Marie Fredriksson was on U2 360° Tour concert in Gothenburg on August 1. Expressen published a little interview with her where she admitted that she liked U2 very much. On the other hand, Per Gessle posted on his Twitter, that U2 was great but not fantastic. I’ve seen them so much better many times before. Hilarious stage set though. Loved it.
If you want to download this interview, click here (thanks sweepi!).
Thanks to crashroxer & sarahdenrara @ R2R.
Even now Per Gessle and Björn Nordstrand, owners of Tylösand Hotel, cannot complain about theirs profits – Hallandposten informs.
According to Dagens Industri the hotel’s last year’s turnover was over 162 million SEK, while net profit landed on 41 million. Because of the recession and fewer bookings, comparing to 2007 profits decreased by 10 from 51 million SEK.
It can sound a little bit of silly (really?) in these days, but it’s worth a try at least. Danyela Etchart from Brazil sent us her blog entry. Read it, think over it and pass on.
What is ROXETTE ATTACK 2009 SUDAMERICA?
A project created by Roxette Fans in South America (“Sudamerica” in Spanish).
Our goals:
1. Bring back Roxette to the media;
2. Make contacts between business companies and Live Nation to bring back Roxette to do concerts in South America.
The beggining:
Roxette Brazil created a petition to bring Per and his band to Brazil during the Party Crasher Tour. Many signatures after and some words from Per & his band, the things have slowed down here in Brazil and Bianca & Alexandre contacted me to shake it a little bit!
As I had to travel to Uruguay, I took this opportunity nox to meet Rosina (a “crazy fan” just like me that since EHM Tour has been travelling to Europe!). We contacted Ezequiel from Argentina and still looking for someone to represent Chile.
ATTACK CREDITS: Bianca Capelletti, Alexandre Carvalho, Rosina Marmion & Danyela Etchart
The “ATTACK” plans:
As Roxette doesn’t have any promo stuff yet, that is why I’m developing a package that contain:
PROMO CD
RELEASE 2009 (Portuguese & Spanish + soon in English)
PROMO DVD
These items are based on Roxette Hits and they will be available for download very soon – I’m just finishing the artwork and also trying to contact with some fans that offer theirs help to exchange ideas!! (Gracias Emilio G.! I’ll contact you soon!)
ATTACK CREDITS: Danyela Etchart
The 1st ATTACK!
WHERE: Twitter.com
DAY: July 28th, Tuesday (New Wave Festival starts then)
TIME: THE WHOLE DAY!
GOAL: TYPE #ROXETTE many times till complete the 140 allowed letters
WHY: To see ROXETTE releated among the most wanted ‘TRENDING TOPICS’ on TWITTER!!!
ATTACK CREDITS: Caca Neves Jr., member of Roxette Brazil Team.
SO DO IT NOW!!!
#Roxette #Roxette #Roxette #Roxette #Roxette #Roxette #Roxette #Roxette #Roxette #Roxette #Roxette #Roxette #Roxette #Roxette #Roxette
Source: EnHändigBlog
Carrita Henningsson informs on Twitter that she saw Marie Fredriksson on the plane from Spain the other day. It means Marie was on holiday with her family in her Spanish house in Marabella. It’s very probable that New Wave Festival rehersals or recording session will start soon.
Posted on June 28th: German rockabilly band The Baseballs included a cover of “The Look” in their first album “Strike”, which was released in May 2009. The album also includes covers of Rihanna, Robbie Williams and Maroon 5 among others.
Digger, singer together with Sam and Basti, explains why they choose “The Look” in an interview published on Münstersche Zeitung yesterday, “we wanted to give the album a personal touch. I chose “The Look”, which I relate to my start with music. It was my sister’s first LP and the first song I could play on keyboards.”
I personally find the version of “The Look” one of the best on the album, but you can judge yourself on YouTube, where you can also listen to other songs included in the album.
If you want to learn more about the band, you can visit their homepage (in German) or page on Facebook. And if you’ve been convinced by their music, you can buy their CD on Amazon.de
Update 18th July: just found out that there is another German band who already covered “The Look” back in 1991. The band is called Boppin’B and they named the album containing the cover “The Look”.