Musicians for a reduced VAT rate

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Per Gessle amongst other important artists as Andrés Calamaro from Argentina, Alejandro Sanz, Carmona Bros of Ketama and Niña Pastori from Spain, Krezip members from the Netherlands, Tiziano Ferro and Jovanotti from Italy, Air members from France, Sir Elton John and Sir Tom Jones from UK have signed a petition asking for a reduced VAT rate on sound recordings in order to put an end to cultural discrimination against music.

Source: Ifpi.org

Thanks to Emilio for this piece of information.

Roxette on Audi RockPop Festival

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Despite earlier fears, it seems like two new German June concerts will take place in the end. Donaukurier.de published an information yesterday that Roxette is to perform together with Ich&Ich on Festival that will take place in Ingolstadt on June 24th. This event will celebrate opening of the new stadium for local football team Ingolstadt 04.

We have no updates on the second gig Neckarsulm, but we can only suspect that it was not cancelled either.

Update: Roxette Official confirms that both concert in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm take place, on June 25th and 24th respectively.

Interview with Roxette on Swedish radio today

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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.