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Thomas Evensson

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STIM to give Per Gessle their first-ever platinum award

STOCKHOLM - On Monday evening, October 4, Per Gessle will receive the unique STIM-Guitar award. Read the full story...


The Daily Roxette presents to our readers: Marie’s new single!

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - The Daily Roxette is proud to present an advance preview of Marie Fredriksson's new single: "2:nd Chance." Read the full story...


Per nominated twice in Nordic Music Awards

STOCKHOLM - Per Gessle has been nominated in the Best Swedish Artist category in the Nordic Music Awards - twice! Read the full story...


Åkerlund releases DVD

STOCKHOLM - Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund will release a DVD next year, under the prestigious name "Director's Label", where directors like Spike Jonze and Chris Cunningham have been released before. Read the full story...


“The Change”- new album by Marie Fredriksson

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Marie Fredriksson is back after two years of medication and darkness (and it's been eight years since her last release, not counting the greatest hits album "Äntligen")! Read the full story...


MP Persson awarded platinum

HALMSTAD - Mats "MP" Persson – guitarist in Gyllene Tider, drummer in Back on Stage, owner of studio Tits & Ass, et cetera – received a platinum award for his and Christer Schill's song "On the Night of a Black Out," recorded by Japanese boy band Kinki Kids. Read the full story...


Gyllene Tider performs secret gig – again

STOCKHOLM - Gyllene Tider performed last night at Swedish phone operator Comviq/Tele2's kick-off event in Alvik outside of Stockholm. Read the full story...


Bryan Adams: “I’m sorry Roxette”

STOCKHOLM - Canadian rocker Bryan Adams's new album "Room Service" will be released later this fall. Read the full story...


Gyllene Tider runs thank you advertisement

STOCKHOLM - Gyllene Tider thanks all the people that attended the GT25 tour, all 492,252 of them. Read the full story...


“The End”

HALMSTAD - This is it, this is "The End." "The End" is what the last concert was called at Örjans Vall in Halmstad, Gyllene Tider's final concert this tour. Read the full story...


“I never said I’d cancel Roxette”, says Per

HALMSTAD (UPDATED) - While The Daily Roxette waits to see Per Gessle before the final Gyllene Tider concert, it rained, rained, rained… I don't think there has been more rain in Halmstad ever.   When we finally get backstage, Per greets us with a smile – he has just met a bunch of foreign fans. Read the full story...


Dark clouds over Roxette, claims Aftonbladet

STOCKHOLM - According to Aftonbladet, Per Gessle says he doesn't have the fire that's needed to keep Roxette running.   Although Per doesn't specifically say that Roxette is over, he gives very little to hang your hope on.   "I don't feel the urge to go out in the world anymore, back then it was an enormous force to make it abroad," says Per. Read the full story...


Gessle takes a time out

SUNDSVALL - Next year Per Gessle will disappear from the limelight. "It's a promise I've given my wife, Åsa. Read the full story...


Marie Fredriksson at Ullevi

GOTHENBURG - Roxette's female half, Marie Fredriksson, attended Gyllene Tider's record breaking concert Saturday. Read the full story...


“Finn 5 fel” goes back up to #1

STOCKHOLM - After some The Hives hype, Gyllene Tider reclaims the #1 spot with "Finn 5 fel!" 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...


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...


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...


“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...


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...


“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...


Per and Micke talk about “F5F”

STOCKHOLM - Gyllene Tider's first album in 20 years, "Finn 5 fel", was released yesterday in Norway, and will be released in Sweden tomorrow. Read the full story...


“Finn 5 fel” leaked to the Internet

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Yesterday, Saturday June 5, Gyllene Tider's new album "Finn 5 Fel" was leaked to the Internet. Read the full story...


Happy birthday, Marie

STOCKHOLM - A short note from the staff and readers of The Daily Roxette to wish you a happy birthday! Read the full story...


“Allsång på Skansen” to feature Gyllene Tider

STOCKHOLM - It seems like Per only whet his appetite last year when he attended Swedish television's biggest sing-along show "Allsång på Skansen". Read the full story...


“Finn 5 Fel” sample CD released to media

STOCKHOLM - Capitol Records has released a CD sampler to media called "Finn 5 Fel! Read the full story...


GT to visit Rix FM’s morning show

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Per Gessle and Anders Herrlin of Gyllene Tider will be guests at one of Sweden's biggest radio stations - Rix FM’s "Morron Zoo" tomorrow morning. Read the full story...


Signing sessions for “Finn 5 Fel”

HALMSTAD - Record signing sessions for the forthcoming Gyllene Tider album "Finn 5 Fel" have now been published on the band's official site. Read the full story...


“Join the Flumeride” DVD out in early June

HALMSTAD - Ola Ingvarsson, the producer of "Join the Flumeride", revealed to The Daily Roxette that the "Join the Flumeride" DVD will be released in early June in Sweden. Read the full story...


“Marie feels OK”, Per says

STOCKHOLM - In today's edition of Swedish tabloid Expressen Per reveals that he's already looking forward to record another Roxette album. Read the full story...