Per: “New Gyllene Tider album is still just a dream”

HALMSTAD/STOCKHOLM – Hallands Nyheter, the local newspaper for the Halmstad area, interviewed Per last week after he was nominated as the “Halland Resident of All Times.” Read the full story...

Per didn’t make it in the P3 awards

GÖTEBORG – Per Gessle was nominated in two categories in Sweden’s national radio’s “P3 Guld” awards. Read the full story...

No go for “MP” in Finnish Eurovision

HELSINKI – As we previously reported, Mats “MP” Persson wrote a song for the Finnish selection of Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Read the full story...

Per scores again

STOCKHOLM – Per got one out of four nominated awards at Radio NRJ Awards in Stockholm tonight. Read the full story...

“Mazarin” back on top

STOCKHOLM – All of the publicity surrounding the success with Per’s “Mazarin” has propelled the album back to the top of the Swedish album charts. Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider WILL play Örjans Vall in Halmstad

HALMSTAD – Per Gessle can flash his well-known V-sign. There will be a summer concert with Gyllene Tider at Örjans Vall in Halmstad.   Halmstad’s local governing body (kommun) has given the go ahead for one, possibly two, concerts in July and thus Gessle’s dream can be fulfilled: to break the attendence record at his hometown football (soccer) arena.   It’s been held so far by Per’s favorite team, IS Halmia, when on October 13, 1962, a night game against Landskrona Bois was seen by 20,381 people.   Gyllene Tider can also count on breaking their own Halmstad record which originated from a concert at Stora Torg in June 1995 when around 15,000 attended the group’s first real reunion.   It will be the first time Örjans Vall will be used as a rock arena. Read the full story...

Hat trick in Bears for Per!

STOCKHOLM – Per Gessle killed all opposition when he collected no less than three Rockbjörnar (Rock Bears) tonight at Cirkus on Djurgården in Stockholm. Read the full story...

No doubt of it: Per Gessle was #1 artist of 2003 in Sweden

Per Gessle’s “Mazarin” solo album and the single “Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)” were major hits last year. Read the full story...

How old can one get?

HALMSTAD – Per turns 45 today. We know that normally the 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th … anniversaries are the ones that get special attention, but since 2003 has been such a great, special, amazing year for The Man, we just thought he deserved some special attention, and also remember other special moments in Per’s life. Read the full story...

“Mazarin” climbs – again

STOCKHOLM – Be it the new single, “Tycker om när du tar på mej”, or the need to get a great Christmas present – “Mazarin” climbs back to #6 on the Swedish album charts this week. Read the full story...

“Här kommer alla känslorna”most played on Swedish radio 2003

STOCKHOLM – The year of 2003 was a huge success for Per Gessle. Read the full story...

Finnish reality TV idol sings Roxette on CD

HELSINKI – Antti Tuisku, a semi-finalist on the Finnish “Idols” contest, sings “Spending My Time” on a new CD put together of the songs performed during the TV series. Read the full story...

Per nominated for three “Rock Bears”

STOCKHOLM – After preliminary voting by the readers of the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Per Gessle’s name shows up as a final nominee in three categories for this year’s Rockbjörnen awards. Read the full story...

EMI releases new Roxette CDs in Russia

ST. PETERSBURG – Russian EMI representative Gala Records Inc. has recently released special low priced CDs. Read the full story...

Belgian consumer organization sues record companies

BRUSSELS – Copy protection of CDs is illegal, claims the Belgian consumer rights organization Test Aankoop, who sued EMI, BMG, Sony and Universal for copy protecting their CDs. Read the full story...

Capitol Sweden releases low price CDs

STOCKHOLM – Capitol Records Sweden will release a new low price series of CDs, presumably to fight piracy. Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider’s comeback planned for eight years

STOCKHOLM – After having spent Christmas with his family in Halmstad, Per Gessle says it’s now time for him to work on the new Gyllene Tider record that will be released to coincide with this summer’s upcoming 25th Anniversary tour. Read the full story...

Swedish TV4 broadcasts Per’s concert on New Year’s Day

One of the highlights of Swedish TV4’s New Year’s Day program is a shortened version of Per’s Gothenburg concert from this summer. Read the full story...

Per sends his best wishes for a Happy New Year!

HALMSTAD – Good grief!   I almost forgot to wish you a happy new 2004!!! Read the full story...

Per’s “best of 2003″s

STOCKHOLM – Per answers some questions about 2003 from Aftonbladet’s Per Bjurman: Best CD: The Cardigans “Long Gone Before Daylight”. Read the full story...

Year in review 2003: Cupcakes, anyone?

The year 2003 was full of happy surprises. All in all, it was a year of Per Gessle, even though Marie did come public with some happy news, too. Read the full story...

TDR wishes all our readers a very Merry Christmas!

And a Happy New Year! We also wish Per and Marie a Merry Christmas. Read the full story...

Per wants to start Gyllene Tider tour at his favorite soccer stadium

HALMSTAD – If Per Gessle gets what he wants, the Gyllene Tider tour planned for next summer will start at Örjans Vall, the home stadium of his favorite soccer team Halmia. Read the full story...

“Opportunity Nox” scores high on year-end German radio charts

Roxette’s most recent single, “Opportunity Nox,” scored big in Germany. On Sunday, the song came in as #3 on the Jump Radio Charts of the Year. Read the full story...

Per and Marie candidates for a special award of the Swedish Grammis jury

STOCKHOLM – Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson are both nominated for the jury’s special Honorary Award at the Swedish Grammis awards 2003. Read the full story...

“Our Daily Bread…”

STOCKHOLM – The Swedish Salvation Army has started selling a book named “Vårt dagliga bröd” (Our Daily Bread), which contains recipies of “25 famous faces’ best bread”. Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider decides they WILL tour next summer!

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) – As widely expected, The Daily Roxette learned today that Gyllene Tider has indeed decided to tour Sweden next summer to celebrate their 25th Anniversary. Read the full story...

Gessle nominated for Radio NRJ awards

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) – On January 25 2004 Radio NRJ have their annual NRJ Radio Awards where they give prices to the best artists of the year. Read the full story...

Yet another award nomination for Per Gessle

STOCKHOLM – Per Gessle has been nominated in two categories for Sweden’s national radio’s “P3 Guld” awards. Read the full story...

Marie works on new album

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) – Marie Fredriksson is the “Queen of the Rock Bear” (Rockbjörnen – Aftonbladet’s annual reader’s choice award). Read the full story...

Gyllene Tider records new album?

STOCKHOLM – In today’s edition of Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet a person “close to Per” reveals that Gyllene Tider has recorded more than half of a new album for their 25th anniversary next year. Read the full story...

Chancelor of Justice closes Marie’s case

STOCKHOLM – There will be no trial for Marie Fredriksson vs. Karolinska Sjukhuset. Read the full story...