Month: October 2015

Extra Roxette show in South Africa!

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Big Concerts has just announced an extra Roxette gig in South Africa. This way the fans can see the band at 5 shows. The additional date is at the end of the South African tour leg, so it closes with 2 shows in Cape Town, both concerts held at the same venue.

  • Johannesburg: 31st January 2016 Ticketpro Dome
  • Durban: 2nd February 2016 ICC Durban Arena
  • Port Elizabeth: 5th February 2016 Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Outer Fields
  • Cape Town: 7th February 2016 Grand Arena, GrandWest
  • Cape Town: 8th February 2016 Grand Arena, GrandWest

Big Concerts Facebook update about the extra date:

Cape Town – an additional date has been added for Roxette on their celebrated world tour ‘XXX – The 30th Anniversary Tour’. This new date on 8th February 2016 at the Grand Arena, GrandWest has a smaller capacity offering fans the chance to see Roxette up close in an intimate venue.

Tickets are already on sale HERE.

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Roxette confirmed the news in THIS post.

Additional items signed by Marie on Music Against Cancer auction

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Picture by Joachim Nywall

The organisers of Musik Mot Cancer visited Marie and Micke last Sunday and received three additional items for the auction that will take place on November 8th in Trollhättan.

In addition to the CDs and guitar we mentioned in our previous article, the three items have been added to the auction website too, all signed by Marie:

* one lithography of one of Marie’s paintings
* After the Change book
* Ett bord i solen book

The team that visited Marie and Micke told them that there has been a huge interest from around the world for the items. Marie was extremely happy to hear that and she asked to thank us all for the support.

Remember you can bid on the items online already now or during the live auction on November 8th. It is surely a good cause to donate money to.

Even better positions on the charts for Marie Fredriksson’s biography

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Marie’s biography, Kärleken till livet reached even better positions on the charts during last week vs. a week ago. The story told by Marie herself, the promo the book gets via reviews and Helena von Zweigbergk’s media appearances, as well as her enthusiastic talking about the book at book shops and at the book fair in Gothenburg make many people buy the biography both in Sweden and in the rest of the world.

Actual positions:

Ginza book audio book

No. 2 among all books!!! (No. 1 last week.)
The audio book is No. 7 on the list of best selling books. (No. 8 last week.)

Adlibris book e-book audio book

No. 5 among all books! (No. 7 last week.)
Here you could order a limited number of signed copies if you live in Sweden or ordered the book to a Swedish address where you could pick it up. The book is nicely signed by Marie and Helena.

CDON book audio book

No. 10 among newly published books (No. 16 last week.)
No. 9 in non-fiction category (No. 12 last week.)

Bokus book e-book audio book

No. 5 among biographies!!! (No. 20 last week.)

Bokon e-book

No. 29 among all e-books (No. 31 last week.)
(You can also read a short part of the book here.)

Congrats to Marie and Helena!

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Helena von Zweigbergk & Marie Fredriksson Photo by Mattias Edwall

Music Against Cancer auction with Roxette related items again

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mmc-uk-blackMusik Mot Cancer (Music Against Cancer) has organised an auction to raise money for Barncancerfonden Väst (Childhood cancer foundation west) and the children’s department of the hospital in Norra Älvsborg this year again. The non-profit organisation has collected items signed by celebrities once again that will be auctioned in an event that will take place on November 8th, 2015 in Trollhättan starting at 16:00 CET (details here).

If you cannot attend the event, you can also bid online live during the event. For that you would need to register beforehand here.  And you can already place your bids via the online auction page.

The following Per and Marie items are being auctioned. More items may be added soon:

Check out Musik Mot Cancer’s website and Facebook page for the details! We wish Musik Mot Cancern lots of bids and that they are able to raise lots of money for this cause!

NOTE: The guitar signed by Marie is the same as last year’s, as the winner of the auction in 2014 did not pay the bill!

Marie Fredriksson’s biography entered the charts

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ktl_3dKärleken till livet, Marie’s biography was published on 7th October. At least this is the date most sites promoted and this is the date till which we could see the countdown on Marie’s Facebook page. However, the publishing company, Piratförlaget still has 14th October on their website. It seems that most shops and webshops already got the book and shipped them to those who ordered it even from abroad. If you ordered it, but haven’t found it in your mailbox yet, keep calm, it will surely reach you one of these days.

The book entered several charts and it’s not even a week ago since it’s out. The positions show high interest in Ms. Fredriksson’s biography. Not only in Sweden, but also around the world. Look at Ginza! Imagine the sales figures if the book is translated into English and other languages! 😉

 

Ginza book audio book

No. 1 among all books!!!
The audio book is No. 8 on the list of best selling books, however, here it’s released on 16th October.

Adlibris book e-book audio book

No. 7 among all books!
Here you could order a limited number of signed copies if you live in Sweden or ordered the book to a Swedish address where you could pick it up. The book is nicely signed by Marie and Helena.

CDON book audio book

No. 16 among newly published books
No. 12 in non-fiction category

Bokus book e-book audio book

No. 20 among biographies

Bokon e-book

No. 31 among all e-books
(You can also read a short part of the book here.)

 

Congrats to Marie and Helena for reaching such nice positions on the charts! Looking forward to next week’s results!