Video to the new Roxette single

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As you could read in our article this morning, Per starts a radio podcast on 24th March. A great chance to practice your Swedish by listening to 2 nerds chatting about music.

Today Per visited Swedish Radio P4 Halland and talked about the podcast. In the short interview he also mentioned that he is busy with other things as well. Besides that he started his own record label Space Station 12, there are also a lot of things happening around Roxette. The new album is out in summer, the single is out in April and he confirmed there will be a video to the single which they are shooting next week. Too cool!

Another interesting thing Mr. G mentioned is that they are playing 18 shows in Europe this summer. We know about 14 dates so far, so there are at least 4 more to come. Sounds promising!

Listen to Per HERE!

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Per Gessle’s podcast on Swedish Radio

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According to today’s news, Per Gessle will have a podcast on Swedish Radio P4 together with Sven Lindström. The title of the program is Gessles nio i topp (Gessle’s Top 9).

It will premiere on 24th March and will have 10 parts:

  • 24 March: Nio låtar jag önskar att jag skrivit (Nine songs I wish I had written)
  • 31 March: Nio svenska hjältar (Nine Swedish heroes)
  • 7 April: Nio bästa sångerskorna (Nine best female singers)
  • 14 April: 60-tal – de nio just nu bästa (’60s – the nine best right now)
  • 21 April: 70-tal – de nio just nu bästa (’70s – the nine best right now)
  • 28 April: 80-tal – de nio just nu bästa (’80s – the nine best right now)
  • 5 May: Nio new wave från England (Nine new wave songs from England)
  • 12 May: Nio bästa producenterna i rockhistorien (Nine best producers in rock history)
  • 19 May: Nio bästa Beatleslåtarna sjungna av John Winston Lennon (Nine best Beatles songs sung by John Winston Lennon)
  • 26 May: Nio bästa gitarriffen i rockhistorien (Nine best guitar riffs in rock history)

How exciting! Listening to Per and Sven talking about music is one of the best things in life. And now we will have some ear candy each Thursday!

When Per was asked about the idea by Per Scholander from P4, he never hesitated. He says it was obvious to say yes.

Sven and I like to talk at once and have no respect for each other’s opinions. Perfect breeding ground for a podcast.

The podcast will be available HERE!

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Official videos are moved to Roxette YouTube channel

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You probably remember when in May 2014 suddenly almost all official Roxette videos were set to private on EMI’s YouTube channel. It was quite weird, because even Per posted ”We are just as surprised as you are!!! However…we’re working on it!!!! /P.” It wasn’t only Roxette that faced the issue. Many other bands had the same problem during those times. We were afraid the vids and their view counts would get lost, since it seemed that the handover between EMI and Warner didn’t include the videos on YouTube. Fortunately, 2 months later the videos were set back to public.

Then in March 2015 the videos disappeared again. Some days later the official Roxette YouTube channel was set up and Marie & Per invited us in a lovely welcome video to subscribe. At the same time, all videos were set back to public, but still on emimusic channel.

Now it seems a great solution could be found to move all official videos from emimusic channel to Roxette channel with having the same link to the videos and not losing the view counts either. Well done!!!

1 month ago It Must Have Been Love reached 100 million views and now it’s over 106 million. Pure awesomeness! Keep on watching the videos, Roxers!

Hopefully, there will be new content, too. How about a new video clip? Maybe to the new single? Let’s see what happens!

Subscribe and watch the videos HERE!

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Per Gessle’s guitar pick haute couture

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The last time the PLECtionary got updated was in August 2015, right before the last show of the European tour leg. Now one tour leg later, an update is due again. We hoped for new picks for the South African shows, but we couldn’t be sure there would be any new plectrums until Per posted the photo of the guitar pick they designed especially for South Africa (Roxette FB, Per IG, Roxette IG).

107_SK_600x339It wasn’t clear at first sight whether it was only one pick and Mr. G showed the 2 sides of it or it was 2 different picks, but soon it turned out they got back to the roots, making it more limited, so it’s only one pick with the South African flag on one side and GESSLE ON THE ROXXX on the other side. Looking good! Haute couture, as the master says.

Sandra was there in South Africa and she could now take photo of it to include the plec (No. 107) in the PLECtionary. More than that, thanks to her we can also add Per’s guitar technician’s, Micke N-S’s new pick (No. 108) and in the meantime Sandra could obtain one of the Night of the Proms plectrums (No. 26) she had been looking for since a long time, so it’s now in the PLECtionary as well.

Besides these 3 new additions, you will find a separate section for the misprinted picks. The misprinted ones mean something went wrong during the production and e.g. the design or the text is missing on one side. With this update you see 2 misprinted plecs, No. 77 and No. 96.

Huge thanks again for the updates, Sandra!

See the PLECtionary HERE!

New record label à la Per Gessle

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As you could read the news, BMG Scandinavia has announced a partnership with Space Station 12, the new record label formed by Per. To start this record label must have been a plan since long, because it was registered already in October 2008. However, the first time Per was probably talking about it (without a name) was in a South African radio interview last November. Then he mentioned that a month before he had started his own record label to work with young artists.

Space Station 12 (see logo here), where the Head of Operations will be co-owner Marie Dimberg, will release recordings by both new and established artists.

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Pic by BMG attached to the news on German sites

Mr. G says:

My ambition with Space Station 12 is to create an environment with strong roots in the history of pop and rock. I would love it to become a label you as a listener can identify with, just like I did with Atlantic, Stiff and F-Beat Records when I grew up.

SS12 will be a home for strong musical personalities, brilliant songwriters and curious producers. I’m really proud to have found a creative bond with BMG Scandinavia who work independently with experienced hearts and minds and put the music in focus. I love that.

Sanken Sandqvist, Managing Director of BMG Scandinavia added:

Per Gessle is an outstanding artist in a territory known for outstanding artists. We are excited to be taking this latest step into the recordings business with Per and his new baby, Space Station 12.

Per shared the news on his Twitter account with the comment:

LOTS OF FUN AHEAD!

Let’s see what the first Per Gessle project will be under this label!

As a short note in the press release, we get to know that the new Roxette album will be released in June (Warner Worldwide). So a single is out probably late spring. This year, we hope. 😉

 

Update 24th Feb 2016: Per shared why he gave the name Space Station 12:

SPACE STATION 12 INFO: Why this name? Good q, folks! I’ve always loved “Space Station #5” by Montrose. Still have it on a scratched but proud vinyl-LP. Sammy Hagar is singing, btw….
So, SS5 was too much Montrose. Instead I took the numbers of my beeday and, badabam, SS12 was born.
Hoods, caps and frisbees coming up! (joking…). /P.