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So you think you can dance?

The So You Think You Can Dance Season 6 Top 10 dancers found their magic on December 2nd. Jakob Karr, Ellenore Scott, Noelle Marsh made a great showing along with, Kathryn McCormick, B-boy Legacy Perez, krumper Russell Ferguson and Mollee Gray. Many fans were waiting to see how Mollee Gray and Nathan Trasoras would fair […]

NOTP tour: Frankfurt, December 6, #31

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation! Photos: Per Gessle’s comments: Brilliant afternoon show in Frankfurt (#3!!). Thanx everyone for showing up and singing along. Day off now. […]

“This is the perfect book for any toilet in the world”

Jan Gradvall* and Björn Nordström, two authors of “Tusen svenska klassiker” (Thousand Swedish classics) – a new bible for all those who love Sweden and are interested in its music, were interviewed lately by Sven Lindström and Per Gessle on “Nordic Rox” at American Sirius Satellite Radio. Norstedts, the publishing company, got the rights to […]

Per: New album like a modern “Look Sharp!”

Per Gessle was interviewed for Hallandsposten by Jan-Owe Wikström (co-author of “Roxette – The book”) just before NOTP’s Stuttgart gig. The article reveals some interesting details about Roxette’s first studio album after nine years and their further present and future. I tried to translate some bits: - I have already written 14 new songs. Two […]

NOTP tour: Frankfurt, December 5, #30

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation! Photos: Per Gessle’s comments: XLNT gig last nite in Ffurt. Pbly the best so far onzetour. The crowd was unbelievably good. […]

NOTP tour: Frankfurt, December 4, #29

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation! Photos: HR online photos Fans stories: From Kiwein: I keep it short, Frankfurt #2 is waiting. Best show so far. It […]

Jonas Isacsson: “I would join Night of the Proms again if they asked me”

Kirsten Ohlwein and Judith Seuma met Jonas Isacsson in Hamburg for an interview. He just came back from a walk in rainy Hamburg. After short introduction, we went straight to work. Yesterday we saw that you are also in the front when you played with Alan Parsons, not in the back behind the orchestra. – […]

NOTP tour: Stuttgart, December 3, #28

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation! Photos: Per Gessle’s comments: Wunderbar Stuttgart show last night. Marie was tip-top! Played this big venue many times before, always a […]

NOTP tour: Mannheim, December 2, #27

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation! Photos: Per Gessle’s comments: Official videos: Cheese guy | Chris is pink Fans stories: YouTube clips: Media reports/reviews: Morgenweb | Echo […]

Marie pushes Roxette into prestigious Australian Radio Countdown!

We got this article from Steve from Australia. Thanks Steve! Roxette, in particular Marie Fredriksson, has made the “Hummingbird 100“. The countdown is an all female list and is run in conjunction with Australian Music Channel “MusicMax”. Four Roxette tracks made the list, “It Must Have Been Love”, “Listen To Your Heart”, “The Look” and […]

NOTP tour: Oberhausen, December 1, #26

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation! Photos: Westfälische Nachrichten Per Gessle’s comments: Oberhausen, oh yeah! Thanx for a great evening. Good rockin’ tonite.Mannheim tomorrow, Cheers. Official videos: […]

NOTP tour: Interviews with the artists

The NOTP team published a video with interviews about the German tourstart. Besides Per, Christina Stürmer tells how she experienced the intense reaction to Roxette. She went into the audience for their show. Check out: Thanks Project_Z for the tip!

NOTP tour: Follow the crew behind the scenes, tourbook!

Some members of the German proms staff have started to report from the tour regularly. A nice addition to Per’s videos! Karen’s tour diary | Kuni’s video blog Menwhile, many reports from visitors have already appeared at the official NOTP forums. The huge majority is very positive about Roxette’s performance. The official site now also […]

NOTP tour: Berlin, November 29, #25

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation! Photos: Per Gessle’s comments: Superb Berlin-show last nite. What a crowd! What a response! Is this South America? Official videos: Berlin […]

NOTP tour: Hamburg, November 28, #24

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation! Photos: Per Gessle’s comments: Hamburg #2 was a treat! Thanx everyone, we had a blast. Berlin tomorrow! Official videos: Craziness staring […]

NOTP tour: Hamburg, November 27, #23

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation! Photos: Sascha’s snapshots | Der Westen | NDR2 | Morgenpost | Kölner Stadtanzeiger | RTN | Regioactive | Bildmaschine Per Gessle’s […]

TV4 Nyhetsmorgon’s interview with Roxette

TV4 will broadcast 20 minutes long interview with Roxette tomorrow at 9.26 AM Swedish local time. Update, November 28: You can watch the programme on the TV4 website and read an English summary at TDR!

