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“Kung av Tylösand” exhibition in Söndrum

Aug 19

Posted by Kiwein in Misc, Per Gessle | 4 Comments

Arrival in Halmstad and one day left until the show. Fortunately we read about the “Kung av Tylösand” exhibition in Söndrum’s library and decided to go there. We saw around 30-40 pictures from the past – mostly from Per’s solo tour in 2003 and the Crash!Boom!Bang tour in 1994 – taken by Dan Karlsson.

Fortunately we didn’t have to pay any entrance fee because it wouldn’t have been worth it. The pictures didn’t reveal any new motives, persons, situations – whatever. So after we saw five or six we knew there wouldn’t be anything new to watch and laughed about the fact that they sold the photos for 1200 SEK (more expensive pictures cost 3000 SEK). I could win a contest promising that every long-term-fan has better photos on his/her computer. For those who couldn’t go: you didn’t miss a thing – maybe a good laugh about the high and totally unrealistic prices. If you have any good Gessle photos on your compter you should try to sell them somewhere, you could maybe make a killing..

Here you see some pictures taken at the exhibition by myself.

“Låt den rätte komma in” goes USA.

Jul 26

Posted by tomos85 in Misc | 3 Comments

Americans bought the rights for Swedish “Låt den rätte komma in” film in which Per Gessle’s song “Kvar i min bil” was used as one of the main themes. Now you can watch the American trailer on YouTube. If you are nostalgic and find Swedish version as better one (even though American version did not have its premiere), see this clip.

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Lost 20,000 SEK on Roxette tickets

Jul 24

Posted by tomos85 in Misc, Roxette, Tour | No Comments

As we know Roxette’s comeback gig was moved from Anderstorp till Halmstad. Suprisingly, not only the oragnizer and the place were changed but also the ticket’s price – it became cheaper. But Röke Buss’s company which bought 200 tickets is not happy about this fact.

NorraSkåne.se informs about Lars Erlingsson, Röke Buss owner, who bought 200 tickets and paid 125,000 SEK in total for them. However, since the concert was later moved to Halmstad and the price for one standing ticket was reduced by 100 SEK, which means that Lars Erlingsson paid in the end 20,000 SEK more for the tickets. “We have tried to make contact with the dealer, but we cannot find them. Neither via email or telephone,” he tells the newspaper.

The newspaper also tried to get in touch with Biljettnu.se but they only got the answering machine informing that the Biljettnu.se are valid, whatever all articles published during the past days.

Source: NSK.se

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Interview with Linnea Olsson from Paintbox

Jul 23

Posted by tomos85 in Misc | 3 Comments

Hallandsposten has an interview with Linnea Olsson from Paintbox about the concert as support act of Roxette, you can read it here: Hallandposten.se

More information about the Paintbox can be found here.

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Åsa Gessle – In love

Jul 23

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Åsa Gessle has created a collection of lamps called “In Love” with a clear message of peace. On the lamp can be found a sign stating “Make love, not war” with a small peace symbol. The designer has been inspired by the fact that this year is 50 years since peace symbol began its triumphal journey around the world.

Source: Monicaskreative

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Vikunja – The second supporting act for Halmstad concert

Jul 21

Posted by tomos85 in Misc, YouTube | 1 Comment

Vicunja, a band from Halmstad, was founded in 2006 and consists of Alex Hansson (vocals), Johan Israelsson (guitar), Joakim Persson (bass) and Martin Larsson (drums). After appearances in Nalen in Stockholm and at the Peace & Love festival in Borlänge Vicunja released a video for the song “Some People“.

Theirs music has been described as a cross between ABBA and Nirvana.

More music at MySpace or YouTube. Vikunka also have their own website which you can check out here!

Source: Kulturbloggen.com

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2010 FIFA World Cup best goalkeeper is Roxette fan

Jul 19

Posted by tomos85 in Misc | 10 Comments


Iker Casillas is a World Cup-winning Spanish football goalkeeper who plays for the Spanish club Real Madrid and serves as captain for the Spanish national team. In 2010 he captained the national team that won Spain’s first ever FIFA World Cup and the Golden Glove Award for the tournament’s best goalkeeper.

