Fritzon’s company develops audiobook machine for libraries

HALMSTAD - SweMD, the Halmstad-based company owned by Gyllene Tider's Göran Fritzon and MP Persson among others, started their web-based audiobook store in October last year. Read the full story...

Minor record label in Halmstad revolts

HALMSTAD - The record label Westcoast Studios in Halmstad wants to show the politicians and record company moguls that you can get a big hit without marketing budgets in the million krona range. Read the full story...

New book about Halland out

There's a new Roxette track out there. This time it's not played by Roxette, but by Ginestrakvartetten (The Ginestra Quartet) and it's a beautiful seven and a half minute long medley of "Vulnerable", "It Must Have Been Love", "Dressed for Success" and "The Look". Read the full story...

iTunes enter Sweden finally

Today Apple's very successful legal downloading service iTunes opened its gates in Sweden. Read the full story...

Hotel Tylösand makes big profit

HALMSTAD - Hotel Tylösand (Tylöhus to the locals) made a nice profit of 20 million kronor (€2.2 million) last year. Read the full story...

“I’m gonna run to you…”

HELSINKI - Finally it has happened! Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Roxette, Visa Kopu, has finally gotten his Tia! Read the full story...

Ifpi Sweden fights online piracy with an open letter

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Ifpi (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) issued today an open letter that has been published in several Swedish newspapers. Read the full story...

Per releases remix album of “Mazarin” songs

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Per has said earlier that he's working on a new album and now he has revealed parts of the new material. Read the full story...

Det är över nu…

HALMSTAD - GylleneTider.se will be shut down April 1. There's really nothing more to say. Read the full story...

Gessle-penned song on Wadling’s new album

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Swedish musician Freddie Wadling (The Flesh Quartet, among others) will release a new album March 30. Read the full story...

Gessle rests into shape?

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Last night Per Gessle and his band Mazarinerna played at fashion house Vero Moda's secret company gig in Nacka Strand, Stockholm. Read the full story...

Two Grammis awards for Gyllene Tider

STOCKHOLM - Gyllene Tider, nominated for four Grammis awards, received two awards tonight at The Grand Hotel in Stockholm. Read the full story...

The Grammis show moves to another venue

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - The Grammis gala is to be held on February 7 at the China Theater in Stockholm, but the theater has been booked a long time ago for the Ted Gärdestad musical "Sol, vind & vatten". Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider takes home two Bears

STOCKHOLM - Gyllene Tider was nominated in three categories in Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet's prestigious award Rockbjörnen. Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider sold more albums than any other artist

STOCKHOLM - Aftonbladet reports today IFPI's chart of the most sold albums in 2004 and Gyllene Tider is at #1! Read the full story...

Thumbs down for TV4’s Gyllene Tider documentary

STOCKHOLM - Swedish TV4 aired a 45-minute Gyllene Tider documentary last week. The documentary seemed more like a preview of a longer documentary which is expected to be released on DVD later this month. Read the full story...

Per sends year-end greetings to TDR readers

HALMSTAD - In a fax message sent today to the TDR newsroom, Per wishes the readers of The Daily Roxette a splendid 2005… He-he-hey!!! Read the full story...

New Gyllene Tider single out in January

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Both Aftonbladet and Expressen have met Per Gessle to summarize 2004. Read the full story...

New Gyllene Tider documentary to be aired

STOCKHOLM - A new Gyllene Tider documentary, "Gyllene Tider lite från insidan" ("GT, a little from the inside"), will be aired on Swedish TV4 on January 5th at 21:00 CET. Read the full story...

Grammis nominees revealed

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - The Grammis nominees have been revealed and are as follows: Popgroup of the Year: Gyllene Tider, Composer of the Year: Per Gessle, Artist of the Year: Gyllene Tider, Song of the Year: Gyllene Tider: "Tuffa tider/En sten vid en sjö i en skog", in total four nominations. Read the full story...

Per, Marie and Gyllene Tider among the finalists in Rockbjörnen awards

STOCKHOLM - Aftonbladet's award Rockbjörnen (The Rock Bear) finalists have been selected. Among them are Marie Fredriksson (Best Female), Gyllene Tider (Best Album, Best Group and Best Song [Tuffa tider]) and Per Gessle (Best Male). Read the full story...

“Gyllene Tider sold too many records”

STOCKHOLM - "No more mr. Nice Guy," Anders Nunstedt, columnist at Expressen writes. Read the full story...

And the winner is…

STOCKHOLM - In the sleeve of the triple platinum selling album "Finn 5 fel!" Read the full story...

“The Change” falls from #1 to #12

STOCKHOLM - After two weeks at the top position, Marie's new album plummets to #12 on the album chart in Sweden. Read the full story...

MP writes another song for the Finnish Eurovision song contest

HALMSTAD - Mats MP Persson, guitarist, song-co-writer and studio guru of Gyllene Tider, has once again gotten one of his songs into the Finnish leg of the Eurovision song contest! Read the full story...

Gessle: “Our new CD will be a real power-pop bomb!”

STOCKHOLM - As previously reported by The Daily Roxette, Gyllene Tider will release a live DVD, and live CD this fall - "En scen vid en plats i en stad." Read the full story...

“2:nd Chance” falls

STOCKHOLM - Marie Fredriksson's latest single falls to #12 after only one week on the charts. Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider wins NMA award

OSLO - Gyllene Tider won Best Swedish Artist at the Nordic Music Awards. Read the full story...

Golden times for the audio book?

HALMSTAD - Göran Fritzon and Mats "MP" Persson have together with Henrik Johansson, Staffan Karlsson and Martin Franzén started the company SweMD.com Read the full story...

TDR presents “The Change”

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - The artwork that will appear on the cover of Marie Fredriksson's forthcoming album, "The Change," was revealed today by Capitol Records, who will be releasing the album on Oct. Read the full story...

SVT welcomes Gessle’s offer

STOCKHOLM - Reading yesterday's Aftonbladet made Thomas Hall, project leader for Melodifestivalen song contest at SVT, bounce with excitement. Read the full story...

Gessle at Melodifestivalen?

STOCKHOLM - According to an interview with Aftonbladet, Per Gessle might be interested in writing a song for next year's Swedish leg of the Eurovision Song Contest. Read the full story...