Lotta Bromé has interviewed Roxette for her radio programme P4 Extra med Lotta Bromé. The interview will be aired (not live) today at 13:25 on SR – P4 channel.
You can already listen to a short part of it on the website. In this short teaser, Marie explains doctors gave her only half a year but that deep inside she knew she would make it. “But it has been a tough fight,” she says.
Updated February 28th: Contest is over. We will announce the winners this week. Good luck!
We have 10 “She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)” promo singles (1-track, orange/red cover) to give away, courtesy of EMI Austria.
In order to participate, answer to these three questions and send them to contest@roxetteblog.com latest 27th February 2011. We will raffle the 10 singles among those who have answered the 3 songs correctly.
Don’t forget to indicate your nickname in your email and to read the small letters below.
1 -Marie Fredriksson joined Per Gessle on stage during his Party Crasher tour in 2009, where they both played “It Must Have Been Love” and “The Look”. In which cities was it?
a) Amsterdam and Moscow
b) Amsterdam and Stockholm
c) Stockholm and Warsaw
2 -“Charm School” can be found in various different versions, for example Deluxe and vinyl. What is included in the Deluxe version?
a) An EP with demos
b) A live CD with tracks recorded during Roxette’s tour 2010
c) An interview with Per and Marie
3 – Roxette are going on a world tour this year. Where does the tour start?
a) Stockholm, Sweden
b) Berlin, Germany
c) Kazan, Russia
And here is the small letter, contest conditions
– In order to participate, you only have to send an email answering to the 3 questions. We will consider all emails sent until the 27th February, 2011, 23:59 CET time.
– 10 winners will be picked up randomly among those who have sent correct answers to the 3 questions.
– Don’t forget to send your nickname (you have to register if you haven’t yet) in roxetteblog.com, full name and mailing address in your email.
– As it is usual, you can only participate once, any attempt to participate twice will lead to your disqualification.
– Prizes won’t be paid out in cash. Prizes will be sent by standard mail only once (so basically, if the envelope gets lost.. we won’t be able to send a replacement).
– Winners will be announced on this website during the first week of March 2011. You will also be notified per email and you’ll be required to answer to the notification email.
This weekend Roxette will take over the Swedish radio station Rix FM!
Rix FM will be playing the best of Roxette during the whole weekend. You can vote for your favourite Roxette song and win tickets for the band’s concert in Göteborg Slottsskogvallen (July 24th) or an exclusive Roxette box.
Vote here! (where it says personnummer give in your birth date in the indicated format, you don’t need the personnummer).
We have heard that Roxette have rehearsed 6 new songs for the tour, but are still unsure about which ones should make it to the setlist. You can choose up to 3 songs below.
The poll will be closed on 21st February.
Update February 21st: the poll is now closed! Thanks for participating.
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Let’s party!! In order to celebrate the album release, following release party have been organised in Spain and Argentina:
– February 12th, Madrid – Party organised by the Spanish Fanclub Roxspain and EMI Spain with contest and a little surprise.
The party starts at 21:00 CET, there is however a pre-fan meeting at 18:00. For more information please check these websites out:
– February 12th, Sevilla – party organised by local fans. For more information check this article.
– February 13th, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Organised by the local Fanclub a nd EMI Argentina. You will find more information here.