Still no contract for the USA
Written by roxeteer on January 7, 1999 to Misc.
Roxette still doesn’t have a record deal for the USA. Per and Marie were never satisfied with EMI USA which, maybe fortunately, doesn’t exist anymore. Now they have to find a new record company to release “Have A Nice Day” in the States. However, Per seems to be hopeful: “The album will be released in the USA in the summer/late summer.”
Australia & Baltic states: release in February?
Written by roxeteer on January 7, 1999 to Misc.
According to EMI Svenska Australia and the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) are going to get “Have A Nice Day” on February 22. This is quite interesting, as I just yesterday told that there’s no release date for Australia.
Per: “I’m not going to quit until I’m 50”
Written by roxeteer on January 7, 1999 to Misc.
“Roxette is going towards grandeur”, says Per on Aftonbladet. Per isn’t a bit uncertain on the new album’s success. “I have no plans on quitting before I’m 50”, he says.
“Have A Nice Day” won’t definitely be the last album. “No, for heaven’s sake. Marie sings better than ever”, says Per.
South America: good news!
Written by roxeteer on January 7, 1999 to Misc.
EMI Argentina tells that “Have A Nice Day” will be released there on February 22. EMI Brazil tells that there the album release has been delayed a couple of days from Feb 22, but it will be released in February-March. The airplay is going to begin in Brazil on January 15. Thanks to our South American readers for this piece of information!
EMI Svenska: “Roxette hasn’t signed a 10-year contract”
Written by roxeteer on January 7, 1999 to Misc.
Aftonbladet says in its article that Roxette would have recently signed a 10-year record deal with EMI. The same story was told already two years ago. I called EMI Svenska to ask what’s going on.
Li Eriksson tells: “Roxette hasn’t signed a 10-year contract with EMI. However, the negotiations are still going on. This record deal is huge and it’s been going from EMI to Per and Marie and to lawyers. It’s possible that you’ve already heard about it two years ago.”
EMI confirms that Roxette is going to have a big promotional tour, but they didn’t want to give any further details yet.
Latin America gets the album in the autumn
Written by roxeteer on January 6, 1999 to Misc.
According to a reader EMI Mexico has confirmed that the release date for Mexico and other Latin America is “the same as in United States”. That means that the album will be released there in fall 1999.
Australia & Asia: No release dates yet
Written by roxeteer on January 6, 1999 to Misc.
According to Gesslel@nd Australia and the Asian countries have no fixed release dates yet. However, EMI Svenska tells that the Australian EMI has already ordered the material for the CD manufacture.
Roxette in Germany
Written by roxeteer on January 6, 1999 to Misc.
EMI Electrola’s new media department tells that they are going to use roxette.de domain for a site that promotes the new album. No further details available yet, sorry.
The release dates for Germany are now confirmed. They will be the same as in Sweden: Feb 1 for the single “Wish I Could Fly” and Feb 22 for the album.
Release in the UK delayed?
Written by roxeteer on January 6, 1999 to Misc.
A rumour tells that the UK release has been delayed for a week and it’s still uncertain if there will be any release. No EMI confirmation on this one.
Promotion started in Argentina
Written by roxeteer on January 6, 1999 to Misc.
A reader from Argentina tells that “Wish I Could Fly” has already been played on the radio in Buenos Aires. Very good news! There’s no details on South American releases, but probably the album is going to be released there already in the early 1999.
