“Gessle over Europe”
Written by tevensso on August 28, 2009 to Per Gessle and Releases.
HALMSTAD (Updated) - 
The Daily Roxette can present the (very nice) sleeve for "Gessle over Europe," designed by Pär Wickholm. The sleeve is inspired by The Clash's "London Calling" says Per.
According to the back sleeve (on gessle.com) the enclosed DVD will be in PAL, but region 0 and in DTS.
Update: The album has been postponed to the end of October due to German video regulations. Due to the graphic nature in the director's cuts of the videos Germany demands an 18 year old age limit on the CD/DVD.
Update 2: Per, being the tough guy he is, has gotten a 12 year old stamp on the DVD!
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58 comments
realsugar said on August 19, 2009 16:48:
As an Art Director, I 100% approve of this artwork. Great job. It captures the spirit and the feel of the concert series perfectly.
abysmo said on August 19, 2009 17:32:
Yea, nice sleeve. Like another Par works with Party Crasher and/or Tid for tystnad. Hope that new Roxette single/album art works will be his work.
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tomos85 said on August 19, 2009 18:23:
When I look at this cover, I just can’t help the feeling that I’ve seen it somewhere in the rox-world. Yep, it reminds me Marie’s MBV-album/singles cover. Don’t know why but it’s how I feel. And of course, I like it!
Who took the front and back covers pics? Thomas, heyoka, thenicekai or someone else? And in which cities? :)
Do we know the release date and the countries-list that would be lucky enough to get “Gessle over Europe”?
tevensso (moderator) said on August 19, 2009 18:34:
As far as I know these photos are taken by Rickard Eriksson.
the rain said on August 19, 2009 18:45:
...the enclosed DVD will be in PAL, but region 0 and in DTS.
DvD it’s not region o, what you mean is the FSK 0 (FSK=freiwillige Selbstkontrolle/ it means the age for watching the DvD, like Movies)
the rain said on August 19, 2009 19:06:
...okay, i understand REGION 0 = If a DVD all region codes so it is a so-called ’Region 0’ or region free DVD.
Thx @ tevensso
Sascha said on August 19, 2009 19:16:
Very nice cover! Actually prefer it to the PC album sleeve. :-) All in all very nice package, this release.
pwbbounce (moderator) said on August 20, 2009 08:27:
Any release dates? Will it be released in the UK?
tomos85 said on August 20, 2009 09:04:
What has happened with “C’mon” video which isn’t on the back cover? :)
Bananylopalabomba said on August 20, 2009 10:18:
Yes, it would be great to know release date !
It will be amazing release, thank you so much Per, especially for the TWATG videos on DVD!
davidc4 said on August 20, 2009 10:32:
Good cover design. hope its released in the UK, although i hope its released to stores and not just through websites. heres hoping :) and with my least favourite tracks COYH & Dangerous missing it’s a very good album for me, no skipping!
ditroia said on August 20, 2009 11:52:
Blu-Ray as well would be nice.. Please
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RobertaRight said on August 20, 2009 13:16:
Not very keen on the main photograph to be honest, but the layout is great. Will surely look better on an album in larger version than on a small CD.
heyoka said on August 20, 2009 13:24:
I just checked The Clash sleeve...As long as I live I never saw Mr. Gee crashing any guitar on the stage...Cannot wait to see it! ;)
gyllene_tjej said on August 20, 2009 14:08:
that’s one hell of a cover, thanks PG! Cant wait to hear and watch the contents!
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seba said on August 20, 2009 15:13:
It’s a pity that “The Party Pleaser” it’s not included in the CD. I would prefer that song instead of “I Have A Party...” and “I’m Not Your Steppin..”
bradhdyd said on August 21, 2009 03:43:
“The Party Pleaser” is on the DVD at least, I guess that’s some form of compromise :P
Roxerally said on August 21, 2009 09:26:
For people who want to listen to the full concert in MP3 format, there are bootlegs in good quality circling the net, as well as the London concert streamed from Sirus... just seek and ye shall find!
BTW, the cover artwork is fantastic, can’t wait to get my hands on the release! :)
ditroia said on August 23, 2009 02:56:
How about making a legal 720p or 1080p encode available for download?
Cheers
Dave
Never Left The Joyride..
Visit http://www.roxette20.eu/
Tider12_ said on August 25, 2009 23:07:
No C’mon video on DVD!! maybe was a mistake!!! When will it release???
bradhdyd said on August 26, 2009 02:03:
C’Mon video is listed here ...
http://www2.dailyroxette.com/node/18688
ditroia said on August 26, 2009 04:39:
Tev do you know if they recorded it in HD? If so I’m sure the film studio can encode them to .x264 Mkv’s and chuck it on bittorent.
Cheers
Dave
Never Left The Joyride..
