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“Small Apartments” opens on SXSW Film Festival

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SXSW Film website informs that Jonas Åkerlund’s second full-length production called “Small Apartments” will have its world premiere on the festival in Austin, Texas, US between March 9-17, 2012.

Small Apartments (World Premiere)
Director: Jonas Åkerlund

When Franklin Franklin accidentally kills his landlord, he must hide the body; but, the wisdom of his beloved brother and the quirks of his neighbors, force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.
Cast: Matt Lucas, Billy Crystal, James Caan

Zowie to support Roxette in New Zealand

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Voxy.co.nz informs that Auckland based synth-pop diva Zowie will support Roxette for their concert at Auckland’s Vector Arena on Saturday 11 February 2012, replacing Dragon who have cancelled due to scheduling issues.

Zowie’s debut single Broken Machine went Gold in NZ and her catchy electro chants have garnered much international attention. MTV Iggy (www.mtviggy.com) named Zowie as one of the Top 10 Best New Bands in the World, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton invited her to play at his One Night in Austin SXSW (one of the largest music festivals in the USA) after-party and the New York Times named her as the First Day Pick of the CMJ Music Marathon.

The single Smash It, released shortly after Zowie’s 11 date Australasian Tour as the opening act for Katy Perry, featured in the hit US TV show Pretty Little Liars. With just a handful of singles and a Bettie-Page-as-a-sexy-robot look, Zowie is poised to challenge the Ke$has and Gagas of this world.

“(Zowie) sounds like a mix of Karen O, Amanda Blank and Prince. She’s a bit of glam pop and a bit of dirty grunge. Check out the self-described ‘pixie’ from New Zealand… and discover why she’s been recruited to support the likes of Mark Ronson and Katy Perry on tour” – NME

Thanks to Celestte for sharing this news.

Per Gessle’s “Kurt – the fastest plumber in the west” in Åkerlund’s “Small Apartments” trailer

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As we informed 10 days ago – Per Gessle has written some new songs for Jonas Akerlund’s film called “Small Apartments”. Below you can see the very first trailer for this film – still being in production. 2005 song called “Kurt – the fastest plumber in the west” (homeage to Kurt Gessle, Per’s father) from Son Of A Plumber project is used in this 3-minute clip.

 

Thanks to Evgeny Perekopskiy for sending this through.

New Pelle Alsing’s drum kit for the 2012 tour

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Peter Samuelsson has recently prepared a project for new Pelle Alsing’s drum kit for the Roxette’s World Tour 2012 and posted it on the Roxette Official Facebook page. The idea for new drum kit design came from the well-known backline Mikael Nogueira Svensson, the one who helps Per Gessle with his guitars and usually takes photos of audience before the concert.

This new drum set will used for the very first time in Auckland, New Zealand in just 26 days!

World Tour 2011: Tickets – UPDATED

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As you may remember I did something similar back in 2009 with Party Crasher Tour’s tickets.

The idea is simple. We would like to collect all tickets from the 2011 tour. We would like to ask you to send us your tickets – at the moment we managed to collect almost all tickets from 2011 Roxette World Tour tour. As you see 3 more tickets are missing. Some pictures included belowe are low quality as well. So – if you want to send us something new or HQ, please do it at office@roxetteblog.com – thanks!

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