European “Plumber” slated for March 6 release
Written by roxeteer on December 27, 2005 to Per Gessle.
The Son of a Plumber website reveals that the European release of the album is planned for March 6, 2006. No word yet which countries are included. The double A-sided single “C’mon”/”Jo-Anna Says” is already available in many European countries, at least for download on iTunes Music Store and MSN Music.
Major interview gets inside Per’s head
Written by administrator on December 22, 2005 to Per Gessle.
STOCKHOLM - 
Swedish freelance journalist Jan Gradvall, one of Per’s favorite music critics, has published a lengthy, exclusive interview with Per on his own website.
In the Swedish-language article, “In the head of Per Gessle,” Jan and Per discuss records, drawings, Per’s family and pop music in general.
“Per Gessle has never revealed much of himself and his life on his previous albums,” Gradvall writes. “But he does it on ’Son of a Plumber.’ The album leads straight into his old boyhood room in Halmstad.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: With the kind permission of the author, The Daily Roxette is pleased to be able to reprint this interview below in full, translated into English by our own Thomas Evensson. It’s a little Christmas gift to our worldwide subscribers, courtesy of Mr. Gradvall. From all of us at TDR… warm wishes for a God Jul och Gott Nytt År!. – LEO
- Interview with Per (In Swedish)
The album falls one step
Written by tevensso on December 22, 2005 to Per Gessle.
STOCKHOLM - For the second week in a row “Son of a Plumber” falls a notch, this time to #3. Björn Skifs falls to #2 while newcomer Agnes - the winner of Idol 2005 - zooms into the #1 spot.
The single “Jo-Anna Says” (“C’mon” seems forgotten) falls from #11 to #14 on the sales chart, but stays firmly at #2 on the new Billboard type Topp40 chart. Madonna stays at #1 for the sixth week in a row.
X-mas greeting 2005 from Marie & Per
Written by tevensso on December 19, 2005 to Roxette.
HALMSTAD - 
To all readers of TDR - a Merry Christmas! Here’s the “annual” Christmas message from Per and Marie:
Ding-a-ling ding-a-ling!!!!
Howdy Planet Earth!
We’d love to wish you all a very merry christmas and a wonderful 2006.
Things are looking bright on our side with, maybe, just maybe, some new Rox-music in the can for next year. No promises, though…
And, of course, thanks for your neverending love and support during 2005 which turned out to be a quite normal (=extremely busy) year with an art exhibition, a plumbing album and a few exciting live performances.
Hope y’all get a splendid holiday season with lots of fun stuff coming your way!!!
Lots of love,
Marie & Per
Marie draws to collect money for children’s hospital
Written by Jud on December 15, 2005 to Marie Fredriksson.
STOCKHOLM - 
Marie and a number of other Swedish artists and prominent people - such as Nina Persson of The Cardigans and Robert Wells - have contributed with drawings of the Christmas tree of their dreams to raise money for The Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital in Gothenburg.
The drawings will be auctioned on December 19 by Bukowski’s daughter company Auktionskompaniet at a starting price of 1,000 Swedish kronor (€110). Auktionskompaniet’s Lena Hafdell believes Marie’s drawing will be the one sold at the highest price. “She is a world famous star and has recently had an exhibition of her own art.”
Marie’s drawing shows, as you can see, a tree with a big heart on the top of it and she has gotten a little help from her husband Micke and her children.
Son of a Plumber nominated for Grammis
Written by tevensso on December 15, 2005 to Per Gessle.
STOCKHOLM - Son of a Plumber has been nominated for a Grammis - Best Male Pop Artist. The Grammis gala will be held February 7.
The album has been kicked off #1 by Björn Skifs’ new album, and resides at #2 this week.
Marie to sign at NK
Written by tevensso on December 12, 2005 to Marie Fredriksson.
STOCKHOLM - 
Marie Fredriksson will sign her art book “After the Change” at the high-end department store NK on Hamngatan in Stockholm, December 14, 17:00-18:00 CET. There are around 1,500 books left of the lot.
Roxette song inside Top 10 UK Singles Chart
Written by Roxryder-V2002 on December 11, 2005 to Misc.
LONDON - Like it or not D.H.T. Feat. Edmee’s cover of Roxette’s classic “Listen To Your Heart” swims the Atlantic ocean and lands on #7 on UK’s singles chart and becomes this week’s third highest debut. During midweek the song was around #11.
Roxette’s version got to #62 on October 29 back in 1989. Almost a year later the double A-Sided “Dangerous”/”Listen To Your Heart” reached #6.
This is the second time a Roxette song hits the UK single chart this year.
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Son of a Plumber on TV4
Written by tevensso on December 9, 2005 to Per Gessle.
STOCKHOLM - Per Gessle and his Son of a Plumber project were guests at TV4’s Nyhetsmorgon this morning. Son of a Plumber performed “Hey Mr DJ” live in an acoustic version and “I Have a Party in My Head” lipsynced. In the interview Per told the host nothing that TDR’s readers already don’t know. Although he did mention that there’s a big chance Roxette will record something next year. “I’m not sitting here promising anything, though,” Per said.
Another week at the top
Written by animalkingdom on December 8, 2005 to Per Gessle.
“Son of a Plumber” stays put at #1 on the official Swedish albums chart this week. “I’m so happy! I’m so proud!” Per exclaims on the Son of a Plumber newspage.
Meanwhile, on the singles chart, “C’mon”/”Jo-Anna Says” drops out of the top 10 to #11 in its fourth week on the chart. On the official new Top 40 chart it climbs to #2, after Madonna.