NOTP: Hamburg is getting ready for the show!

Don’t forget to visit German-language blog written by Karen, one of The Nokia Night of the Proms staff in Germany. She posted few photos from Color-Line Arena in Hamburg. Update: Newspapers have some nice articles around the show and particularly Roxette. In German of course: Roxette united again | Back to the 80s Google translate […]

New cover for “Night of the Proms” live-CD

Source: NOTP Thanks to Sascha for this info!

Large Night Of The Proms photo gallery

Head over to the international NOTP fanpage to view an extensive photo gallery of the tourdates in Antwerp. Nice Roxette shots!

Listen to the snippets of NOTP CD!

From now on you can listen to the snippets from forthcoming “Night of the Proms 2009″ live CD on Amazon.de – two Roxette songs are included – “Listen to your heart” (5:14) & “The look” (5:27).

Grand Pop Station – a new project from Staffan Öfwerman

Grand Pop Station is a new Swedish band with Staffan Öfwerman on the lead vocals (who used to be in the Roxette band between 1988–1993, appearing on Look Sharp, Join the Joyride tour and also on several other recordings. He did his final live performance with Roxette on MTV Unplugged. This is Staffan’s new band […]

“Night of the Proms” turns into “The Nokia Night of the Proms”

So here they move on German roads. “The Night of the Proms” tour turns its name into “The Nokia Night of the Proms” thanks to the main sponsor of this event in Germany. 20 more shows to go! Comment from Project_Z: The tour has ended for Toots Thielemans, Sharon den Adel & OMD… Here come […]

NOTP tour: Rotterdam, November 24, #22

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation! Photos: Per Gessle’s comments: Excellent finish at Ahoy in Rotterdam. 7 sold out nights in a row. Yeehaa! Official videos: 10 […]

Roxette on Swedish TV

Swedish channel TV4 will broadcast an interview with Roxette next Saturday! It’s made by long time fan Lasse Bengtsson and will be shown during “Nyhetsmorgon”. I think I saw the camera in one of the recent backstage videos… Source: Roxette.se via The Daily Roxette

NOTP tour: Rotterdam, November 23, #21

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation! Photos: Per Gessle’s comments: Another splendid Ahoy-show. Thanx everyone for singing along and making us feel like we’ve had a hit […]

[Rumours] Roxette in Poland on New Year’s Eve?

I have read about it in the Polish press almost a week ago, but I thought it was one of those stories which are not worth mentioning. But still – I have decided to post it here. After all only gods know what’s the truth. The rumour has it that Roxette may perform as the […]

NOTP tour: Rotterdam, November 22, #20

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation! Photos: Per Gessle’s comments: Afternoon delight at the Ahoy. Nice. Great crowd. Thanx everyone. The evening’s off, any suggestions asks Pelle […]

Recording of the new Roxette album in Rotterdam.

It’s happening, it’s happening! Per tells on November 23: Marie is doing guide vox on a couple of new songs in Chris’ room. Sounds fab. Everybody’s motivated/happy. Tonight it’s jolly Ahoy #6!!!

NOTP tour: the live album tracklist

According to Amazon.de the tracklist for the latest “Night of the Proms” album which will be released on December 4 [there is some kind of delay, I think] looks like this: 1. Il Novecento / Fine Fleur – Nox Argentea 2. Heaven 17 – Let Me Go 3. Katona Twins – Scarlatti’s Metamorphosis 4. Christina […]

NOTP tour: Rotterdam, November 21, #19

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation! Photos: (taken by sarahdenrara, posted on Twitter) pkaak’s gallery Per Gessle’s comments: Time out between sets in Rotterdam. Great great crowd […]

NOTP tour: Rotterdam, November 18, #16

We need your help. Each and every concert will have a such topic. If you find something connected with this particular gig, post it in the comment section. Thanks for your help and cooperation! Photos: Getty Images Per Gessle’s comments: Back in Ahoy/Rotterdam. It’s been a while. Haven’t played here since 94… Great crowd last […]