In this very short interview for Spanish Tele 5 TV he admitted (?) that he liked (?) Roxette.

Proper translation is needed!

Source: Wikipedia
Thanks to Eva S. Cantos for the information.

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Paintbox to perform with Roxette on August 14th

Jul 19

Posted by tomos85 in Misc, Tour | 5 Comments

The Halmstad festival, as Per Gessle has announced recently, slowly takes its shape. The first supporting act for Roxette Halmstad concert on August 14th is Paintbox.

We are trio from Halmstad, Sweden – consisting of Linnea Olsson, Magnus Helgesson and Gicken Johansson. We play and make music that makes us happy! We are at the moment working on our second album, which will be released this year, around november/december. Until then, check out our debut album Bright Gold and Red (WCM001), released inDecember 2008. It is available for download on iTunes and CDBaby. If you would like to order the cd, check out any good cd-site, or order it straight from us. Check out the video to the song Winter, directed and edited by Magnus Helgesson.

More informations at MySpace.

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“Roxette Comeback 2010″ t-shirts

Jul 18

Posted by tomos85 in Fans, Misc, Roxette | 10 Comments

If you have no idea what you should put on yourself on the forthcoming Roxette concerts, we have a good tip for you: make your own t-shirt with a little help of Dany Etchart’s creative ideas. She has created the series of “Roxette Comeback 2010″ flag t-shirts with the well-known Roxette picture taken at Cirkus in Stockholm by Rikard Eriksson on May 10th 2009.

So, if you feel inspired by that, just buy a black or red t-shirt and use one of these pictures.

More countries at En händig blog. If your country is not on the list, feel free and post a comment.

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Ozzy Osbourne: “Who the f*ck is Gessle?”

Jul 17

Posted by tomos85 in Misc, Per Gessle | 5 Comments

Ozzy Osbourne, the ex-member of Black Sabbath and one of the world’s most famous heavy metal singers, said that he likes Roxette but at the same time wondering “Who the fuck is Gessle?!”. He will perform at the Globe on September 7th 2010.

If you have any idea from which interview this quote comes from, I will be greatful for any information.

Source: Expressen

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Per Gessle at the royal ball – June 17th

Jun 17

Posted by tomos85 in Media, Misc, Per Gessle | 16 Comments

Tonight at Drottnigsholm Palace the big pre-wedding dinner takes place for 200 closests friends and relatives. Per Gessle is one of the guest and came to the castle at 7.15 PM local time with his wife Åsa. For pictures visit Expressen, Aftonbladet, SvD, SVT, Italehi, iltasanomat.fi

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Gessle: “Crown Princess has an extremely good taste”

Jun 4

Posted by tomos85 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 tomos85 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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Problems with the official Roxette shop?

May 31

Posted by tomos85 in Fans, Misc, Roxette | 4 Comments

We got this e-mail from one of fans – Andreas from Germany. If you had this same kind of trouble with Roxette official shop, just let us know.

In January I ordered some items via the official Roxette merchandise shop in the UK. One item was not delivered, so I tried to get a reply since then. You can read my massages to he official Roxette Merchandise shop bellow. I write this because there might be more fans who have problems like this and I am confused how the “official” shop is treating people who spend their money on Roxette.

UPDATE: We got another e-mail from Andreas where he informed us that after 3 months of waiting, he finally got the missing item.

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Helena Josefsson to sing with Roxette on Victoria’s wedding

May 26

Posted by tomos85 in Band Members, Misc, Roxette | 1 Comment

Taken from Helena Josefsson’s official website:

Just a small update!
Recording and composing with Sandy Mouche gives me a lot of joy in between the exam- studies.
No news about the solo-album so far.

Singing backing vocals with Roxette when our Princess gets married!

Now I´ll pick up my sun-beam-boy at his grand mother.

Have a fine day!
Helena

Thanks to Lantartida.

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