Compact Disc format rocks on in Europe

LONDON – The compact disc has at least another five years as the most popular music format before online downloads chip away at its dominance, a new study said on Tuesday.   Technology consultancy Jupiter Research said in its annual report that in 2009 European music fans will buy 836 million euros ($1 billion USD) worth of music in the form of digital downloads and subscriptions to internet radio services.   At that level, digital music revenues will account for roughly 8 percent of Europe’s estimated 10.2 billion euro music market. Read the full story...

The Daily Roxette presents to our readers: Marie’s new single!

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) – The Daily Roxette is proud to present an advance preview of Marie Fredriksson’s new single: “2:nd Chance.” Read the full story...

Per nominated twice in Nordic Music Awards

STOCKHOLM – Per Gessle has been nominated in the Best Swedish Artist category in the Nordic Music Awards – twice! Read the full story...

Åkerlund releases DVD

STOCKHOLM – Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund will release a DVD next year, under the prestigious name “Director’s Label”, where directors like Spike Jonze and Chris Cunningham have been released before. Read the full story...

“The Change”- new album by Marie Fredriksson

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) – Marie Fredriksson is back after two years of medication and darkness (and it’s been eight years since her last release, not counting the greatest hits album “Äntligen”)! Read the full story...

Summer “Sunshine” extends into Sweden’s autumn

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) – The new single “Solsken” (“Sunshine”) will bring more Gyllene Tider to the airwaves this autumn to avoid the summer enthusiasm from dying out. Read the full story...

“Parkliv” and “Karaoke Hits!” to be released

The long wait is over. Today Ginza.se revealed the release date of Gyllene Tider’s “Parkliv” DVD, recorded in 1981. Read the full story...

Johnny Ramone loses his battle against cancer

LOS ANGELES – Johnny Ramone, the guitarist of the influencial 70’s punk band The Ramones, died Wednesday afternoon at the age of 55. Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider exhibition breaks museum’s attendance record

HALMSTAD – This summer’s Gyllene Tider exhibition at the Museum of Halmstad has rather unsurprisingly broken the museum’s all-time attendance record. Read the full story...

Fashion and cosmetics firms offer “Roxette” nail polish, shoes

NEW YORK – What color is Roxette?!?   According to a U.S. cosmetics firm based in California, Roxette is in the “red” family. Read the full story...

MP Persson awarded platinum

HALMSTAD – Mats “MP” Persson – guitarist in Gyllene Tider, drummer in Back on Stage, owner of studio Tits & Ass, et cetera – received a platinum award for his and Christer Schill’s song “On the Night of a Black Out,” recorded by Japanese boy band Kinki Kids. Read the full story...

Singer Laura Branigan passes away at 47

NEW YORK – Laura Branigan, a Grammy-nominated pop singer who recorded a Roxette cover but is best known for her 1982 platinum hit “Gloria,” has died. Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider performs secret gig – again

STOCKHOLM – Gyllene Tider performed last night at Swedish phone operator Comviq/Tele2’s kick-off event in Alvik outside of Stockholm. Read the full story...

GT tour: “There will never be anything like it”

HALMSTAD – The weather wasn’t exactly the best in the Halland area this summer and it affected many of the happenings in Halmstad and nearby cities. Read the full story...

Bryan Adams: “I’m sorry Roxette”

STOCKHOLM – Canadian rocker Bryan Adams’s new album “Room Service” will be released later this fall. Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider runs thank you advertisement

STOCKHOLM – Gyllene Tider thanks all the people that attended the GT25 tour, all 492,252 of them. Read the full story...

“The End”

HALMSTAD – This is it, this is “The End.” “The End” is what the last concert was called at Örjans Vall in Halmstad, Gyllene Tider’s final concert this tour. Read the full story...

“I never said I’d cancel Roxette”, says Per

HALMSTAD (UPDATED) – While The Daily Roxette waits to see Per Gessle before the final Gyllene Tider concert, it rained, rained, rained… I don’t think there has been more rain in Halmstad ever.   When we finally get backstage, Per greets us with a smile – he has just met a bunch of foreign fans. Read the full story...

Brainpool’s “Junk” premieres this Thursday

MALMÖ –   Brainpool’s latest project “Junk: a Rock Opera” will be out in the stores this Thursday, August 19th. Read the full story...

Dark clouds over Roxette, claims Aftonbladet

STOCKHOLM – According to Aftonbladet, Per Gessle says he doesn’t have the fire that’s needed to keep Roxette running.   Although Per doesn’t specifically say that Roxette is over, he gives very little to hang your hope on.   “I don’t feel the urge to go out in the world anymore, back then it was an enormous force to make it abroad,” says Per. Read the full story...

Gessle takes a time out

SUNDSVALL – Next year Per Gessle will disappear from the limelight. “It’s a promise I’ve given my wife, Åsa. Read the full story...

Video of GT performance available online

GÖTEBORG – “And all year long I’ve been waiting for… June, July and August!” Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider’s final concert to be shown on Jumbotron at Stora Torg

HALMSTAD – The last concert of Gyllene Tider’s tour this summer will be in Halmstad on August 18. Read the full story...

Marie Fredriksson at Ullevi

GOTHENBURG – Roxette’s female half, Marie Fredriksson, attended Gyllene Tider’s record breaking concert Saturday. Read the full story...

Over 58,900 people see Gyllene Tider at Ullevi

GOTHENBURG – Gyllene Tider tried hard to beat Bruce Springsteen’s attendance record at Ullevi and they did! Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider tries to beat The Boss’ attendance record

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) – Gyllene Tider will try to beat Bruce Springsteen’s [new] attendance record at Ullevi on Saturday, according to an article published today in Aftonbladet.   The Boss gathered 58,310 people at Ullevi last summer and Gyllene Tider has so far sold 58,000 tickets, including the 600 that were put on sale yesterday. Read the full story...

“Finn 5 fel” goes back up to #1

STOCKHOLM – After some The Hives hype, Gyllene Tider reclaims the #1 spot with “Finn 5 fel!” Read the full story...

Bengt Gessle: “My brother writes poor lyrics”

STOCKHOLM – The Swedish tabloid Expressen published a short interview with Bengt Gessle, Per’s older brother, today. Read the full story...

Advertisement cleverly claims Sweden’s biggest boyband is in town

GÖTEBORG – “Sweden’s Biggest Boyband is in Town,” proclaims a full-page advertisement that’s been appearing for several weeks now in newspapers here in Göteborg. Read the full story...

“Finn 5 Fel!” drops a notch, but achieves 3x platinum

STOCKHOLM – In “Finn 5 Fel!”‘s seventh week on the album charts, it falls to the second postion, having premiered on the chart at #1. Read the full story...

60s nostalgia on Per’s pause music CDs

STOCKHOLM – Expressen has gotten hold of the three CDs that are played before and after each Gyllene Tider concert. Read the full story...

Per keeps his voice in shape with ginger tea

FALUN – Per Gessle must keep his voice in shape this summer because tens of thousands of people are waiting him to sing almost every night. Read the full story...