Gessle’s album may feature a falsetto blues

GöteborgsPosten (Gothenburg Daily) has an interview with Per Gessle today, regarding the press statement released yesterday. Read the full story...

Per says Marie is irreplaceable

HALMSTAD (UPDATED) - The Daily Roxette has received a short statement from Per Gessle regarding Expressen's article today: "It is not, and has never been, an option to replace Marie in what's been called a 'new Roxette'. Read the full story...

Gessle’s project starts taking shape

Swedish tabloid Expressen writes today about how 27 year old Helena Josefsson will replace Marie Fredriksson in a new international music project planned by Per Gessle. Read the full story...

Dancing DJs vs Roxette – New entry at #18

The Dancing DJs remix of "Fading like a Flower" is a new entry in the UK at #18 this week. Read the full story...

LTYH cover moves up another few notches

NEW YORK - On its 9th week on the Billboard Hot 100, "Listen To Your Heart" by D.H.T. Read the full story...

“Heart” does well in the US

NEW YORK - One of this summer's fastest-rising pop tunes is titled "Listen to Your Heart." Read the full story...

Per and Micke ‘Syd’ in dispute? “No,” says Micke

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Yesterday both Swedish tabloids Aftonbladet and Expressen had huge articles about Per not attending Micke Syd's wedding. Read the full story...

Per explains his side of the ‘Syd’ dispute

HALMSTAD - Per Gessle has issued this statement to The Daily Roxette due to the recent reports of Per and Micke 'Syd' being in dispute. Read the full story...

“Listen To Your Heart” takes another step up

NEW YORK - On its eighth week on the U.S. Billboard "Hot 100" singles chart, D.H.T.'s Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider’s Micke ‘Syd’ gets married

HAVERDAL - Finally Micke 'Syd' Andersson, Gyllene Tider's avid drummer boy, got his fair Helena! Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider DVD delayed until next year

The highly anticipated Gyllene Tider documentary DVD made during the summer tour 2004 will once again be delayed, for reasons unknown. Read the full story...

D.H.T. remains at #1 and #19

NEW YORK - In the last seven weeks D.H.T.'s "Listen To Your Heart" only climbed. Read the full story...

“Listen To Your Heart” goes Top 20

NEW YORK - On its seventh week on the U.S. Billboard "Hot 100" singles chart, D.H.T.'s Read the full story...

Bon Jovi name their new album “Have A Nice Day”

After Bryan Adams publicly apologized for naming his album "Room Service," the same name as the Roxette album from 2001, Bon Jovi name their new album "Have A Nice Day." Read the full story...

“Listen To Your Heart” hits #1 on Dance Radio Airplay chart

NEW YORK (UPDATED) - On Billboard's Dance Radio Airplay chart, the cover version of "Listen To Your Heart" by D.H.T. Read the full story...

Fritzon sells out cars

HALMSTAD (UPDATED) - This week Göran Fritzon -Fritte - keyboardist of Gyllene Tider, will auction out two of his cars, one '97 BMW 523i (lot 93) and one '88 Mercedes 230CE (lot 94) at local auction-house Hallands Auktionsverk - the same that held the Gyllene Tider auction last year. Read the full story...

Hit cover of “Listen to Your Heart” breaks into the Billboard Top 40

NEW YORK - Sixteen years after Roxette climbed all the way to the top of the charts with "Listen to Your Heart," the song has made a spectacular return and – this week – broke into a coveted Top 40 position on the the Billboard "Hot 100" chart.   The Belgian duo D.H.T.'s Read the full story...

Fritzon’s company develops audiobook machine for libraries

HALMSTAD - SweMD, the Halmstad-based company owned by Gyllene Tider's Göran Fritzon and MP Persson among others, started their web-based audiobook store in October last year. Read the full story...

Dancin’ DJs’ single out in July

Dancin' DJs v. Roxette's single "Fading Like a Flower" will be released July 25 and TDR can show you pictures from the video and the single sleeve. Read the full story...

Totta Näslund, 60, dies after long illness

Swedish blues and folk singer Totta Näslund, 60, passed away Sunday morning after a long illness.  Read the full story...

Roxette-song on Billboard Hot 100

(UPDATED) - After a long, long time a Roxette song enters the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. Read the full story...

Frida re-releasing “Something’s Going On”

Frida, the brunette of ABBA, will re-release her 1982 album "Something's Going On" June 20, at least in the UK. Read the full story...

Minor record label in Halmstad revolts

HALMSTAD - The record label Westcoast Studios in Halmstad wants to show the politicians and record company moguls that you can get a big hit without marketing budgets in the million krona range. Read the full story...

Aftonbladet: “Gessle gets 20 million kronor”

Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reports today about Gyllene Tider's "secret deal;" the income resulting from last year's tour, summarizing that Per Gessle earned 20 million Swedish kronor (€2.2 million), while the rest of the band got a mere two million kronor (€220,000) each. Read the full story...

New book about Halland out

There's a new Roxette track out there. This time it's not played by Roxette, but by Ginestrakvartetten (The Ginestra Quartet) and it's a beautiful seven and a half minute long medley of "Vulnerable", "It Must Have Been Love", "Dressed for Success" and "The Look". Read the full story...

Per Gessle inspired Brainpool to release greatest hits album

"It was actually your beloved Per Gessle who initiated the compilation," said Brainpool's David Birde in an exclusive interview with The Daily Roxette regarding their forthcoming greatest hits album.   "Apparently he was at home, listening to our albums and was once again struck by how good we were," David tells TDR. Read the full story...

Brainpool releases greatest hits album, “lost” single

CDON lists a Brainpool greatest hits album due out on June 1. The album, titled "We Aimed To Please," contains various unrelased songs and single b-sides as well as a bonus DVD. Read the full story...

iTunes enter Sweden finally

Today Apple's very successful legal downloading service iTunes opened its gates in Sweden. Read the full story...

Hotel Tylösand makes big profit

HALMSTAD - Hotel Tylösand (Tylöhus to the locals) made a nice profit of 20 million kronor (€2.2 million) last year. Read the full story...

New Marie Fredriksson single out in May

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - According to Capitol Sweden, the third single from Marie Fredriksson's "The Change" will be "A Table in the Sun", which will hit the stores on May 18.   Previously released singles from "The Change" are "2nd Chance" (October 6, 2004) and "All About You" (December 1, 2004). Read the full story...

“I’m gonna run to you…”

HELSINKI - Finally it has happened! Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Roxette, Visa Kopu, has finally gotten his Tia! Read the full story...

Gessle receives Liseberg award in front of 5,500 people

GOTHENBURG - Per Gessle received the Lisbergsapplåd award yesterday in front of the first visitors to Gothenburg's amusement park, which had just opened its doors for this year's season.   "It is a honor to receive this award. Read the full story...