Swedish “pop” music industry in crisis

NEW YORK - Recording industry trade magazine Billboard published a front page article in last week's edition in which they wrote about the current state of pop music in Sweden - with the focus being on music exports - and stated that there were no obvious candidates ready to follow in the footsteps of ABBA, Roxette, Ace of Base, and the Cardigans. Read the full story...

Tour to premiere in Stuttgart; first of 12 dates in Germany

KOBLENZ - Per and Marie held two press conferences in Germany on Monday (one in Munich, the other in Dortmund), announcing that the premiere concert of their upcoming "Room Service" tour will take place in Stuttgart on September 25th, the first of 12 concerts planned for Germany. Read the full story...