A word with Per, the handyman

LJUSDAL - The Daily Roxette is talking with Per Gessle in the mix, down in Skåne: - A handyman, that's not really what people think when they hear the name Per Gessle, is it?"Ha Read the full story...

Per is a handyman: new album and summer tour

STOCKHOLM - Like the handy man Per Gessle is, he has put together a new album in Swedish with the title "En händig man" - ("A Handyman"). Read the full story...

Summer tour?

STOCKHOLM - According to Swedish newspaper Expressen Per Gessle is planning another Swedish summer tour. Read the full story...

Happy birthday, Per!

The Daily Roxette team wishes you happy birthday! Visa, Thomas, Judith, Lars-Erik & Colin Read the full story...

Per working on Swedish album and follow-up to Son of a Plumber

HALMSTAD - Radio Halland broadcast a second part of Per's interview on January 3. Read the full story...

Radio Halland meets Per Gessle

HALMSTAD (Updated) - Radio Halland's Pelle Hörmander has met Per Gessle for their traditional Christmas talk. Read the full story...

Per’s automobile collection draws attention once again

STOCKHOLM - The King of Sweden and Per Gessle have a common passion: collecting automobiles.   Jonnie Wistrand of Dagens Industri put together a list of the cars owned by Swedish celebrities, some of whom drive rather ordinary cars, while others – like Per and the King – own several high-priced sports cars.   Per's automobiles include a Mercedes S500 (1999); Ferrari 599 GTB (2006); Ferrari 550 Barchetta (2001); Ferrari F430 F1 (2005); and a Porsche Cayenne Turbo (2004).   King Carl XVI Gustaf's collection includes a Pontiac Tempest GTO Convertible (1966); De Tomaso Pantera (1971); Ferrari 456 MGT (1999); AC Cobra (1966); Porsche 911 Carrera Coupé (1987); Porsche 911 T Targa (1973); Volvo PV 60 (1946); Ford Mustang Shelby (1966); and a BMW M3 CSL (2003). Read the full story...

Gessle to write book about his life

STOCKHOLM - Per Gessle is going to write book about his life. Now the truth behind the rows with Gyllene Tider, his love to Åsa and success with Marie Fredriksson may become public. Read the full story...

Per partied with Robbie

GOTHENBURG - Per attended Robbie Williams' second monster show at Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg the other day. Read the full story...

Per speaks of completing two new songs in Canadian radio interview

VANCOUVER ISLAND - Ian Seggie is the senior producer for a cluster of radio stations serving the Vancouver Island area of British Columbia, Canada. Read the full story...

Per gets own MySpace page

STOCKHOLM - Per, the Plumber's son, Gessle opened his own MySpace page today. Read the full story...

“Jo-Anna Says” heads up to #3 on leading German station’s chart

STUTTGART - Per Gessle's promo efforts outside of Sweden are paying off. His solo-project Son Of A Plumber is attracting more and more interest. Read the full story...

Per Gessle slated to be interviewed at Polar Prize gala

STOCKHOLM - Per Gessle will be interviewed by Swedish TV4 during this year's Polar Music Prize gala on May 22. Read the full story...

“I Like It Like That” to be released May 17

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - A new Son of a Plumber single, "I Like It Like That," will be released in Sweden on May 17. Read the full story...

Per to visit Holland and Germany this week

(UPDATED) AMSTERDAM - Per Gessle will visit Holland and Germany this week as part of his "Son Of A Plumber" promotion tour through Europe. Read the full story...

Per to perform on German Sat1

COLOGNE - Per Gessle as Son of a Plumber played "Jo-Anna Says" on the TV show "Chartbreak-Hotel" last month. Read the full story...

Gessle’s guitar on display at special Ferrari exhibition

MARANELLO (UPDATED) - After a recent successful exhibition highlighting the links between Ferrari and the cinema, the company's Galleria has just opened a similar show entitled "Ferrari and the Music" that features Per Gessle as one of the contributors. Read the full story...

Bad Hair Day is back with more

STOCKHOLM - From out of nowhere, Bad Hair Day is back. This time around a The Lonely Boys song is released - "Keep the Radio On (This is the Perfect Song)" or as Per says himself; "The song itself was written for Gyllene Tider back in 1980 (called 'Gå hem innan du lägger dej' which means something like 'Go Home Before You Go to Bed'…) but GT never used it. Read the full story...

Per Gessle in a “circle of friends”

VIENNA - Per Gessle will present some of his favorite songs on the Hitradio Ö3 show "Freundeskreis" ("Circle of Friends"). Read the full story...

Son of a Plumber on Austrian GOTV

VIENNA - Per Gessle, a.k.a. Son of a Plumber, will present more of his favorite songs, this time in video format on Austrian GOTV's "Hosted by". Read the full story...

Per to visit Spain in April

MADRID - EMI Spain has announced in a message on the Son of a Plumber website in Spanish that Per Gessle will visit Spain next month as part of his promotion tour, which has already taken him to cities like Cologne and Vienna.   Per will be in Madrid on April 5 to present "Son of a Plumber" to the Spanish press. Read the full story...

Plumber promotion begins in Spain and Finland

MADRID/HELSINKI - In Spain, EMI has launched a Spanish Son of a Plumber website. Read the full story...

The video of “DJ” is done

STOCKHOLM - The video of "Hey Mr DJ (Won't You Play Another Love Song)," directed by Daniel Börjesson, will be finished on Thursday and will have its world premiere on TV4's Nyhetsmorgon on Sunday. Read the full story...

Return of Bad Hair Day

STOCKHOLM - Bad Hair Day is back, this time with… well, we'll let The Plumber himself tell. Read the full story...

Per in Swiss chat tonight

ZÜRICH - Per will chat on a Swiss website Bluewin tonight, between 18:30 and 19:30 CET. Read the full story...

Plumber promo starts

STOCKHOLM - The Plumber is back from wherever he was at (vacation again?). Read the full story...

Video shot for “DJ”

STOCKHOLM - According to a message from Per at Son of a Plumber's site they shot a video for "Hey mr DJ" last night. Read the full story...

“DJ” promo to be released

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Monday February 13 a promotion single of "Hey Mr DJ" will be released, to radio stations only. Read the full story...

New Plumber releases

STOCKHOLM - Per has just announced that on April 3rd two new digital releases will come out, namely "Son of a Plumber (iTunes Edition)" with three extra tracks added; "Keep the Radio On (This is the Perfect Song)," "A Girl Like You" and "Plonk", the two latter never before released. Read the full story...

“Jo-Anna Says” climbs above the clouds

COPENHAGEN - SAS Scandinavian Airlines has added "Jo-Anna Says" to its playlist of songs featured on the onboard music system's "Scandinavia" channel. Read the full story...

New release date for Europe

STOCKHOLM - The album release date for Europe has been pushed back from March 6 to March 27. Read the full story...

Bad Hair Day strikes back

STOCKHOLM - Per's latest little project Bad Hair Day has struck again! This time Per wants to present his fans with a little Valentine's Day gift, so he has "released" a "single" consisting of the only two Son of a Plumber demos ever recorded.   Per presents it himself like this: St Valentine’s day, Feb 14 – 2006 Friends… let’s celebrate this wonderful and important day with some new jolly music! Read the full story...