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Gessle: “Crown Princess has an extremely good taste”

Jun 4

Posted by Tomasz in Media, Misc, Per Gessle, Roxette | 5 Comments

Per Gessle has officially confirmed that Roxette will play on Victoria’s pre-wedding party on Friday, June 18th, Expressen reports. “Crown Princess has an extremely good taste, Per Gessle comments to Expressen.

He took part in the official banns of marriage ceremony, where Victoria and Daniel received gifts and presents from invited guests e.g. Sweden’s Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. The ceremony took place on Sunday afternoon, May 30th. Gessle came to the castle with a large silver package. When Aftonbladet’s reporter asked what’s inside, Gessle just laughed and answered “It’s a puppy“. Per Gessle was very happy when he came out of the castle afterwards and told Expressen that the dainty sandwitches were very good. He did not want to reveal any other details around the performance, since it would be no fun.

Sources: Expressen.se, Svenskdam.se, Aftonbladet.se

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Are you The next big thing?

Jun 3

Posted by Tomasz in Misc, Per Gessle | No Comments

This is a newsletter that every registered person on Snowfish.com should have gotten. The contest has started on May 25th.

Are you The Next Big Thing?

Snowfish is proud to present a new and unique music competition where everyone can be a winner – artists and music lovers alike. We call it The Next Big Thing!

For Artists!

As an aspiring artist you can sign up for the competition using your existing Snowfish-account. The goal is simple: promote yourself by uploading music, videos, images, and by publishing blog posts and interacting with fellow artists and community members. The more traffic you attract to your site, the higher your score will get. The top 10 scoring artists will be chosen to face off at an amazing live concert event at Kungsträdgården, Stockholm on the 10th and 11th of September, 2010…where The Next Big Thing winner will be crowned.

Get your music on Spotify!
Play at the Way out West festival in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Perform onstage in the Next Big Thing summer tour.
Become a finalist and compete for a recording session with a famous producer, touring hookup, music gear and much more…

For Music Fans!

Whats great about The Next Big Thing competition is that we focus equally on music fans and their ability to recognize and promote the best talent. Sign up as a Jury member and you will play a huge role in the outcome while competing for free prizes and the chance to become one of the top 10 best talent spotting jury members who get to pick the winner at an amazing live concert event at Kungsträdgården, Stockholm on the 10th and 11th of September, 2010!

Win a VIP-pass to the Way out West-festival in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Promote your favorite artists, get on the top scoring jury charts, get free stuff!
The top 10 jury finalists will be the ones who pick the winner at an amazing live concert event at Kungsträdgården, Stockholm on the 10th and 11th of September, 2010.

snowfish.com
thenextbigthing.se

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Mystery of new music books

Jun 3

Posted by Tomasz in Media, Releases, Roxette | 5 Comments

As we previously informed, “Best of Roxette” will be published by Swedish publishing company Gehrmans Musikförlag. The premiere was postponed two times – first time from March 22nd till June 1st and now the official release date is September 1st 2010 according to Adlibris.se and Cdon.se.

Suprisingly, on both sites mentioned above two more Gessle/Roxette music books are in stock – both released on May 31st by Books, LLC. The books are said to be in English. There is no cover pictures or any informations except the very long title where few songs’ titles are included (e.g. It must have been love, Listen to your heart, The look, Joyride, How do you do, The centre of the heart).

Amazon.co.uk gives more details – they claim that Gessle-book has 324 pages (!) and its dimensions are 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm while Roxette’s book has 126 pages and it dimensions are 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm.

Is it meant to be the international version of Swedish “Best of Roxette”?
Does anyone know more about these publication?
Or better: is there someone out there who purchased them?

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