memories

Roxette – funny how memories keep lingering on

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Kirsten Ohlwein, longtime Roxer, former member of RoxetteBlog, who previously ran several fan pages, came up with the idea of collecting Roxers’ memories in a book.

Kirsten thinks it’s time to breathe life into a project she has been wanting to do for a long time. She didn’t start it because she was always afraid that no one would join or they would think she was stealing their memories to make money off of them. Neither is true, and we support Kirsten in this project.

The idea

Roxette’s music has been the soundtrack of our lives – and for those who followed them to countless concerts, met them in person and shared these moments again and again, the memories will be even deeper.

If you would like to join the project and share your most cherished Roxette experience, which could be published in a book, please send your memory to Kirsten at aftonfalken@gmx.de.

Your submission must be EXACTLY 1,000 characters including spaces. Please do not add emojis or gifs, just text.

Let your memory linger on and be part of celebrating Roxette and the community they created! Your shared memory can be a concert that took your breath away, an unforgettable meeting, or a song that has accompanied you through the ups and downs of your life. Anything that you feel is worth sharing with your magic friends.

Pick one memory carefully! It’s not about quantity, so everyone will only have one memory in the book.

You can include your name or not, feel free to do whatever you feel is right.

There is no deadline yet, but FOLLOW THIS PAGE for more information in the future. If a deadline is set, you will be notified in a post and you will be the first to know when the book gets published.

Thanks for that, Kirsten!

Photo by Patrícia Peres, Helsinki 2014

New Gyllene Tider book in the making

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As Hallandsposten informs, there will be a new book about Gyllene Tider. It will be written by Jan-Owe Wikström (Wicke) and photographed by Anders Roos. Both names guarantee a wonderful end result. Title of the book is said to be Gyllene Tider 2.019 – en sista refräng.

6 years ago, Jan-Owe and Anders created the book, Alla tiders Gyllene Tider. Anders says it was like being a fly on the wall while he was around taking photos of the band on tour and in the studio and he thinks it’s awesome to have the guys’ confidence so that he can do his job calmly.

Wicke is the person who actually wrote the very first Hallandsposten article about a young band, Gyllene Tider more than 40 years ago, on 8th July 1978. He has been following the guys ever since and wrote books, as well as a lot of articles about them.

Jan-Owe and Anders spent some time with GT in France this year while they were recording their last album and will be there with Per, Micke Syd, MP, Anders and Göran on tour. They will accompany the Golden Guys on several shows, especially in key locations like the premiere gig in Halmstad, then Ullevi in Gothenburg and they go to Stockholm as well. They of course won’t miss Fredrikstad, Norway, the last concert either.

Wicke says the book will be a time travel, about all the years passed and since a big part of GT’s history is about others’ experiences related to Gyllene Tider’s songs and concerts, they will also ask other artists to share their memories.

It’s not only artists who will be asked to tell what GT means to them. Fans can also contribute to the book by sharing their personal memories. Anders says they already got appr. 70 mails. They will choose some stories to be published in the book, but it’s important that those picked anecdotes represent various events and happenings. As a fan, you can send your stories to: minnen@gyllenetider.com. Per says any craziness is encouraged! 😉

It’s going to be an intense summer not only for Gyllene Tider and their fans, but also for Wicke and Anders who have GT’s full support in this project. Per says it feels safe and great to have exactly this duo writing about the band. He looks very much forward to the book and hopes he can get a signed copy. Haha.