Album released in Japan
Written by roxeteer on February 8, 1999 to Misc.
“Have A Nice Day” will be in Japan on February 17. Toshiba-EMI has already made a page about it on their web site, in Japanese of course. There’s nothing special said, the text is mainly the track listing of the album.
Per told yesterday on the chat that this time the Japanese won’t get any bonus tracks.
Roxette.Org to host fan pages for free
Written by roxeteer on February 8, 1999 to Misc.
Roxette.Org is a new Roxette site on the Internet. They are going to provide free server space for Roxette-related web pages.
A short roxette.org URL sounds much better than a mile-long geocities.com URL, doesn’t it? :-)
“Wish I Could Fly” on the radio in Iowa!
Written by roxeteer on February 7, 1999 to Misc.
A “die-hard Roxette fan” from Iowa, USA reports that “Wish I Could Fly” has been played on the radio there. “Coming from the US, I rarely hear Roxette on the radio anymore, so I was genuinely, but quite happily, shocked when I heard their new single playing on a local radio station”, Brian Haglund tells in his message.
Roxette chatted for two hours
Written by roxeteer on February 7, 1999 to Misc.
Roxette chatted live on the Internet just moments ago. The system got so overcrowded that many people were kicked away from the chat. For a while, the fans couldn’t get any questions through and Per was asking if there’s anyone on the line.
They didn’t tell anything really interesting (IMHO). If I understood them right, the single #2 won’t be “Anyone” but “Crush On You”. “Anyone” will be released in the autumn.
According to Per, there will definitely be a HaveANiceTour starting later this year. Brainpool or Janne Kask won’t be their support acts. Per also told that they are not going to perform Spanish songs in the USA, but they do play English songs in Spain :-)
Today’s the day!
Written by roxeteer on February 7, 1999 to Misc.
Today at 5pm CET Roxette will be chatting live at www.haveaniceday.nu. I’m looking forward to see you all there!
Java needed to chat with Roxette
Written by roxeteer on February 5, 1999 to Misc.
The www.haveaniceday.nu chat is going to be provided by Passagen. Their “celebrity chat” system is a Java applet, so you’ll need a browser that supports Java. Netscape and Internet Explorer have a support for Java from version 3.
Sound clips from the new album
Written by roxeteer on February 5, 1999 to Misc.
Soon you will be able to listen to all the tracks of “Have A Nice Day”. From February 9 Roxette is going to release a new 30-sec sound clip from the album every day. The sound clips will be available at www.haveaniceday.nu.
Expressen’s article also tells about the chat which is going to take place on Monday 5pm CET (that’s 4pm UTC). The chat is going to last two hours, so we’ll going to hear a lot of interesting stuff on Monday.
They also mention that “Wish I Could Fly” has sold gold in Sweden in only 5 days. The limit for getting a gold record for a single in Sweden is 15000 copies.
Roxette at Danish Grammy Awards tomorrow
Written by roxeteer on February 4, 1999 to Misc.
According to our reader from Denmark, Roxette is going to perform at the Danish Grammy Awards tomorrow. The special guest of the show was supposed to be Cher, but because of pain in her back, Roxette was appointed on the last minute. The awards will be broadcasted live on DR1 at 9pm CET.
“Tour starts around September”
Written by roxeteer on February 4, 1999 to Misc.
Two people from the Italian Roxette Fan Club met Roxette yesterday. Per and Marie told that the tour they are planning is definitely going to be a world tour and it’s going to start around September, depending on the USA release dates.
Discography book in spring
Written by roxeteer on February 2, 1999 to Misc.
Roxette’s world wide discography will be soon published as a book. The book, titled “The Look for Roxette - The Illustrated World-wide Discography & Price Guide”, is compiled by Robert Thorselius and published by Premium Publishing. The layout of the book is in process at the moment and they are expecting the release in March-April.
