The Daily Roxette

In cooperation with the official web store on Roxette.se The Daily Roxette has the distinct pleasure to present a contest where you may lay your hands on one out of five nice gift certificates of 10 euro each! How about that! And all you need to do is to answer these easy questions and give a statement on why you should win. Can it be any better or easier to get some new Rox swag?

You may only enter the contest once. The contest runs until September 5. TDR staff may not enter.

RoxetteFansUSA lets us know that there are four contests in the air to win exclusive meets and greets with Per and Marie. The contests are open to US citizens and residents only. Download the PDF to get the full rules. Seven lucky winners per concert will meet Per and Marie. Questions to be directed directly to RoxetteFansUSA: roxettefansusa@gmail.com

STOCKHOLM - Roxette is one of the acts to perform at the opening of the new Friends Arena in Stockholm. The grand opening is October 27. Other artists to perform include Loreen and First Aid Kit. The Swedish/British director Colin Nutley will be directing the show.

Get your tickets from Friends Arena or Ticnet.

Roxette's latest single, "The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye" [Bassflow Remake] has entered the Swedish Music Control (official airplay) chart as the #1 Highest Chart Climber this week and as #3 Highest Climber by Points. The song is at #32.

"The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye" 10" single in blue vinyl is released August 22.

GDANSK - It must be funny for the Poles to listen to Swedish people talking. The Swedish “Please” sounds like they praise Poland’s capital (“Warsaw good”) [varsågod] while the Swedish “Thank you” [tack] has the same sound as the Polish “yes”. And when you start about “The Night Of The Proms”, people stare at you and ask what kind of ships that were. Well, anyway...

So, where to start? First of all, the concert in Gdansk/Sopot was the first one since a long time that this reporter entered as part of the normal queue. No photo pass this time, no press entrance, no waiting backstage, no Meet & Greet, you almost feel like you go undercover. And yes, you see things you normally (well, what is normal in a TDR member’s life??) wouldn’t see. There’s the guard who instructs people not to take cameras into the venue. Later, we will find out that at least half of the audience has successfully ignored him. There is this group of 5-6 people sitting on the floor in pole position (you’re getting the joke, right?) directly at the entrance playing one Roxette song after another on the guitar. Shortly before the gates open, one of the guys suddenly jumps up, runs to his car in order to hide his instrument and is back in less than a minute. Then, there are all those fans with their self made fan shirts. Fun to see! What else? You see the usual faces at the very start of the early entrance queue. First the Germans (...how?), then the Polish fan club, not as many as in Warsaw the summer before, well, it's the middle of the week and having a job is still an excuse that counts. Some Polish girls pass around their mobile phones, they are proud to have met the band at the airport just a few moments ago. And they will go back there right after the concert, just to take the same photos, only with everyone involved being slightly more tired. Somewhen, the gates are opening.

CLUJ - For the second time, in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania 22,000 people gathered at the newly built Cluj Arena, the tickets to both the Golden Circle and the VIP Pit having been sold-out. This was the biggest concert so far this year and one of the big ones since the start of this Neverending Tour last year, after the Bospop Festival (Weert, NL) and the gigs held at Tivoli (Copenhagen, DK) and Slottsskogsvallen (Gothenburg, SE). Fantastic atmosphere? You betcha! Outstanding performance? Oh yeah! Like Mr. G himself said, you should have been there!

The magic started from the very moment the band entered the stage. Deafening cheers and screams could be heard, clapping hands all around, video cameras held high in the air with the Rec button on, photo camera flashes going one after another. It had been a bit over a year since the first ever concert in Bucharest, but the Rox hunger seemed to have only grown stronger in this corner of Europe. Every song, from the rocky up-tempos to the more laid-back ballads was met with joy and enthusiasm and sang along to, the crowd sometimes completely obliterating the singing on the stage.

MOSCOW - Today, July 23, 2012, the team of The Look for Roxette, has decided to open the Web-site for all the rox-collectors to upload important infomation regarding rox-related on the site. The team understands how it is important not to lose information related to Roxette and feel the full importance of searching, finding and uploading this information. Each and every registered member can now upload to the enormous base of Roxette-related releases, and each and every fan can now make his or her contribution in enrichment of the site.

To add the absent release at the site, after log in each member can use the "Add release" link that can be easily found at My Account or by using the direct link.  If you want to send any additional information about the release, which is already included in TheLookForRoxette.com, please send it from the page of that release through the link “Help Us”. For all other questions you may have, please use “Contact Us”.

Let's make and save the history of Roxette together!

Please note that Roxette's concert in Boston, USA, has been moved to a new venue and a new date:

Boston, US, House of Blues, September 4. Tickets.

House of Blues Boston consists of a 2425 person capacity - 3 story music venue, a dedicated restaurant, retail store and Foundation Room located next to Fenway Park.

BIRMINGHAM - After roaming around inside the LG Arena for a short while before the show, I sensed that there were a great deal of nostalgic 40-somethings attending tonight's concert. The last time Roxette played this city, they would have been in their early twenties. Now they're more likely here with their reluctant teenage children (I speak from experience - my induction to the music scene was to see '70s disco kings, the Bee Gees with my parents. Cool?! Absolutely!). Knowing how that experience opened my eyes to the world of live music, I could only hope that Roxette had the same effect on some of the younger members of the audience tonight.
But I digress...

First things first - the pictures. I must have been the only photographer in the press pit swaying my hips and singing along to "Dressed for Success", "Sleeping in My Car" and "The Big L.". Not the easiest songs to keep still, calm and composed during, that's for sure! Per and Marie look energized, vibrant even - ready to give it their all.

As I joined my friends up in the seated area to the left of the stage, Per joked about forgetting lyrics and singing along anyway. I'm not going to lie - they did forget a few, but the crowd didn't seem to flinch. Truth be told, only the stalwart fans really noticed. Marie's voice was purer than ever during "Perfect Day". The crowd looked on in awe as she delivered one of the vocal highlights of the evening.

In a newsletter from EMI Per writes:

There was a time when you recorded LP albums. Each side was about 20 minutes long to maximize the sound quality. Our Joyride album was so jam-packed with material that we just had to omit a few pearls that we really loved. One of them was “The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye”, which instead was used as a B-side on the “Spending My Time” single (yes, they had B-sides back then…). We’ve been regretting this for twenty years now, and when we did the Travelling album, which was recorded during our 19 month World Tour, the idea popped up to give “The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye” a new and well-deserved chance. Would there be a way to brush off the dust and rejuvenate this overlooked gem into the current world? There certainly would. We gave it to Peter “Bassflow” Boström, who was unable to make the tight Travelling deadline since he was busy writing and producing Loreen’s Eurovision Song Contest Winner “Euphoria”. But now, in time for the summer season, he’s done. And what a piece of work it is. Absolutely brilliant. We love it! Now more than ever...

Pre-listen the new remake at Roxette Official between 1-3 pm CET.

Or immediately here.