Per Gessle on tour and new album in 2017

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Just in! Per is going on tour next summer! A new album is also on the way.

En vacker kväll. Sommarturné 2017 is the name of the tour. Tickets go on sale on Thursday November 24th. Here are the dates.

6/7 Helsingborg
7/7 Oskarhamn
8/7 Örebro
13/7 Rättvik
14/7 Töreboda
15/7 Karlskrona (festival)
21/7 Grebbestad
22/7 Göteborg
23/7 Fredrikstad (festival)
27/7 Stockholm
28/7 Östersund
29/7 Piteå
1/8 Borgholm
2/8 Malmö
3/8 Arvika
11/8 Halmstad
12/8 Linköping
18/8 Uppsala
19/8 Eskilstuna

Message from Per:
Så här skriver Per själv om turnén:
Det är dags att ta en musikalisk selfie!
Jag har skrivit låtar och varit artist i 37 år. Helt klart lyckligt lottad. Tre karriärer har det blivit. En med Roxette, en med Gyllene Tider och en alldeles solo. Alla tre är olika men ligger lika nära mitt hjärta och bär mitt personliga DNA och nu, till sommaren 2017, tänkte jag blanda om i min gryta och spela låtar jag skrivit som betytt extra mycket för mej. Både från Roxette, Gyllene Tider och från min soloresa. Det känns rätt. Och på tiden.

Det är tio år sedan jag gjorde ett svenskt album och en turné i Sverige på egen hand. Hoppas vi syns någonstans i den vackra sommaren.

P.

English:
It’s time to take a musical selfie!
I’ve been writing songs and has been an artist for 37 years. Clearly fortunate. It has been three different careers. One of Roxette, one with Gyllene Tider and solo. All three are different but as close to my heart and bear my personal DNA, and now, in summer 2017, I thought to make a mix and play songs I’ve written that have a special meaning for me. From Roxette, Gyllene Tider and from my solo trip. It feels right. And the right time.

It is ten years since I did a Swedish album and a tour in Sweden alone. Hope to see you somewhere in the beautiful summer.

P.

A new album will be out in spring 2017. Per comments: “I recorded it in Nashville, I was there for a month and recorded it. It doesn’t mean that it will be a country album, but of course there will be influences from Nashvile in the arrangements and feeling. One can say it is the small cousin to Mazarin.”

German edition of Marie’s biography out next week

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As already announced back in May, Marie’s biography is about to be released in German in Germany, Austria and Switzerland by Edel Germany. The final release date has now been set to November 21st  (the book can already be found in some stores in Germany though).

Picture taken from the German edition

The biography “Listen to my heart: Meine Liebe zum Leben” has been translated by Ulrike Brauns and is 256 pages long. You can preview the first pages of the book (in German) here. A digital version is also available.

Fans can look forward to the biography as it was in Swedish plus a new chapter written in summer 2016 after Roxette decided to stop touring (Kirsten posted a translation of the chapter on our FB page) as well as new/different pictures that were not included in the Swedish version.

You can (pre)order the book on the following stores (many more available) or just walk down to the next book store and get it there on Monday.

Amazon.de
Thalia.at
Bücher.de
Buch.ch
Thalia.de

More music from Space Station 12

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The third artist to release music on  Space Station 12 is Alex Shield, who has released two singles so far: Staying Alive and New York City Ways.

The text of the New York City Ways has been co-written with Sofie Bonde and Per Gessle, as he himself mentioned on a post on FB.

If you like both songs, you have something to look forward to, as Per also informed that Alex’ album will be out “soon”.

Why Don’t You Bring Me Flowers – snippet #2

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5054197420924_ROX_WHY_WT.indd We just received another snippet from the upcoming Roxette single Why Don’t You Bring Me Flowers – enjoy!

The single will be out this Friday November 4th.

You can listen to the other snippet on TDR.

Thanks to Warner Music Sweden and Dimberg Management

 

Per Gessle’s cookhouse

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Per’s latest posts made many fans wonder what Mr. G is cooking again. First you see him posting a video, getting ready to work with Clarence. In a different time zone. Okay, it’s music in the making, not just a random holiday. Then bang, there is a Sunday selfie with Anders Herrlin, Clarence Öfwerman and Per. Anders? Hm hm… Then it comes to your mind that Anders is very much into soundtracks and you remember Per said in an interview quite some time ago that he is working together with Jonas Åkerlund again on a soundtrack for Jonas’ new movie. Jonas is indeed working on a new film. The title is Lords of Chaos and it’s based on a true story. It was announced already in May 2015 that Jonas is directing this movie, but the shooting was a bit delayed for whatever reasons. Now it seems Mr. Åkerlund is very busy with it and the project is in pre-production phase.

Back to Mr. G’s new dice, the storyline on IMDb states: A teenager’s quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1980s results in a very violent outcome.

Black metal… Aha… What does Per have to do with black metal??? Oh my… Then ooops, he posts a picture of Christoffer Lundquist and Clarence Öfwerman hanging out with a cutout Alan Jackson (famous country musician) and he writes ”Chris, Anders & Clare preparing yet another heavy metal arrangement.” Heavy metal… so why Alan Jackson? Just to confuse us… Oh, Alan Jackson has a good-looking country bar in Nashville.

Back to the movie. You check anything related to the ”music by” section of Lords of Chaos, but all you can find related to sounds / music so far is that Mattias Eklund’s name is stated as re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor. Mattias was there to edit sounds for Small Apartments as well. You know, the movie with beautiful soundtrack music by Per Gessle.

So is Per making black metal music together with Anders, Clarence and Chris? Or are they all there in Nashville for country music only? Haha. This guy is certainly not running out of projects. Good for us!

 

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Picture taken from Roxette’s Facebook page

Update on 2nd November 2016: Helena Josefsson joined the gang in Nashville for 3 days & they are recording together with Jessica Sweetman (British singer / songwriter). Jessica says: “Yesterday [1st November] I was recording in the Blackbird Studios in Nashville with Per Gessle from Roxette. I am so happy that I am going to be featured on a song of his that he is releasing next year. Per and his team are such wonderful souls and incredibly talented musicians. I feel blessed I have had this opportunity of collaborating with them on this project.”

Update on 5th November 2016: Drummer Elizabeth Goodfellow joined Per Gessle & Co in Nashville. Elizabeth also worked together with Helena Josefsson and Christoffer Lundquist at AGM a month ago. Elizabeth says: “Just wrapped up tracking drums for Per Gessle! It’s an honor to play for a songwriter I listened to on the radio since before I can remember. So grateful to keep growing and learning. Thank you!”