“The thought is that Roxette will go out on a world tour next year. It’s been five years since the last one,” said Per Gessle in an interview with an Aftonbladet reporter from his hotel room in Monaco. Per and Marie were there to accept a World Music Award and share the stage with, among others, Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey and Ronan Keating.

A more definitive statement — “Next year we’re going on a world tour” — is how the Aftonbladet editors restated Per’s comments above a photo of Per and Marie.