German radio station HR3 takes you to South Africa to see Roxette

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German radio station HR3 has started a contest where you can win a trip to South Africa to see Roxette live. The package includes:

– Trip from 10th to 17th of May including flight to and from South Africa
– 5 nights in five-stars hotel “The Palace of the Lost City” in Pilanesbert National Park
– Roxette live on May 14th in Sun City

Contest is organised by HR3 together with South African Airlines and Sun International.
How to participate:
The radio station will be playing Roxette songs during the whole day between 2nd and 6th of May. Whenever you hear one of their songs, you’ll have to be quick and phone the radio station (phone nr: 069-19709). If you get through you’ll get a “Stand-By-Ticket”.
On May 6th, the radio station will then pick a winner among all listeners who have a “Stand-By-Ticket” during their show “hr3 – pop&weck”.

Note that these Terms and conditions apply! Specially important is that you have to have your residence in Germany and be at least 18 years old.

Good luck!

Thanks Kirsten for the information.

“Way Out” and “Speak To Me” to be released on vinyl 7″

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Updated 10-5-2011: The below has been updated – thanks to Thomas Evensson for clarifying! Basically: “Speak To Me” will only be available on vinyl and “Way Out” only on CD, besides digitally.

First published on 1-5-2011

Here is an overview of the singles which are going to be released in the next weeks:

Digital “Speak To Me”
Release date
released in Sweden, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Denmark, South Africa on April 18th, 2011

Tracks
“Speak To Me” Bassflow Remake
Stars – Live in Barcelona, October 2001

7″ vinyl “Speak To Me”
Release date
To be released on May 18, 2011 – countries still unknown.

Tracks
A-side:
“Speak To Me” Bassflow Remake
“Speak To Me” Original Mix

B-Side:
She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio) Adrian Lux Mix
She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio) Adam Rickfors Mix

Digital “Way Out”
Release date
to be released on June 10, 2011 in Germany and Austria. This will also be the 2nd single off “Charm School” in Spain, but release date is still unknown.

Tracks
Way Out
Crash! Boom! Bang! / Anyone – Live Forest National, Brussels, October 22, 2001

CD Single “Way Out“
Release date
To be released on June 10, 2011 – countries still unknown

Tracks
Way Out
Crash! Boom! Bang! / Anyone – Live Forest National, Brussels, October 22, 2001

It is still unclear if both singles will be available on CDs as well but my guess is that they will according to the photos posted on Roxette Official Facebook page, since one of them is a “Way Out” CD.

“She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)” reaches #9 on the World Chart

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Roxette’s first single off “Charm School”, “She’s Got Nothing On (But the Radio)”, has hit #9 on Radio Express’ World Chart. This means that Roxette’s song is the 9th most played song on this planet!

Roxette’s song has been on the list for 12 weeks now and has been climbing from #12 two weeks ago, to #11 last week and #9 this week. Current #1 is Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way”, followed by Rhianna’s “S&M”.

And this is how the World Chart is created: every week Radio Express compiles the World Chart by tabulating the most listened-to pop songs on the planet, based on the playlists of 100s of top radio stations worldwide.

Together with the chart, Radio Express offers The World Chart Show, “which is available fully produced in a 2-hour English version presented by Lara Scott or in a easy-to-assemble version for local co-producers. There are 48 minutes of program time per hour.”

The World Chart Show also has a Facebook page.