Interview with Roxette on Swedish radio today

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.

Marie Fredriksson as the hero of the year

Swedish 50+ women magazine “M-magasin” is organizing a competition where their readers choose the most important women of 2010 in various categories. In “The hero of the year” Marie Fredriksson is nominated for her comeback with Roxette after the brain tumour. We think it is really important to show our support through this voting. Please, share this message with other fans and let’s make Marie as the hero of the year in “M-magasin”.

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A Swedish musical to include Marie and Per’s songs

According to Dagens Nyheter article a new Swedish musical is under production at the moment. Malena Laszlo, Christine Meltzer, Lisa Werlinder, Jessica Zander and Linus Wahlgren are the actors who will revive the Swedish 80’s hits in the musical “Leva livet” named after Gyllene Tider’s song. The premiere of this musical will take place on January 13th, 2011 in Chinateatern in Stockholm.

Tickets for the show can bought here.

Here is the list of chosen songs:

Gyllene Tider: Sommartider, När vi två blir en, Leva livet
Björn Skifs: Krama dig, Vild & vacker
Orup: Jag blir hellre jagad av vargar, Pojkarna på rad
Eva Dahlgren: Jag klär av mig naken, Ängeln i rummet
Ratata/Mauro Scocco: Glad att det är över, Sarah
Marie Fredriksson: Efter stormen, Sparvöga
Tomas Di Leva: Vem ska jag tro på, Vi har bara varandra
Anders Glenmarck: Hon har blommor i sitt hår
Niklas Strömstedt: Sista morgonen
Wilmer X: Teknikens under
Lisa Nilsson: Himlen runt hörnet, Långsamt farväl, Varje gång jag ser dig
Eldkvarn: Kärlekens tunga
Mikael Rickfors: Vingar
Attack: Ooa hela natten
Tommy Nilsson/Tone Norum: Allt som jag känner
Adolfsson & Falk: Blinkar blå
Docenterna: Solglasögon
Anne-Lie Rydé: Segla på ett moln
Ted Gärdestad: Himlen är oskyldigt blå
Peps Persson: Hög Standard
Freestyle: Vill ha dig

Marie Fredriksson at the City tunnel opening

Marie Fredriksson and her husband Mikael Bolyos performed “Tro” at the opening of City tunnel in Malmo today.
You will find pictures of Marie following the links to Expressen and Sydsvenskan below.

Update: A YouTube user put a video together with the recording and some pictures, which you can watch here. A short recording of the performance can also be seen here.

Update 2: And finally here is the long-awaited video. Thanks Stina!!

Source: Expressen, Sydsvenskan

Marie and Mikael to perform on Citytunnel opening

 

Marie Fredriksson will perform together with her husband Micke Bolyos at the inauguration ceremony of Citytunneln, a 17-kilometer rail link between Malmö Central Station and the Öresund Bridge. As the grand finale, HM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden will officially open the tunnel for traffic. The ceremony will be held next to the Malmö Central Station on December 4 and is free to the public.

Other artists performing at the ceremony include Nisse Hellberg, Timbuktu, and Ola Salo.

Source: Citytunneln.com
Thanks to Evgeny Perekopskiy for this information.