Thanks to Kathie Winn for finding this out.
As we already informed you about it, the new Gyllene Tider book is published on 15th November. As Per promised yesterday, those ”who are interested in this petite Swedish power pop combo, won’t be disappointed”. Well, looking at the high resolution photos Anders Roos (the photographer who followed GT during the whole tour, taking appr. […]
Last week we already informed you about the content of the upcoming Roxette DVD / Blu-ray and Per added his comments on it regarding what the DVD and the Blu-ray really contain. Now the lists of songs are also published on a Bulgarian website (Radio N-JOY) both for the live part of the DVD and […]
As GT informed about it on Facebook and we could see it in our mailboxes, there was a mistake in the factory and ”Singel #2 / Dags att tänka på refrängen” single – which was planned to be a clear vinyl – has been released on standard black vinyl. It will be a rare item […]
You might remember the first 3 shows of this year’s Alla tiders hits on SVT since there were Marie Fredriksson, Per Gessle and Gyllene Tider songs performed by other artists. Panetoz, the guys who presented Gyllene Tider’s ”När vi två blir en” got into the final and performed the song tonight again. Before they went […]
As it is usual in Sweden, the major music stores – in cooperation with Parlophone/Warner Music – offer a signed card by Marie if you pre-order her upcoming album “Nu!”. Here are the links and shipping information: Ginza Pre-order here: http://www.ginza.se/product/fredriksson-marie/nu!-2013/445337/ Ginza delivers to all EU countries and Norway. Shipping costs: 99SEK. Bengans Pre-order here: […]
Tara Moshizi and Tove Meyer from Sveriges Radio are doing a radio documentary on Roxette. They already did interviews with Clarence Öfwerman and Anders Herrlin in September and it seems that the interview with Mr G took place today. The documentary will be broadcasted on P1 and P4 Sveriges Radio – so, of course, it […]
Ginza.se has published the official tracklist of new Marie Fredriksson’s album “Nu!”. In brackets you can find English translations of those titles. 1. Kom vila hos mig (Come, rest with me) 2. Det bästa som nånsin kan hända (The best thing that can ever happen) 3. Det är nu! (It’s now!) 4. Längtan (Longing) 5. […]
FSK (Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft = Voluntary Self Regulation of the Movie Industry), a German motion picture rating system organization run by the SPIO (Head Organisation of the Movie Industry) has published the release certificate of Roxette’s new DVD. It’s been approved to be released without age restriction. According to the certificate, the title of […]
All international fans got kind of upset when they heard that Marie Fredriksson’s tickets are being sold in presale by Coop, Tele2 and Comviq – exactly the same partners e.g. Gyllene Tider used earlier this year. But don’t worry – though the official sale starts on Monday it doesn’t seem many tickets are bought already. […]
In case you are still busy with finding out which concerts to attend on the upcoming Miss Effe tour, you might need a map with all those 19 venues where Marie is going to perform next February, March and April. Just click on the picture below and you’ll get to a Google maps tour plan, […]
So this is finally official! Marie Fredriksson goes on the Swedish tour – the first one in 13 years (or in fact in 14 as it’s 2014 we are talking now). 19 concerts across Sweden – the same number Gyllene Tider did this summer! Tickets will cost from ca SEK 400 for disable people to […]
As you might remember, we already informed you that a road movie biography about Gyllene Tider is on the way. The working title of the book was ”Bandet som inte finns” (= ”The band that doesn’t exist”), which I liked a lot, because it was a really creative title. The author, Jan-Owe Wikström finally changed […]
Swedish Radio programme P4 Premiär interviewed Marie during the presentation of her single in Stockholm last Tuesday. Here is a transcript of the interview. We tried our best (Jud with a little help from Patrícia), just drop us a line if you would write things differently. P4: How would you describe the artist Marie Fredriksson […]
Thanks to TV4 Play we could see Per and Sven talking live about Sven’s book ”Roxette – Den osannolika resan tur och retur” at the book fair in Gothenburg. There was no new info during this seminar – we even knew Per has studio hours booked for October. He starts with them tomorrow, but still […]
As we already informed you, Per Gessle and Sven Lindström are going to appear at Göteborg Book Fair on Sunday, 29th September. Their seminar about Sven’s book ”Roxette – Den osannolika resan tur och retur” starts at 12:00 CET and has the title ”Roxette – inte bara en joyride” (= Roxette – not just a […]
We have previously reported about jazz musician Magnus Lindgren’s “Souls” album being recorded with Marie Fredriksson contributing to one song called “On a Sunday”. The album is scheduled to be released on the 1st of November and you have chance to listen to 30-second extract from this song here.
