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Written by tevensso on December 27, 2004 to .

STOCKHOLM (UPDATED) - Both Aftonbladet and Expressen have met Per Gessle to summarize 2004. In Aftonbladet Per says he will be back in 2006 with new material, “so everyone else should cancel that summer” he says laughing. Expressen writes that a new Gyllene Tider single will be released in January, and that the old albums possibly will be repackaged and put out again, without bonus tracks. Also the documentary DVD mentioned earlier, after that Gyllene Tider goes back to the back burner again. “Quite honestly I’m really sick of Gyllene Tider now and it’s good if that group gets some rest. I’m a solo or a duo man.”

  Per may instead record another solo album in English, as he needs to find a way to renew himself. “I’m sure an album will be out in 2005, I can’t rest much.”

  Per Gessle has never experienced a fever like 2004, he’s sold over 43 million albums, but nothing beats the tour this summer. “I’ve never seen a fever like this, not in any context. It’s totally unique and will be hard to beat, for all of us.” Per says.

  Update: The new single is “Jag borde förstås vetat bättre” with the b-sides being the T&A demos of “Speciell” and “Tuffa tider”. The sleeve will be something really special: a sun-bleached photo from 1966 of the Gessle family’s red brick house in Furet in Halmstad, with a little tyke standing in front of it wearing yellow pajamas “eagerly awaiting the Dumle lollipop of the day.”

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44 comments

Kiwein1 said on :

Another GT single? *yawn*

Well, good to hear that 2005 will definitely be a year off for Per. Time to save money for 2006. ;)
And honestly..his words are quite clear, aren’t they? Roxette won’t ever come back.

gessleism said on :

if per will be back in 2006 with new material, what happens with roxette...

bittersweet new............................

Zargo said on :

Hope on the next single we get that vanilla, chocolate song, or whatever it’s called...

And let’s hope for a sequel to TWATG in 2006!
With Marie on vocals for one or two songs... like on ’I’ll be Alright.’

He says he is a ’solo or a DUO man’ which is hardly a pessimistic statement...
I don’t think he means ’Lonely Boys II’ or an album with him and Tom Jones...

Kama said on :

What about Roxette? Not that good news...

colinvdbel (moderator) said on :

WOW!!!!!
GREAT! !
Maybe even more GT stuff, hopefully also Heartland remasterd..and more Per solo stuff would be awesome!!!
TWATG 2? :P

Roxette album would also be great!

Jud (moderator) said on :

I reserved 2005 to Eva anyways ;)

Bunio said on :

MORE GT STUFF?:) i think they beat any records....

“DUO man” that’s good news! Roxette must come back!

And 3rd single from F5F? hoping for Speciell

Kiwein1 said on :

I don’t want a TWATG 2 in 2006. :( Per is tired of GT and I am tired of Per. :) Well, but maybe that will have changed until 2006. :P

I don’t care much about Roxette as a music group, since I really “grew” and appreciate Marie’s music a lot more. Actually I had dreamed about a little Roxette comeback in 2006 just to see that she is really fine and feels up to it, but as I said many times before: she will need a lot more time and I am ready to give her all the time she needs. If she doesn’t want to do it - well fine. ;)

Roxryder-V2002 said on :

Ah, huh, errr, Per? Remember this girl who likes singing? ah what was her name? Ah yes! Marie! Remember her!? And that thing called Roxette. Just one question: When???

I don’t think it’s Per’s fault or anybody’s fault. It’s the same as this past two years TIME. We have to wait a little longer. She proved she can sing again but Roxette represents a lot of energy (and exposure) she may be able to gain during the new year or more.

Just yesterday i was listening (and falling in love again with) The World According... It’s really good! So picture The World... + Mazarin + whatever in his mind = something very promising and he deserves it.

I don’t think it’s the end of Roxette. He says:

I’m a solo or a Duo man.

As always time will tell, hope soon.

andi11 said on :

After reading this, I still think there is a chance that Roxette may return some time. But anyway, a solo album from Per in English would be great as well!

Roxvet said on :

Hey!!, hey!!, hey!! People!!!!
Don’t be pessimist!!!
Do you remember Per saying the truth or clear things? I don’t remember it.
I think......
1.- The latest news from Marie: She’s on vacations
2.- Per words: “I’m a solo or a duo man” ; he will be back in 2006 with new material

So people, I think Per is going to write new songs to Roxette. If Marie is not fit to sing with Roxette, he will record a solo album with those songs.
But I’m still thinking It will be a new Roxette’s album (maybe the last one) with or without tour.

Well, what do you think about what I’m saying?
Sorry for my english!

Starrox said on :

*copieslastpartofarticlefromExpressen*

– Jag tror att det blir ett album under 2005. Jag är inte den som kan slå mig till ro.

So much for taking a year off... *g*

Mishka said on :

72!!!!!!!!!
72!!!!!!!!!
72!!!!!!!!!
I want “72” to be a new single!!! Or “Ta Mej...” of course. :)

Pascal said on :

A new English solo-album would be fantastic !

