“Finn 5 Fel!” drops a notch, but achieves 3x platinum

STOCKHOLM - In "Finn 5 Fel!"'s seventh week on the album charts, it falls to the second postion, having premiered on the chart at #1. Read the full story...

60s nostalgia on Per’s pause music CDs

STOCKHOLM - Expressen has gotten hold of the three CDs that are played before and after each Gyllene Tider concert. Read the full story...

Per keeps his voice in shape with ginger tea

FALUN - Per Gessle must keep his voice in shape this summer because tens of thousands of people are waiting him to sing almost every night. Read the full story...

Finnish band to play Roxette live

HELSINKI (UPDATED) - Finnish pop group Nerdee is going to present a Roxette cover song concert this Thursday evening. Read the full story...

TDR’s Evensson guests on Stockholm radio program

STOCKHOLM - Being recognized as somewhat of a Gyllene Tider "expert," The Daily Roxette's Thomas Evensson (tevensso) appeared on a Radio Stockholm show yesterday. Read the full story...

Sing-along with Gyllene Tider

STOCKHOLM - Delayed a couple of weeks in production, the new karaoke DVD containing Gyllene Tider hit songs has finally been released. Read the full story...

This summer… Sweden belongs to Gyllene Tider

STOCKHOLM - Under clear skies, a capacity crowd of some 32,000 people have gathered in Stockholm’s Stadium to see Gyllene Tider’s triumphant return to the venue that was the highlight of the Återtåget tour in 1996. Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider rocks the pants off of Norrköping

NORRKÖPING - When The Daily Roxette arrived at the Norrköping arena early Tuesday evening, we – along with the local newspaper – were invited to photograph the "meet and greet" with, among others, two girls who were fans of GT who had come all the way from Italy. Read the full story...

Tour diary by Micke “Syd” and chat with Gyllene Tider

STOCKHOLM - Micke "Syd" Andersson will record a tour diary exclusively for Swedish Radio (SR) Channel P4. Read the full story...

Singing in the rain

HALMSTAD (UPDATED) - The gates opened at 5 o'clock, Örjans vall was transformed into a huge carnival area, with GT-karaoke, food stands, beer stands and the merchandise stands, which featured loads of different things.   At 7 The Latin Kings came out, were truly unnoticed by the audience, so they left after 25 minutes. Read the full story...

The Gyllene summer is here!

HALMSTAD - As most of you might know, Gyllene Tider's tour premiere is Wednesday, July 14th, in Halmstad.   All the TDR team will be in place - Lars-Erik is on his way to Halmstad, Thomas and Visa are already there and this reporter leaves in a couple of hours - meaning we won't be able to cover the premiere "live." Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider special on Swedish Radio

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Swedish Radio (SR) P3 program "Musikjournalen" will feature a special about Gyllene Tider tomorrow night. Read the full story...

Återtåget DVD to be released July 28th

STOCKHOLM - While it will be some time before this summer's Gyllene Tider tour is available on DVD, July 28th has been announced as the scheduled release date for the DVD version of the edited films from Återtåget 1996. Read the full story...

Feature articles arrive!

As you can see in the tabbed menu above, The Daily Roxette now has an additonal section called "Features." Read the full story...

“Pop25” opens in Halmstad

HALMSTAD (UPDATED) - A second exhibition celebrating Gyllene Tider's 25th Anniversary has opened its doors to the public. Read the full story...

GT25 Special – 25 questions to Göran Fritzon

HALMSTAD - Göran Fritzon Age: 42. Family: Jenny; Emma, almost 14; Erik, 11; Victoria, 7; Oscar, three months. Read the full story...

GT25 Special – Now only Bio Reflex remains – again

HALMSTAD - It was the evening of March 19th. It was after four o’clock when the car rolled into a wet and black Halmstad. Read the full story...

GT25 Special – 25 questions to Micke “Syd” Andersson

HALMSTAD - Micke ”Syd” Andersson Age: 43. Family: Helena, Dennis 15, Eddie 11, Emil 14 and Louise 11. Read the full story...

GT25 Special – Reunion – or the art of finding the rights among five errors

HALMSTAD - Recording. From zero to fifteen songs in 29 recording days. From “Snickarglädje” (“Ornate Decorative Carving”) to “Finn 5 fel!” Read the full story...

GT25 Special – Timeline

HALMSTAD - January 1959 Per Håkan Gessle is born Jan 12. February 1959 Mats Arne Persson joins the world February 26. Read the full story...

GT25 Special – 25 questions to Anders Herrlin

HALMSTAD - Anders Herrlin Age: 43 Family: Jennie and Victor, 14. Lives: In an apartment in Stockholm. Read the full story...

GT25 Special – 25 questions to Mats MP Persson

HALMSTAD - Mats MP Persson Age: 45. Family: Live-in girlfriend Åsa-Caroline and bonus dad to Mikaela. Read the full story...

GT25 Special – 25 questions to Per Gessle

HALMSTAD - Per Gessle Age: 45. Family: Wife Åsa; Gabriel, 6. Lives: House in Sandhamn, apartment in Stockholm. Read the full story...

“Allsång på Skansen” aired tonight

STOCKHOLM, SKANSEN (UPDATED) - Gyllene Tider will perform in tonight's episode of "Allsång på Skansen," shown live on SVT 1 at 20:00 CET, as TDR reported earlier. Read the full story...

Estimated tour turnover €16.3 million!

STOCKHOLM - Swedish financial industry newspaper Dagens Industri (Today's Industry), writes this week that Gyllene Tider's summer tour will generate a turnover in excess of 150 million kronor (€16,339,000). Read the full story...

Dance remake of “Fading Like A Flower” climbs Euro dance charts

A remake of the Roxette-classic "Fading Like a Flower," performed by Mysterio, is currently at #7 on the Austrian DJ-playlist and appears to still be rising.   Mysterio is a dancebeat act formed by Austrian DJ and producer Steve Twain and singer Karin Janda.  Driving beats and a strong use of vocals mark the six remix versions on the Maxi-CD released May 10th in Germany on the Beatwerk Records label, and in Japan on Quake Records. Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider gives “surprise” concert tonight at Leif’s

HALMSTAD - Gyllene Tider have been rehearsing in Halmstad for a while now. Read the full story...

Per says he feels “quite tired right now”

STOCKHOLM - A sold out Ullevi; 120,000 copies sold of "Finn Fem Fel" in 23 days; 412,000 sold tickets to see Gyllene Tider this summer. Read the full story...

Marie’s home town discusses naming a street after her

ÖSTRA LJUNGBY - The social democratic party in Marie Fredriksson's home town Östra Ljungby proposes that a street should be named after their only world-famous celebrity so far. Read the full story...

“Poplife” is born

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - The Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet decides to start a new record store on the Internet. Read the full story...

“Finn 5 fel” goes platinum

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Gyllene Tider's new album, released yesterday, went double platinum - 123,000 copies - in 22 hours! Read the full story...

“Join the Flumeride” in the stores

HALMSTAD - As reported some weeks ago, the "Join the Flumeride" DVD is now out in the stores in Sweden. Read the full story...