Marie Fredriksson’s single is already available for purchase in Scandinavia: Digital single: iTunes CDON Streaming: Spotify Wimp We still don’t have any information about a physical single. We will keep you informed!
If you missed Marie Fredriksson hype, check this news and that one too. Oh, don’t forget about this as well! Here below you will find latest Marie Fredriksson’s lyrics written down by some crazy non-Swedish speaking fans, including Nathalie, Patrícia and me. Enjoy! KOM VILA HOS MIG Written by: Mikael Bolyos Tu-tu-tu… Solen den slår […]
Heads to newly opened Marie Fredriksson’s official Facebook page. So much happening in just one day!
Lyssna: Lyssna på Marie Fredrikssons nya hit “Kom vila hos mig”
Marie Fredriksson’s “Kom vila hos mig” will premiere exclusively on P4 national radio station just after 2PM CET on the 24th of September. Listen to it here. Additionally two new Marie pictures were published – one being “Kom vila hos mig” single cover and one used for world’s premiere article on P4. Both pictures are […]
According to tweets from various sources, including Fredriksson’s manager Marie Dimberg, Niklas Stromstedt or people behing WIMP streaming site, Marie Fredriksson attended the press meeting in Stockholm to promote her new single.
TT (Swedish news agency) has published a few more details about the release of Marie’s upcoming album. The single “Kom vila hos mig” will be out on Wednesday this week (Sept. 25) and the album “NU!” will be out end of November. Marie tells TT that she really looked forward to releasing an album in Swedish, […]
As Per is sharing a lot of information about his songs, demos, covers, etc. on Roxette Official and Per Gessle Official lately, we thought to collect them here, not to lose these pearls in the dark depths of Facebook. We hope Per is keeping up the good thing (thanx in advance, Mr G) and this […]
Galavant is a young house duo (Sebastian Atas and Victor Sjöström) from Halmstad. You might know this song from them, as it has become a hit: Tonight They already told in May, when they were interviewed by NRJ that they don’t know Per Gessle personally, but were talking about calling Per to do something together. It […]
You surely remember the first Swedish Hitz Goes Metal album from 2011, as it included 4 Roxette covers, The Look, Joyride, Sleeping in My Car and Listen to Your Heart. Now it’s been announced that a second album is on its way, being released on 25th October. According to the official tracklist, there is […]
”Cassettes & Chocolate Milk is a music blog and podcast series that examines the passionate antics of the mod revivalists, lovers of synth and mad devotees of British pop.” Missy El (Eleanor Gray), who is running C&CM since 10 years, is based in Melbourne, Australia. Her new podcast series, Consequential Lyrics consists of 40-minute-long episodes […]
I met Sven Lindström, the author of “Att vara Per Gessle” and the new book “Roxette – Den osannolika resan tur och retur” in Stockholm just right before the release party of the book. Sven told me about himself and especially about the making off the book. Enjoy the interview! Judith: To start with, could you tell us […]
SVT starts broadcasting a program called ”Alla tiders hits” on 7th September. The essence of this show is that famous Swedish artists are interpreting Swedish greatest hits. Per Gessle, Marie Fredriksson and Gyllene Tider songs are chosen for the first 3 shows. The article will be continuously updated with the available videos. Here is the […]
There have been some rumours going on about a new Marie solo album the past months and specially since the recording of “Tack för musiken” last week. I had the chance to ask Marie a couple questions about the album and other topics: RXB: First of all, how was your summer? You did some appearances like with GT […]
You might remember this article with the voting regarding what you think about Mr. G’s facebooking habits. 230 Roxers voted so far (which – considering that ~673 000 fans are there on Roxette Official – is not representative at all, but thanx to everyone who voted!). Next to 33% of Roxers who chose […]