Halland Love Stories, the new musical which uses Per Gessle material, opened last night. A short review will follow later. Meanwhile these are the songs used:

Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)
När vi två blir en
Sommartider
Det är över nu
Tycker om när du tar på mej
Jag skulle vilja tänka en underbar tanke
Tuffa tider (för en drömmare)
Ljudet av ett annat hjärta
När alla vännerna gått hem

Only about three songs were actually performed by the cast.

http://www.teaterhalland.nu/evenemang/halland-love-stories-hstd/?v=f003c44deab6

Halland Love Stories | Halmstad – TEATER HALLAND

Söndag 29 april | Halmstad teater | kl 19:00 Onsdag 2 maj | Halmstad teater | kl 13:00 Torsdag 3 maj | Halmstad teater | kl 13:00 Fredag 4 maj | Halmstad teater | kl 13:00 Lördag 5 maj | Halmstad teater | kl 19:00 – grand final!

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Who are Sweden’s hottest new electronic act? They’ve shot straight to #1 on iTunes and Amazon.

“You better believe it, a broken heart can never keep time…”
A short review of Name You Beautiful: it’s a fast paced song sung mainly by Per but with lots of help from Helena. Computerized drums and a mean keyboard fiddle, steel guitar and banjo. That does however not mean it’s country song. A song to compare it with would possibly be Goodbye to You maybe. With some luck a radio hit.

Snippet from Roxette Café: https://soundcloud.com/roxettecafe/name-you-beautiful-30-sec-snippet/s-kHJUU

Name You Beautiful (30 sec snippet)

Listen to Name You Beautiful (30 sec snippet) by Roxette Cafe #np on #SoundCloud

Stevo listens to Name You Beatiful and shares his thoughts on TDR.

Name You Beautiful, the Liebherr anthem

Per Gessle is back with a dynamic song that could have easily been the opening song to Roxette’s last studio album Good Karma. “Name You Beautiful” is a joyful and fast paced earworm that is quite possibly one of the very finest songs that Per Gessle has penned in the latter half of his illust…

Happy Birthday to the King of Swing, the Ayatollah of Rock’n rolla – Mr. Mats MP Persson!

Roxette at The Beacon in NYC, Sept. 2, 2012. A magical night. Per’s coming in for landing.

Per Gessle makes the offical song for LIEBHERR World Table Tennis Championship in Halmstad.

Halmstad native Per Gessle, with a track record of 80 million albums sold worldwide, is supporting the World Table Tennis Championship in Halmstad with a song composed especially for the event that will be seen by 350 million viewers all over the world.

Over 100 nations from all corners of the globe will visit the coastal city when the LIEBHERR World Team Table Tennis Championships descends upon Halmstad Arena between April 29th and May 6th 2018. On top of experiencing world class table tennis, visitors will also be able to enjoy world famous artist Per Gessle’s music, as he is behind the official WTTC-song “Name You Beautiful”, performed together with Helena Josefsson.

– When I was asked to write the official song for the tournament I didn’t hesitate. I was really up for the challenge. I wrote ittogether with some other local Halmstad-musicians, namely the guys from Galavant (Sebastian Atas and Victor Sjöström). Their super talented friend Viktor Broberg also contributed. We had lots of fun, says Gessle in a statement, adding:
– The song isn’t really a net ball, more like a killer smash in the backhand corner!

Johnny Ewerstein, project manager of the 2018 WTTC, is happy and pleased that Gessle chose to contribute a song to Sweden’s biggest sporting event 2018:

– This is absolutely fantastic! Gessle is a world renowned artist, and the fact that he stems from Halmstad makes it all the more special and an honor for us as hosts. We’re very glad and grateful for this song, which fits in excellently with a sporting event of this scope and importance.

The WTTC-song will be played publicly for the first time during the European Championships qualification match between Sweden and Denmark. The game is played in Halmstad Arena on February 27th at 18.30. Entry is free of charge, so don’t miss this opportunity to combine world-class table tennis with a brand new song from Per Gessle. The song will soon be available on Spotify and iTunes.

Today in 1999 Have a Nice Day was released. To this day still a good album, maybe a little before its time? Would be nice to finally get this concert from Stockholm on DVD!

Roxette – Crush On You (live 2001) – www.dailyroxette.com

Live at the Globe in Stockholm 2001. Remastered sound.

Amazing version, live at AGM.

Per Gessle – Tycker om när du tar på mej

“Tycker om när du tar på mej” is the sixth single from the album ‘Mazarin’ by Per Gessle. Per Gessle: ‘Written in Halmstad, Sweden on 1 October 2002. Such em…

Gyllene Tider 1980. Very energetic.

Gyllene Tider Live Rock 300

Gyllene Tider Live Rock 300 01-Fån Telefon 02-Arabiska natter 03-(dansar inte lika bra som)Sjoemaen 04-(Ska Vi Älska Så Ska Vi Älska Till) Buddy Holly 05-Bil…

Happy Valentine’s! Spread the love.

Roxette – A Thing About You

Music video by Roxette performing A Thing About You.

