Roxette Reunion Special

SIRIUS XM Radio announced today that it will broadcast a Roxette reunion special, including an exclusive airing of the Swedish pop group’s Per Gessle’s recent performance in London, on its Spectrum channel, SIRIUS channel 18 and XM channel 45, on Sunday, May 31 at 8:00 PM ET (02:00 Swedish time).

The Spectrum channel’s Nordic Rox show, SIRIUS XM’s exclusive Scandinavian music show, will broadcast two songs the duo recently performed together in Stockholm on May 10, 2009. Nordic Rox, which Gessle hosts regularly, airs weekly on Sunday nights at 8:00 pm ET on SIRIUS XM’s The Spectrum.

Additionally, every day between Monday, June 1 and Thursday, June 4, SIRIUS XM’s The Pulse channel, SIRIUS channel 12 and XM channel 26, will broadcast a Roxette special, including a conversation with Per Gessle discussing the group’s reunion and their recent live performances.

SIRIUS XM’s ’90s on 9 channel, SIRIUS and XM channel 9, will also celebrate Roxette’s reunion by devoting the weekend of May 29 to the iconic group. Every day from Friday, May 29 through Sunday, May 31 listeners will hear Gessle personally introduce and share stories about Roxette’s biggest hits including “It Must Have Been Love” and “The Look.”

Source: PR News Wire

Thanks to Tevensso.

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(Updated) Summary:

1. Nordic Rox @ The Spectrum channel [SIRIUS channel 18 | XM channel 45]

Sunday 31.05.2009 – 8:00-11:00 pm ET
Wednesday 03.06.2009 – 11:00 pm – 2:00 am ET

2. Interview with Per @ The Pulse channel [SIRIUS channel 12 | XM channel 26]

Monday 01.06.2009 – 7:00-8:00 am ET; 10:00-11:00 am ET; 5:00-6:00 pm ET
Tuesday 02.06.2009 – 9:00-10:00 am ET

London time: + 5 hours
Sweden time: + 6 hours

Thanks to sweepi.

Roxette to perform on New Wave Festival 2009

(c) Christa
(c) Christa

According to Per Gessle’s tweet, Roxette is going to perform on New Wave Festival in Latvia this year with “the mighty Rox band”. Roxette will appear while the opening ceremony on July 28th in Jurmala.

The festival will be broadcasted by Latvian TV3 and Russian 1.

Articles from Latvian press:
Mango
Diena
TVNET

Thanks to Christa and Evgeny.

Link to radio special – stay tuned for part II

The radio special about Marie Fredriksson which was broadcast yesterday night is available for download. You can choose between the Windows Media Audio stream or the Real Media stream. It’s recommended to use a download manager like flashget.
Stay tuned for part II of the radio special. Next sunday, May 31st, P4 Musik will broadcast a special about Roxette. Same time, same place.

Thanks to sweepi.