According to Per, Roxette’s US record deal is delayed, because their L.A.-based lawyer has some severe medical problems right now. A source close to the negotiations reports that “this can account for an approximately one week delay”.

Per tells at www.haveaniceday.nu that the video for “Stars” will be shot in Stockholm, Sweden and Hamburg, Germany.

EMI Canada will release “Have A Nice Day” after all! The album will hit the Canadian record shops on June 29.

The Official Roxette Fanclub has posted a 30-second clip of “Cooper” (Closer To God) on their web site. The sound clip is in MP3 format and the file size is about 240K.

“Pay The Price/Anyone” double a-side single was released in Japan on May 8. The cover picture is the same as in the European “Anyone” single. Here’s the tracklisting:

1. Pay The Price
   
2. Anyone
   
3. Cooper (Closer To God)
   
4. Anyone (T&A demo)
   

Both tracks 1 and 2 are the album versions. Release number is TOCP-40118 (8869542).

According to the Official Roxette Fanclub, EMI Svenska (Roxette’s record company, the Swedish division of EMI) is currently building their own web site. The site will be launched in the autum at the latest.

The domain emi.se has been registered to EMI Svenska since 1995.

As reported in the Weekend Edition of The Daily Roxette, a distribution contract for Canada has been finalized while a separate - but related - deal for the United States has been negotiated. The contract for this new U.S. deal is now awaiting the signatures of the principals involved. According to a source close to the negotiations, U.S. and Canadian fans won’t have to wait much longer to find out the name of the record label involved, but we’re still at least a week away from a formal announcement from Roxette’s management and/or EMI Svenska.

Italian Roxette Fanclub the possible tracklisting of the forthcoming Roxette video collection. Notice that this isn’t confirmed by EMI in any way! This time it won’t be only Roxette videos, but also Marie’s and Per’s solo videos. Here it goes:

1. Wish I Could Fly
   
2. Anyone
   
3. Stars
   
4. Salvation
   
5. You Don’t Understand Me
   
6. June Afternoon
   
7. She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
   
8. Un día sin tí
   
9. The Look (unreleased first version, directed by Mats Jonstam)
   
10. Chances (’98 version) ???
    
11. Do You Wanna Be My Baby [Gessle]
    
12. Kix [Gessle]
    
13. I Want You To Know [Gessle]
    
14. Tro [Marie]
    
15. Mellan sommar och höst [Marie]
    

Per has also mentioned that the video for “Soul Deep” would be included. It can of course be that he just didn’t remember the list right.

I just keep wondering what is Chances ’98. Anyone ever heard?

A rumour from Italy has it that the b-side compilation Per has told about will be probably titled “Kill Your Darlings”. The album will be something like the second version of “Rarities”, a collection of single b-sides and unreleased tracks. The album is due to be out next year. This data is not confirmed by EMI.

Per tells at www.haveaniceday.nu that the B-side of the “Stars” single (single #3 from “Have A Nice Day”) will be a previously unreleased song called “Better Off On Her Own”. The single will be in the shops in the late summer. DJ copies will be spread maybe already in mid-June.