NEW YORK - As Aftonbladet mentioned today, Per is currently visiting New York City. TDR is now able to reveal the real purpose of his visit. He is meeting Capitol Records' management to prepare the record deal that Gyllene Tider will sign as early as next week. If everything goes as planned, this will mean that the new Gyllene Tider album, "Finn Fem Fel," will be released in the major USA cities at the same time as it is in Sweden, on June 2nd.   "The people here were enthusiastic about their new material," says our anonymous source who is close to Capitol management and has followed Per's career since the early 80s. "It's a pity that their previous attempt to conquer the U.S. failed, but this time we feel we have a real winner on our hands."   The plan is to release a special "US edition" of the album with some, but not all, of the songs translated into English. "There's a growing interest in foreign languages in the States, and we think the album will get even more attention because the songs are in a strange Scandinavian language."   There are also preliminary plans to continue the tour in the fall with club concerts in New York, Minneapolis and Chicago. All three are cities with a large Scandinavian population.   Update: This article, of course, was our April Fool's joke. Gotcha!

• Aftonbladet article (in Swedish)