mazarin, something I do for my own, without compromises and much involvement. A feeling of freedom. We will see what it will result with," he tells GP.


  Per had a bit more to say to the Official Roxette Fanclub. He explained that he's writing in both Swedish and English and working with Clarence Öfwermann, Christoffer Lundquist (both producers of Mazarin), Jens Jansson and Helena Josefsson (who played on the Mazarin album and tour) in Christoffer's studio, The Aerosol Grey Machine. What will this turn out to be? He doesn't know yet.


  Per also explained that there's nothing planned with Roxette right now and that Marie has recently bought a house in Spain, where she plans to spend a lot of her time.


  Last, but not least, there are plans to release the Gyllene Tider documentary on DVD this summer. The documentary was aired on TV4 in January and was supposed to have been released at the end of January. Per said that there will be additional material on the DVD – goodies for all Gyllene Tider fans: all the TV performances they have of GT in the '80s, a concert from the '80s, as well as the "Teaser Japanese" video.

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