Kiwein1 said on :

@Starrox: Doesn’t that mean that he will try to record it under 2005 and release it 2006?

lawyer said on :

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Jud (moderator) said on :

43 million copies is all in all, NOT only GT..

Starrox said on :

@Kiwein: *shrugs* But in any case, recording an album doesn’t qualify as “taking a year off” IMHO ;-)

Kiwein1 said on :

True! :)

Oscarbcn said on :

A message to Per:

1st) Take a couple of months off.

2nd) Record some of your new English stuff in a solo album

3rd) A little summer-tour in Europe (Sweden, Germany and Spain, for instance) would do you no harm

4rth) Call your friend M.F. and ask her: hey, how are you? Are you in the mood?

5th) Record the best of your new material with that fantastic Swedish duo. Which was its name...?yes, I think it was Roxette or something like this.

6th) MAKE US HAPPY!!!

PS: Of course all this is a joke, but it will help Per know how a lot of fans feel...if he ever reads this message, which I doubt... :P

CRIZ said on :

Never trust a popstar talking about two years in the future....;)

Where is the link from the aftonbladet article?? Didn’t find any summarizing there. “Only” an artists-list of “goods and bads” in 2004. Or was it that what you meant?

Starrox said on :

The Aftonbladet article isn’t available online (yet?)...

wonderful_balloon said on :

He said exactly: “I’m sure an album will be OUT IN 2005, I can’t rest much.”
That means - a new solo album will be released in 2005!!!!! :D

tevensso (moderator) said on :

I doubt the Aftonbladet article will come online at all. It was in the paper edition on Sunday.

qrox said on :

Wow!!!!
Great news!!!
I love you Per!!!!
I want more GT!!! Yes!!!
More DVDs, more Singles, more Reeditions (I like them), more Gessle!!!!

QRoX

Jud (moderator) said on :

cover.. special and fun I bet ;)

Starrox said on :

Interesting choice, that’s one of the songs I really didn’t expect to become a single! But I won’t complain as long as the b-sides don’t change... ;-)

eduard33 said on :

speciell (demo) & en english solo??? What a beautiful begining of the new year!!

Rox-Van said on :

Cool for Per! ;-) ... but which will be the destination of Roxette???... :-S

crashroxer said on :

GREAT SONG!!!!!!!!

IV_ROX said on :

Hey Roxette is going to have its 20th anniversary in 2006, so maybe that’s why he mentioned that year in particular, and that he is tired of GT.....hopefully Roxette are coming back!!!!

Rox On!

Eloy said on :

wow! GREAT NEWS! this fever called “gessle fever” can´t stop making songs and that is really great for us all!. “PER IS THE KING”!

Arlanda said on :

Coooool cant wit!! :D

Jud (moderator) said on :

it looks like some of you forget it’s not really Per who is to decide when Roxette comes back, it depends on Marie’s health. Whenever she says “I’m ready” they’ll record something, it may take more or less time, but they will. Meanwhile Per is keeping himself busy doing other stuff.. what should he do, sit and wait and waste songs? :)

jobarth said on :

Yes, great comment Judith!

We can be so happy that Per is a workaholic and that he will never stop making music!

lonely_girl said on :

Summer 2006? Not such a good timing, because I have to write my final thesis for uni then :-(

At least I can save the money in 2005... Unless there comes something unexpected...

And please people: save your “I don’t like Gessle-Comments” There are still many people who like him. I don’t think there’s a competition between the solo-work of Marie and Per because you just can’t compare them!

We are all Roxers with different preferences when it comes to their solo-work.

Rich-UK said on :

Nice choice of single & b-sides :-) Rich

Cooper_196 said on :

Great News! Wow! Cool Songs for b-side demos of the new single!
Nice to hear that some new material is under process...

on_a_mission said on :

go for duo, thats why it all begun in the first place I guess.

AURYTE said on :

I don’t believe that ROXETTE’s 20th anniversary will pass with no notice...
Hopefully, in 2005 we’ll have more PER stuff and 2006 will be the year for ROXETTE, ahhhh!!!

roxtexanet said on :

Great news, my appetite for Gessle/Fredriksson products is insatiable (-: We might not get anything new from Roxette in the next few years that was recorded after Marie became ill, but we may get to hear some of the stuff in the proverbial can that Per’s always talking about, maybe as bonus tracks in the long-awaited Roxette Boxette or something. We can always hope!

I really wish they’d picked a different single, “JBFVB” is such a cheesy song it makes me cringe... but at least there’s something new to look forward to, so I’ll complain quietly (-:

roxlad said on :

I want my ’choklad vanilj och jordgubb’!!!!!!!

LaMan said on :

Per has to understand there´s a lot of fans that do NOT speak Swedish... so it´s time for ROXETTE ALBUM.

Zargo said on :

what happened to the icecream -or whatever it was-song?

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