Per sends year-end greetings to TDR readers

HALMSTAD - In a fax message sent today to the TDR newsroom, Per wishes the readers of The Daily Roxette a splendid 2005… He-he-hey!!! Read the full story...

New Gyllene Tider single out in January

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Both Aftonbladet and Expressen have met Per Gessle to summarize 2004. Read the full story...

New Gyllene Tider documentary to be aired

STOCKHOLM - A new Gyllene Tider documentary, "Gyllene Tider lite från insidan" ("GT, a little from the inside"), will be aired on Swedish TV4 on January 5th at 21:00 CET. Read the full story...

Swedes wish Marie a “God Jul”

STOCKHOLM - Marie Fredriksson is the celebrity that Swedes would most like to wish a Merry Christmas to. Read the full story...

“The Change” released in Brazil, but with spotty distribution

RIO DE JANEIRO - Marie's new album "The Change" has been released in Brazil, and can be found in the Brazilian music shops. Read the full story...

Grammis nominees revealed

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - The Grammis nominees have been revealed and are as follows: Popgroup of the Year: Gyllene Tider, Composer of the Year: Per Gessle, Artist of the Year: Gyllene Tider, Song of the Year: Gyllene Tider: "Tuffa tider/En sten vid en sjö i en skog", in total four nominations. Read the full story...

Fans travel to Halmstad

HALMSTAD - New Gyllene Tider material and Christmas atmosphere - these things attracted a group of Czech fans to travel to a charming Swedish tree-hearted town - Halmstad. Read the full story...

Per, Marie and Gyllene Tider among the finalists in Rockbjörnen awards

STOCKHOLM - Aftonbladet's award Rockbjörnen (The Rock Bear) finalists have been selected. Among them are Marie Fredriksson (Best Female), Gyllene Tider (Best Album, Best Group and Best Song [Tuffa tider]) and Per Gessle (Best Male). Read the full story...

“Gyllene Tider sold too many records”

STOCKHOLM - "No more mr. Nice Guy," Anders Nunstedt, columnist at Expressen writes. Read the full story...

Per decides against the Song Contest

STOCKHOLM - Earlier this fall Per Gessle opened a door toward participating in the Swedish leg of the Eurovision Song Contest. Read the full story...

“2:nd Chance” enters German radio chart at #10

STUTTGART - Marie Fredriksson's song "2:nd Chance", which hasn't been officially released as a single in Germany, entered the listener's charts of SWR3 at #10 tonight, being this the highest entry of the week. Read the full story...

“Varmt igen” featured on Jöback’s live DVD

STOCKHOLM - The Gessle-penned song "Varmt igen" – released for the first time on Peter Jöback's album "Jag kommer hem igen till jul" in 2002, and later included on Per's "Mazarin" album – is featured on Jöback's new live DVD "Jag kommer hem igen till jul - live från Cirkus." Read the full story...

“The Change” climbs to #5; GT25 Live! DVD enters at #1

STOCKHOLM - A week after the documentary about Marie was broadcast on Swedish channel TV4, "The Change" climbs to #5 from #17 in the official Swedish album charts and sells gold. Read the full story...

Singer for MP’s Eurovision song selected

HELSINKI - Mats "MP" Persson, the guitarist of Gyllene Tider and a music producer, has once again managed to get one of his songs into the Finnish leg of the Eurovision song contest, as reported before. Read the full story...

Marie talks about God in the documentary

"A Second Chance", a documentary about Marie and her illness, was aired last week in Sweden and Finland. Read the full story...

And the winner is…

STOCKHOLM - In the sleeve of the triple platinum selling album "Finn 5 fel!" Read the full story...

Museum auctions off Gyllene Tider exhibition items

HALMSTAD - The Halmstad museum auctioned off several items from the last summer's Gyllene Tider exhibition on Thursday. Read the full story...

“All About You” second single off “The Change”

(UPDATED) - According to the Swedish online store Ginza.se, the second single to be released from Marie Fredriksson's album "The Change" is going to be "All About You," a love song that husband Micke Bolyos wrote for Marie. Read the full story...

“The Change”: Brazil and Spain yes, Australia no

(UPDATED) - According to EMI Brasil, the new Marie Fredriksson album "The Change" will be released in Brazil. Read the full story...

Capitol Germany promotes “The Change”

VIENNA - Marie Fredriksson's album "The Change" was released on November 15th in Germany and since then Capitol Music Germany hasn't saved any effort to promote it.   Last week top radio stations in Germany, such as SWR3, NDR2 and WDR2, featured "The Change" as album of the week. Read the full story...

“A Second Chance” airs tonight on Swedish TV4

HELSINKI - According to EMI Finland, the new Marie Fredriksson documentary which until now remained untitled will be called "Marie Fredriksson dokumentär - En andra chans" ("Marie Fredriksson documentary - A second chance"). Read the full story...

“The Change” falls from #1 to #12

STOCKHOLM - After two weeks at the top position, Marie's new album plummets to #12 on the album chart in Sweden. Read the full story...

Cover for “GT25 Live!” DVD revealed

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Today Swedish Internet site CDON published the cover for the new Gyllene Tider live DVD "GT 25 live! Read the full story...

Marie tops the chart two weeks in a row

STOCKHOLM - Despite this week's fall of sixteen spots to #34 on the Swedish singles charts with "2:nd Chance", Marie Fredriksson achieves a second week in the top of the albums chart with "The Change". Read the full story...

“The Change” enters Swedish album charts at #1

STOCKHOLM - Marie Fredriksson's new album "The Change" enters the Swedish album charts at #1. Read the full story...

More awards for Per

STOCKHOLM - Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards have been presented for the first time ever in Sweden. Read the full story...

Marie documentary on Finnish TV this month

HELSINKI - The yet-to-be-titled Marie Fredriksson documentary will be broadcast by Finnish commercial TV channel MTV3. Read the full story...

MP writes another song for the Finnish Eurovision song contest

HALMSTAD - Mats MP Persson, guitarist, song-co-writer and studio guru of Gyllene Tider, has once again gotten one of his songs into the Finnish leg of the Eurovision song contest! Read the full story...

German fans gather together for disco party

BONN - In conjuction with the release of Marie Fredriksson's album "The Change," German fans have re-launched a popular online meeting-point, "Planet Roxette," which sports a new design as well as new content like an extensive multimedia section including, among others, wallpapers, screensavers and games; or a discography section based on Robert Thorselius' "The Look for Roxette." Read the full story...

Per awarded by Swedish music publishers

STOCKHOLM - The Swedish Music Publishers Association (SMFF) had their annual Swedish songwriter awards in Nalen, Stockholm on Thursday. Read the full story...

Gessle: “Our new CD will be a real power-pop bomb!”

STOCKHOLM - As previously reported by The Daily Roxette, Gyllene Tider will release a live DVD, and live CD this fall - "En scen vid en plats i en stad." Read the full story...

Swedish newspapers review “The Change”

Various Swedish newspapers have published reviews today of Marie's new album, "The Change".   Hallandsposten's Jan-Owe Wikström gives the album 4 out of 5. Read the full story...