The “damp” blog by Lucas Lindholm offers some interesting insight to the preparation of Roxette’s new stage equipment for the upcoming European leg of the Charm School World Tour. The more-or-less locally rented stages of the previous tour legs seem to get replaced by more dedicated touring equipment. Per hinted at stage upgrades in an […]

Belgian newspaper “Het Nieuwsblad” reports about a striking similarity between the backing tracks (not the vocal melody) of Coldplay’s new single “Paradise” and Roxette’s hit “Wish I Could Fly” from 1999. Coldplay have been in the focus of plagiarism claims before with previous singles, so the author asks if Chris Martin & Co. have asked […]

Caroline Roosmark has done a photo session for Roxette back in January. Up till now 4 promotional pictures were available. Lately EMI Music Sweden has prepared Roxette “Charm school” postarcds with another, unknown shoot of the duo on the front and with Roxette and Charm school names in the back written with the well-known font […]

On Friday, November 11 German TV channel RTL will broadcast “Die Ultimative Chart-show” with Roxette as the special guests. Roxette are said to perform “Speak to me” single. “25 Jahre Kuschelrock – Die große Jubiläumsshow” is a special episode of the programme that will celebrate 25 years of the well-known CD compilation series called “Kuschelrock”.

Pollstar.com reports that Live Nation Sweden chief Thomas Johansson confirms that the current Roxette World Tour sale will reach 1 million tickets. He comments: If I had said we would do a million tickets when we first started out, I’m not sure if people would have told me to go to the pub or to […]

MyTeatr.com reports on the very successful Roxette’s concert in front of 5,000 people that took place in Kiev in March this year. Even if there is no confirmed date, this article clearly states that Roxette will play in Ukraine for the second time this year. It is very likely that St. Petersburg won’t be the […]

As Aftonbladet reports, Per Gessle and his wife Åsa were invited to dinner organized by Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt at Red Rooser restaurant in New York. This dinner was a very special event to all Swedish celebrities living and being successful in the US. Per himself commented Had a great night at Red Rooster […]

Thanks to Ted Holgersson for sending this through.

In the latest Swedish Radio interview for Svensktoppen chart show, Per Gessle informed that Roxette would perfom in Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia next year – no specific places were given. Per talked about the current world tour, new album Tourism 2 and projects he is involved in.

If there is something you did not know about Per Gessle, so now you have a chance to get to know him a little better. Manuela Gretener, Manager Inflight Entertainment at SWISS International Airlines, had a chance to talk with the Man. Here are the most interesting answers. Have you got any favourite locations where […]

Thanks to Daniel Kühn for sending this through.

Ivan Kelava let us know, that you can vote for “Speak to me” single in one of the biggest German radio stations called SWR3. If you have a moment, just fill in your NAME, your CITY and that CODE down there. STM is on position 3 at the moment. VOTE

Live Nation Australia & New Zealand has added two more shows in Australia on its website. In addition, the two shows in Perth have been rescheduled and are now end of February. Per Gessle was interviewed by Cameron Adams for Herald Sun Nobody really wanted to tour us in Australia, eventually we found someone who […]

As we informed yesterday, Roxette is the biggest selling artist in Israel at the moment. As one of promotional activities for the coming Tel Aviv concert, Per Gessle was interviewed by Israeli TV2 – you don’t have to practice your Hebrew this time as the interview is in English, only subtitled Thanks to Shelly Frida […]

Thanks to Lionel Zaragocin for finding this one.

Original version of Prague’s interview in English without Czech dabbing can be seen and heard on Czech TV website. Just follow the link and enjoy… http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1093836883-na-plovarne/bonus/4022-per-gessle/

Hotel Tylösand, owned by Per Gessle and Björn Nordstrand, was going through major renovation and reconstruction in the previous months. On the Hotel’s Facebook page several photos from the newly opened “The Look” suite were posted. Yep, this room has definitely got the look! Thanks to Monika Nowak for this information.

Marek Eben, host of “Na plovárne” (Swimming with…) programme on the Czech TV2, had a chance to talk with Per Gessle just before the Roxette’s Prague concert on June 5th. Practice your Czech!

Just before Sukierrock Festival concert in Tienen, Belgium on July 31st, Roxette recorded very short ID with greeting to all Israeli fans. Have a look here. Currently Roxette’s gig is the most popular concert on Eventim.co.il website. The very first Israeli concert will take place in Tel Aviv on October 22nd. Thanks to Evgeny Perekopskiy […]