Visit http://www.roxette20.eu/
tevensso (moderator) said on August 27, 2009 08:08:
The crew that recorded the show said it was in HD, but according to my sources it cost too much to make a BD out of it...
pwbbounce (moderator) said on August 27, 2009 08:17:
Shame about the BD, but I can understand the reasons behind it. Still, any release is better than nothing. Can’t wait to watch it and remember my first Per concert!! :-)
roxgirl_germany said on August 28, 2009 12:57:
What?!? At 3PM, I have seen worse on TV than someone poking a fork into someone’s cheek.
Also, I hardly a know a fan UNDER the age of 18 so publish it! I am 32!!!
(Or publish it in Sweden first, I have a credit card, hehe!)
Remco said on August 28, 2009 13:42:
Hahahahahaha! Never thought that something Rox-related would ever be “18+ Only”. I find it kind of funny.
(btw has it ever happened before with other videos, dvd’s etc? I only recall the controversy around the TCOTH video?)
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Kiwein1 said on August 28, 2009 13:53:
And I remember the trouble MTV had with “Anyone”....(thinking of Britney Spears’ video about suicide which they showed I still don’t see the problem).
About the delay: This video (and video games) thing is really strict here in Germany....but I don’t understand why they can’t release GOE in Sweden first...why does it have to be a “all over Europe at the same time”-release?
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tomos85 said on August 28, 2009 14:08:
Kirsten, there’s a lot of songs from Germany. So I suppose Per thinks he can sell a little more in Germany thanks to that delay...
tevensso (moderator) said on August 28, 2009 14:22:
EMI will of course print one sleeve for all of Europe and so the classification has to be there, for Germany, from the beginning. But yes, very annoying.
Kiwein1 said on August 28, 2009 16:33:
Thanks Thomas. It will most probably look like this: http://www.planet-roxette.com/news_pic/08_2009/FSK18.jpg
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CRIZ said on August 28, 2009 16:41:
Hahahahahahaaaa...now I had a good laugh!!!! Do we have to show our ID now in the shop?? LOL!!!
We are having too many laws in Germany... I always have known that...
Kiwein1 said on August 28, 2009 17:11:
Just saw that they changed the logos this year. This is the new one: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/FSK_ab_18_logo_Dec_20...
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Gabba77 said on August 28, 2009 18:07:
People in this world get more and more weird... What more can I say?
Kerstin said on August 28, 2009 22:31:
Well, that’s Germany, welcome in our world.
Didn’t know that Per’s videos are so harmful to minors. Shame on you, Per ;-)
Bananylopalabomba said on August 29, 2009 00:23:
I can‘t believe this!!! No no no !!!!! (((
Can‘t just make that DVD won‘t play at germany? That‘s all the problems!
Ivanych said on August 29, 2009 05:56:
I think it was because of the video with guys (except Per of course) showing their nipples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZODNpt753E&feature=channel_page
And the video for “Kix” too:
http://www.raf.se/index.asp?director=02jonas_akerlund&category=03Music_V...
Kecho said on August 29, 2009 09:27:
DYWBMB, too - it was aired as censored version and uncensored one...
RobertaRight said on August 30, 2009 11:46:
Hahaaa, yeah, the nipple contest was hard to handle! :-D
I agree withRemco, it´s kinda funny that Per´s DVD will be “18+ Only”, would hardly ever come to my mind..
Too bad we have to wait longer... but as long as I get it before Christmas, I´m happy.
the rain said on September 9, 2009 23:52:
PER SAYS AT TWITTER YESTERDAY: Finally! Got the german approval re the videoclips. They gave me a 12-year old approval stamp! Hahahaha, so much for being a tough guy!
bradhdyd said on September 11, 2009 01:47:
12 year old approval...geez talk about overkill. What do they have one for each year of age or something?
the rain said on September 13, 2009 21:39:
The release date in sweden maybe is the october the 21, i have heared.
chrissie78 said on September 14, 2009 10:03:
And 2 days AFTER my birthday... oh well. I guess that’s something I have to live with. hehe
tomos85 said on September 14, 2009 11:23:
And 2 days BEFORE “the day” in Atwerp ;) So, if it’s true, there won’t be any signing session I suppose.
chandeosilva said on September 18, 2009 15:36:
aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Fantastic... hmm.... Europe igen? Brazil is in Europe?! :\
One more DVD that has a ferrari price....
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bradhdyd said on September 23, 2009 02:06:
A certain Roxette Blog site has a trailer for the DVD for download...I must say WOW! It’s Per performing Dressed For Success. It sounds weird at first with no Marie, but you soon get over that (half a rox concert is better than no rox concert at all). Now I really can’t wait for this DVD to be released followed by NOTP!!
Ivanych said on August 19, 2009 16:35:
Well done, Pär!
A must have in my collection. :-)