“I never said I’d cancel Roxette” says Per
Written by tevensso on August 19, 2004 to Exclusive.
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. TDR gets right down to business and asks Per about the “end of Roxette” story in Aftonbladet.
“The rumors are not true. My sentences were taken out of context totally. If Marie wants – and can – we will certainly continue with Roxette,” Per says. “Of course, we won’t aim to conquer the US again… but why not a smaller tour, like the one in 2001, that one wasn’t longer than this tour for instance,” he continues. “We also still have a contract with EMI, I don’t remember how many records, but…”
How about the time out? “I haven’t said that either, I will disappear from the limelight, but I won’t stop doing things, as per usual… all I want right now is to get out of sight for a while. ”
The Daily Roxette inquires carefully about Marie Fredriksson’s condition. “There’s not much to say really, it’s more or less the same, she has her good periods and her bad ones. She needs time. It’s also a lot about how motivated she is about moving around. She’s been recording her album for a long time now, but I really don’t know much about it.”
That said we go on to other business. The new Gyllene Tider single, “Solsken,” will likely be out in September, with some “Finn 5 fel!” demos as b-sides. The song “Choklad, vanilj, jordgubb” is not yet finished so it won’t be used. In connection to this, The Daily Roxette inquired about other future releases. “There will be the DVD, hopefully out before Christmas. The footage is shot mainly in Gothenburg, and the sound will be the best possible. We recorded all the concerts,” says Per. “In addition we may release a new live CD, but that hasn’t been decided yet.” Per also mentions that the old remastered albums will be released without the bonus tracks (as single CDs) mid-priced, and they are thinking about releasing a b-sides CD with unreleased demos. “I’m really against releasing these demos, but on the other hand, they are a part of our past so why not,” Per tells The Daily Roxette.
SF (Svensk Filmindustri), is at the moment restoring the original 16mm film of Parkliv manually, frame by frame, so it can look its best on DVD when it finally is released.
Other articles with the same topic
- Another "Million-Air" award for Listen to Your Heart (August 18, 2008)
- Marie Fredriksson sends a message to all her fans (June 5, 2008)
- Marie turns 50, join TDR in celebrating her (May 19, 2008)
- The word according to Gessle (May 14, 2008)
- This just in: Per discovers yet another demo for "The World" re-release (April 9, 2008)
76 comments
Roxreporter said on August 19, 2004 09:11:
Well, that’s great news, isn’t it !!! But I must say Per looks a bit tired on the picture, witch is totaly understandable, he also lost some more weight I see.
hstd99 said on August 19, 2004 09:18:
what about the rarities cd per spoked about in july?
jobarth said on August 19, 2004 09:45:
Great, great, great!!! Thank You Per and thank you guys from TDR!
Judith (moderator) said on August 19, 2004 09:48:
you welcome + thanks to you for reading :D
Sascha said on August 19, 2004 09:53:
Yes!!! Thank you very much for clarification! *goesonwithbigsmileonhisface*
zaine said on August 19, 2004 10:01:
thansk so so much TDR, excellent job :D
*very happy now*
Zargo said on August 19, 2004 10:03:
Fear not, fellow fans! The world can now continue to spin round!
AURYTE said on August 19, 2004 10:19:
Great news!!! I love YOU PER GESSLE!!! I can’t believe that this morning I was scared to death. Isn’t that funny to read all these comments about the end of ROXETTE?.. But whydidn’t ROXETTE management cancell this article???
Thanks, The Daily ROXETTE. You’ve made an excellent job.
Phoenix_cz said on August 19, 2004 10:35:
Well, Aftonbladet show you once again what they expect from their readers - never trust the meaning of their articles. Visit an oracle and you get more reliable news. :-)
colinvdbel (moderator) said on August 19, 2004 10:44:
Wow, this is GREAT! I never doubted you, Per!
Argh those people from Aftonbladet....get your stories straight!
