The Daily Roxette

Per’s life on Aftonbladet

Per turns 40 next Tuesday. To celebrate his birthday the newspaper Aftonbladet has started a series of articles about Per's career "from 1 [the worst grade] in maths to #1 in USA". Read the full story...

Jan 9, 1999 •

Per’s way to the top of the world

The first article of Aftonbladet's series tells about Per's childhood, school and earlier bands. Read the full story...

Jan 9, 1999 •

“Wish I Could Fly” theme song of Australian Open

EMI Electrola's web site tells that "Wish I Could Fly" will be heard in Germany already on January 18, when the Australian Open tennis tournament begins. Read the full story...

Jan 8, 1999 •

“Fucking Åmål” nominated for 5 awards

Last year's (and maybe this year's, too) megahit movie in Sweden, "Fucking Åmål" (that's English, no need to translate :-), has been nominated for five Guldbagge awards. Read the full story...

Jan 8, 1999 •

South America: good news!

EMI Argentina tells that "Have A Nice Day" will be released there on February 22. Read the full story...

Australia & Baltic states: release in February?

According to EMI Svenska Australia and the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) are going to get "Have A Nice Day" on February 22. Read the full story...

Per: “I’m not going to quit until I’m 50”

"Roxette is going towards grandeur", says Per on Aftonbladet. Per isn't a bit uncertain on the new album's success. Read the full story...

EMI Svenska: “Roxette hasn’t signed a 10-year contract”

Aftonbladet says in its article that Roxette would have recently signed a 10-year record deal with EMI. Read the full story...

Roxette leaving for a PR tour

Today's Aftobladet tells that after the release of the new album Roxette is leaving for a large PR tour. Read the full story...

Still no contract for the USA

Roxette still doesn't have a record deal for the USA. Per and Marie were never satisfied with EMI USA which, maybe fortunately, doesn't exist anymore. Read the full story...

Release in the UK delayed?

A rumour tells that the UK release has been delayed for a week and it's still uncertain if there will be any release. Read the full story...

Roxette in Germany

EMI Electrola's new media department tells that they are going to use roxette.de Read the full story...

Release dates for Finland

The release dates in Finland are the same as in Sweden (single on February 1 and album on February 22). Read the full story...

Latin America gets the album in the autumn

According to a reader EMI Mexico has confirmed that the release date for Mexico and other Latin America is "the same as in United States". Read the full story...

Release dates for Hungary

Gesslel@nd tells that EMI Hungary has announced the release dates for the album and the single. Read the full story...

Australia & Asia: No release dates yet

According to Gesslel@nd Australia and the Asian countries have no fixed release dates yet. Read the full story...

Promotion started in Argentina

A reader from Argentina tells that "Wish I Could Fly" has already been played on the radio in Buenos Aires. Read the full story...

Fan club is planning fan meeting

Gesslel@nd tells that the Official Roxette Fan Club is planning a new fan meeting and are having negotiations with EMI Electrola (the German EMI). Read the full story...

“Roxette’s comeback sounds very much like Roxette”

Jan-Owe Wikström, also known as the author of "Roxette - The Book", has written a review of "Wish I Could Fly" for Hallandsposten. Read the full story...

“Comeback single is a disappointment”

Roxette's new single "Wish I Could Fly" didn't get very positive welcome on Sweden's largest newspaper Aftonbladet. Read the full story...

Is EMI trying to bribe radio stations?

Aftonbladet tells that EMI Svenska is having a big draw for all the radio stations that play "Wish I Could Fly" a lot. Read the full story...

“Wish I Could Fly” sound clips now available!

The 30-sec sound clips from Roxette's coming single, "Wish I Could Fly", are now available on the fan club's site and on the official Swedish "Have A Nice Day!" Read the full story...

Jan 2, 1999 •

“Wish I Could Fly” clip recorded from TV

The Gessle World is the first site on the Internet to have a sound clip from "Wish I Could Fly". Read the full story...

Jan 2, 1999 •

Message from Per

The www.haveaniceday.nu site got some new stuff at the same time they uploaded the song clip. Read the full story...

Jan 2, 1999 •

“Wish I Could Fly” #3 on Boxman’s chart

EMI and Boxman's advertising campaign for new Roxette releases is starting to work. Read the full story...

Dec 30, 1998 •

Roxette banners on Swedish web sites

New Roxette banners are now shown on Swedish web sites. The banners are linked to www.haveaniceday.nu. Read the full story...

Dec 30, 1998 •

“Wish I Could Fly” world premiere on Radio RIX

Swedish radio station RIX will be the first station to play "Wish I Could Fly". Read the full story...

Dec 30, 1998 •

www.haveaniceday.nu has its own message board

Keep an eye on the www.haveaniceday.nu site. There seems to be something new every once in a while. Read the full story...

Sound clip at www.haveaniceday.nu on Jan 3

I just got mail from www.haveaniceday.nu webmaster Martin Enestedt. He told me that a sound clip from "Wish I Could Fly" will be released at www.haveaniceday.nu Read the full story...

roxette.de registered for EMI Electrola

EMI Electrola has recently registed roxette.de domain. There are no further details available yet, so I don't know why they have registered the domain. Read the full story...

Old news, but interesting…

I have somehow missed this in March, but here it is now :-) A man was found guilty of importing and spreading 22000 copies of "Favorites From Crash! Read the full story...