Room Service Tour 2001

Live in Munich, Germany on September 28, 2001 at Olympiahalle (9,592 spectators) Live in Stuttgart, Germany on October 1, 2001 at Schleyerhalle (6,529 spectators) Sweepi: I have something from Stuttgart 2001, but then it’s only those 3 tracks (the intro + “Crush On You” + “Dressed For Success”) which were broadcast on German TV and […]

The 50 greatest Scandinavian summer songs – the list.

Here is the final list of the 50 greatest Scandinavian summer songs according to Per Gessle and Swedish music journalist Sven Lindström which they played on Sirius’ Nordic rox on June 12. Top 50 songs: Save Tonight – Eagle Eye Cherry Worry Sick – Edith Backlund Hurtful – Erik Hassle God morgon Columbus – Pontus […]

Join The Joyride! 1991-1992

Live in Kiel, Germany on October 11, 1991 at Ostseehalle (8,000 spectators) Live in London , United Kingdom on November 19 or 20, 1991 at Wembley Arena (11,000 spectators) Source: “A Night To Remember” bootleg Live in Santiago, Chile on April 25, 1992 at San Carlos Apoqindo + two additional files from this concert: Soul […]

Night of the Proms posters in Germany

Photos taken in Munich (Germany) in May 2009. NOTP tickets are currently on the 9th position on German ticket charts at Eventim.de. You can also follow NOTP on Twitter, Facebook or MySpace. Source: Nokia Night of the Proms

Look Sharp Live! 1988-1989

Live in Skara, Sweden on July 30, 1989 at Stora Scen in Skara Sommarland Live in Oldenburg, Germany on December 1 or 2, 1989 at Weser-Ems-Halle 1. Dance away 2. Dangerous 3. Dressed for success 4. Paint 5. Cry 6. Surrender 7. Neverending love 8. Chances 9. Sleeping single 10. Soul Deep 11. The Look […]

Danyela’s “En händig blog”.

One of the most creative, incredible and craziest fans in the rox-world, Danyela Etchart from Porto Alegre in Brazil has started her own blog-site “En händig blog” (Handy blog) which is written both in Portuguese and English. There are many pictures, stories and jokes from her long and amazing trips to Sweden, gigs she was […]

Let the memory live again!

Who? Roxette Where? Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden When? May 10, 2009 It must have been love The look Thanks to esperominombre for making these two clips.

Live from Helsinki & Stuttgart

Live in Helsinki, Finland, September 4, 1991 (Join the Joyride! tour premiere): Fading like a flower (TV broadcast) Live in Stuttgart, Germany, October 22, 1994 (bootleg): Sleeping in my car Fireworks Almost unreal Dangerous So you wanna be a rock’n’roll star? Crash!Boom!Bang! Listen to your heart The first girl on the moon Harleys and Indians […]

New covers of Marie & Per’s solo hits.

After Erik Linder, Sweden’s Got Talent finalist, who has recorded two covers of Marie’s songs “Tro” and “Ännu doftar kärlek” and one Per’s – “Tycker om när du tar på mej” on his debut album “Inifrån”, another artist performed interesting version of Marie’s hit single – this time 1985’s “Efter stormen”. It was the popular […]

Marie in Spain.

Carrita Henningsson informs on Twitter that she saw Marie Fredriksson on the plane from Spain the other day. It means Marie was on holiday with her family in her Spanish house in Marabella. It’s very probable that New Wave Festival rehersals or recording session will start soon.

“Sleeping in my car” punk cover

Polish punk band The Black Tapes has covered “Sleeping in my car” on theirs first album called “The Black Tapes”. The album got very positive reviews in Polish press and many journalists really appreciated Roxette’s cover which is a “ghost track” on this CD. The band members recorded this debut album in Sweden and wanted […]

Per recorded two new demos

Here comes news from Twitter. Per recorded 2 new demos while visiting the ‘Aerosol Grey Machine-palace’. Both are played on banjo. And both are primarily for Roxette for sure. Per also wrote, that Clarence and Christoffer is currently working on the Night Of The Proms strings arrangies. Songs sounds great. “I never knew I was […]

“The Look” covered by rockabilly band “The Baseballs”

Posted on June 28th: German rockabilly band The Baseballs included a cover of “The Look” in their first album “Strike”, which was released in May 2009.  The album also includes covers of Rihanna, Robbie Williams and Maroon 5 among others. Digger, singer together with Sam and Basti, explains why they choose “The Look” in an […]

Top Rox 2009 – let’s vote!

Hi all Roxers! Summer is here and there’s quiet about our favourite band right now. So here comes brand new poll. You can vote your favourite Roxette album, single, video, tour, album cover, album booklet and also best Per and Marie solo albums. Results will be announced during autumn in big article. Top Rox 2009. […]

SVT report from Artist Fund Gala

Swedish Television SVT published on its website a short report from Artist Fund Gala in Stockolm’s City Hall on June 18. You can spot Marie and Mikael arriving for this event. Watch it here. P.S. It’s the 101st post on RoxetteBlog.com since April 29. Let’s celebrate!

Gessle’s songs of the day (May-July)

Per Gessle posts his own song(s) of the day every day and informs all his follwers about music events he took part in. I thought it would’ve been nice to have all these interesting informations in one place. YouTube links are coming later on. Of course, it’s going to be updated. July 14: Ruby, don’t […]

The 50 greatest Scandinavian summer songs according to Gessle

Roxette’s Per Gessle and Swedish music journalist Sven Lindström celebrate the summer season with a countdown of the 50 greatest Scandinavian summer songs of all time on The Spectrum’s Nordic Rox, SIRIUS XM’s Scandinavian music show. Listeners heard songs by Peter Bjorn and John, Eagle-Eye Cherry, ABBA, Roxette and more. The Spectrum, SIRIUS channel 18, […]