Get your hands on some Per-stuff. Buy lottery tickets. You may win:

1. Presentkort av olika dignitet till Hotel Tylösand
2. Signerad bok ”Texter, klotter & funderingar” – PG texter på svenska
3. Signerad bok ”Songs, sketches & reflektions” – PG texter på engelska
4. Signerad CD ”En vacker natt”
5. Signerad CD ”En vacker kväll”
6. Signerad CD ”Roxette – Good Karma”
7. Signerad CD ”Roxette – The 30 Biggest Hits”
8. Signerad vinyl single ”Roxette -The Look (2015 Remake)
9. Signerad bok ”Roxette – Den osannolika resan tur och retur”
10. Signerad bok ”En vacker bok – Live sommaren 2017 ”

HK Drott Halmstad

Per Gessle engagerar sig i HK Drott

Det är med stolthet som vi berättar att Halmstadssonen Per Gessle har bestämt sig för att engagera sig i Drotts överlevnad.
Per har skänkt lite Per Gessle-prylar som kommer att bli priser i vårt lotteri.
Lotterna köper ni i Halmstad Arena eller via Swish: 1230310078 (märk inbetalningen ”GESSLE”). En lott kostar 20 SEK. Ni kör vi!
Ps. Den digitala lotten som du köper via swish kommer att få samma lottnummer som ditt telefonnummer, även om du köper flera lotter.

It’s Feb. 8, the date of Roxette’s final concert ever. Sort of a sad date don’t you think? This is not Roxette’s final concert, but it’s the one from the Globe in Stockholm in 2001. Enjoy: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xIvQH2qJWubV76CvXJcgI0n9XQsCz7TR

Swedish indie company Cosmos Music, owned by Per Gessle among others, has bought the rights to Gyllene Tider’s first 5 albums, Per Gessle’s 5 first solo albums and Marie Fredriksson’s first 3 from American Warner Music. “It is a great honor to be able to add these recordings from one of the country’s most popular and most successful bands to our growing master catalog. Gyllene Tider’s classic hit records, together with Per and Marie’s amazing solo album, make up one of Sweden’s most acclaimed song treasures and we are really looking forward to dealing with these pop gems in the best possible way,” says Robert Litsén, CEO of Cosmos Music.

http://www.musikindustrin.se/2018/02/07/musikbolag-cosmos-music-forvarvar-gyllene-tider-katalog/

Musikindustrin – MUSIKBOLAG Cosmos Music förvärvar Gyllene Tider-katalog

Det helsvenska indiebolaget Cosmos Music, som ägs av bl a Per Gessle, har förvärvat de fem första albumen med Gyllene Tider från amerikanska Warner Music. I köpet ingår även de första fem respektive första tre soloalbumen med Per Gessle och Marie Fredriksson.

Not too shabby eh?

Bam from out of nowhere! Per mentioned to TDR when the album was released that he was thinking of releasing this version. Glad he did! We’re looking into if there will be a physical record, but don’t hold your breath.

Honung och guld – Live Halmstad 11 augusti 2017

Honung och guld – Live Halmstad 11 augusti 2017, a song by Per Gessle, Lars Winnerbäck on Spotify

Marie owns the place. Gävle, August 1987.

A very happy Per and Marie after the comeback show in Sundsvall 2010.

Happy Friday! (Thanx Eliza)

The first EMI Roxette logo, used in 1983 for the first time, and 1987 the last. Teaser Japanese and Dance Passion respectively.

FYI: the new pressing of Per’s En vacker kväll is in stock.

Per’s first ESC entry since 1986! (For the Norwegian leg.)

Space Station 12

We are happy to announce that Charla K is confirmed for Melodi Grand Prix 2018 in Norway! She will compete with the song “Stop The Music” written by her together with Alex Shield and none other than Per Gessle! This song was chosen out of almost 1200 songs! That is a record for the competition i Norway. The event will take place at Oslo Spektrum the 10th of March.

You can already listen to the song at Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/5OtbkFUYM7z5CbUzSfXSXO

The new Mono Mind single hit the “shelves” the other day.

I Found My Soul At Marvingate – Sofa Tunes Remix

I Found My Soul At Marvingate – Sofa Tunes Remix, a song by Mono Mind on Spotify

A yuge Happy Birthday to Per Håkan Gessle! 2017 was a hectic year for Per. He released no less than 3 (!) albums, toured Sweden, (Finland and Norway) in between the showers, released a photo book and had himself some fun on TV on different shows, including his own Gessle according to Gessle. If 2018 is half as great, we’ll be thankful… and he seems optimistic!

The first show on SiriusXM Nordic Rox in 2018: a Tom Petty tribute.

Happy 2018 to all our readers! Here’s to a stunning year!

Jodie Whittaker tells about when she cut her hair like “the lead singer in Roxette”.

Merry Roxmas!

Part Deux.

Per Gessle -Gessle enligt Gessle Part 2/2

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Due to the hassle with the CD Per has decided to release En vacker kväll digitally after all. Spotify, iTunes etc.

Instructions on how to make the next live album. #envackerkväll