Roxryder-V2002 said on August 19, 2004 10:46:
Yay! It looks it’s going to be a great day!
Is Per scared of us??? Jeje - Suddenly he speaks a lot.
Yay!
Oh C’mon lazy guy work hard and you’ll have the U.S. on a silver plate, now that music is turning to guitars again and you’ve tasted it with your cd and Gyllene’s one, could be big time!
But of course, first we have to see Marie solo in english having world success (she has the music and the lyrics to do it easily) then everything will be ready for Roxette to rox again.
daniel_alv said on August 19, 2004 10:48:
GREAT NEWS!
but what about the “rarities” cd u talked about?
and parkliv DVD?
LucyZ said on August 19, 2004 10:51:
Great!!! This news makes me again happy. Many, many thanks TDR for this article and Per & other guys for great summer 2004.
Lucy from Prague
abysmo said on August 19, 2004 10:56:
Thanks to TDR and thanks to Per. Look at Per´s face. Thats the ansver. Rox 5ever.
ally77 said on August 19, 2004 12:14:
Ha Ha... was having a good day today, it just got so much better! THANX PER!!! and even bigger thanx to TDR!!! :)
Denstandigaresan said on August 19, 2004 12:47:
I know what MY christmas present this year will be! ;)
ukla said on August 19, 2004 13:05:
Thanks daily! …the happiness returns to my heart!!!
regn said on August 19, 2004 13:17:
uffffff .-.-.- ;-))))))))))))))))))))) neverending smile–Thanx TDR & Per
Nox1983 said on August 19, 2004 13:17:
;D thanks TDR! and thanks Per!!! hope Marie wants to back to Roxette, or “can” as Per said...
agnethamaria said on August 19, 2004 13:34:
Yes yes yes! I´m so happy to read this. Maybe we have to wait for the next happening with Roxette, but at least the intentions are good.
Chaghi said on August 19, 2004 13:55:
GREAT NEWS !!!
You guys from TDR have made an *excellent* job! Thank you very very much for the interview, and thanks Per for taking a minute to make this clear.
I think that this shows us all (again!) that the one-and-only *serious* source of information about Roxette & stuff is... TDR.
We MUST end believing in Aftonbladet and the like, and get worried about the nonsense they wrote for money.
Wow! I’m sooooo happy!
lonely_girl said on August 19, 2004 14:16:
Oh my, I hate the yellow press so much - first Expressen with the stories about Marie and now Aftonbladet... >:-( Taking stuff just out of the content *GRRRR*
Fortunately TDR managed to get Per’s correct statement.
*sighsofrelief*
Edmund said on August 19, 2004 14:27:
wonderful!!!!! Oh my god, so happy I got when I read the ROX statement!!! THANKS PER!!! Now I can finally be calm!!!
LoneGunman said on August 19, 2004 14:58:
Thanks TDR, again... GREAAAAT JOB !! :)
Some “fans” now should apologize to Per... some stupid things were said.
Go Per... you´re THE numbr one !! :)
Mylene_mbo said on August 19, 2004 15:43:
YEAAAAAAAA ROXETTE IS STILL ON :D
Tanks a lot indeet TDR!!!!!!
And it is great news to know that Per is not kompleatly laying still!!!!!!!!!!!!
Roxette and GT Is the BEST!!!!!
brunorox said on August 19, 2004 16:02:
hey per, if your sentences were taken out of context, where do we go ???? always rumors ... I better understand now, when you once said that the journalists “eat you for breakfast” .... These medias ....these rumors that irritate every one !
as I said yesterday, it would be understandable that you leave Roxette just for a while, just for a break (and i am not the only one who said so). after what you did during the last 4 - 5 years ...
any way like one of your friends once sang: “thank you for the music, the songs you’re singing, for all the joy they’re bringing (...)”
kissed-a-girl said on August 19, 2004 09:06:
yippie!
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