Official Roxette Fan Club contacted EMI Svenska today to ask about the US record deal. This is what EMI’s Li Eriksson replied:

There is no record deal ready yet. However, we are getting closer to a decision. And when that decision is made - it isn’t ready until everyone’s signature is on the contract.

Roxette’s manager Marie Dimberg says:

This is only a rumour. Nothing has been settled yet and i’ll confirm when it is.

Per also said when he visited Holland that making the contract takes time because they’re trying to get the US release of “Don’t Bore Us - Get To The Chorus!” included in the agreement.

Yes, there is a deal! Finally, after months of waiting by North American fans - and speculation from fans worldwide - a record distribution contract has been negotiated for the U.S. and Canada. Look to the late edition of The Daily Roxette on Monday for more on this breaking news story from Contributing Editor Lars-Erik Olson.

According to Ask Billboard, RCA, Capitol and Epic have been interested in releasing the album in the States.

The video for “Anyone” had its premiere on Wednesday. Now you can watch a 30-second streaming Real Video clip of it on the Internet. In the clip Marie walks out of a house to the beach and straight to the sea. As you probably already know, Marie almost drowns in the video (not for real!), but she is rescued on the last minute.

On the Roxette Mailing List many people have described the video a bit boring, but very beautiful. I haven’t seen the whole video yet and I agree that at least the 30-sec clip is rather minimalistic - or boring. I just hope the clip doesn’t tell the whole truth! :-)

Roxette’s record label in the USA will be announced soon. “[We] hope to have some answer in the next 10 days”, says Per. Roxette had problems with EMI USA and according to Per EMI means in America “Every Mistake Imaginable”. Now Per and Marie are looking for another record company, Epic being the most speculated one.

One thing should be sure, however. The lead single in the US will be “Wish I Could Fly”.

According to Per, “Have A Nice Day” has now sold 1.4 million copies, excluding North America of course and France. “I’m sure it will sell better than ’Crash! Boom! Bang!’. But in the end of the day - does it matter anything?” asks Per.

“Wish I Could Fly” single has sold 400,000 copies. “Extremely well”, says Per.

Roxette visits Brazil in June. They are going to do “lots of TV and press and hopefully an instore”.

Roxette is going to record 3 songs in Spanish: “Anyone”, “Wish I Could Fly” and “Salvation”. They will be recorded in Stockholm, Sweden.

Anton Corbijn will be the director of the “Stars” video. Corbijn is famous for the videos he’s done for U2 and Depeche Mode, but he’s also know as a photographer. You can find examples of his work at his web site.

The premiere for Roxette’s new video, “Anyone”, will be on Swedish TV4 next Wednesday. The video, directed by Jonas Åkerlund, was shot in Troia and Lisbon, Portugal. One of the scenes shows Marie lying on the beach, unconscious. The storyline of the video is about a lonely woman who goes back to the place where she once met the man of her life. Another scene was shot in a big park in Lisbon.

Per tells at www.haveaniceday.nu that the videos for “Wish I Could Fly” and “Anyone” cost 150000 GBP each. “Jonas is expensive, but he’s the best”, Per says.

Roxette will be one of the stars who perform live at Capital FM’s Party in the Park. This will be the biggest open air concert in the UK in the summer of 1999. The organizers are expecting 100,000 fans to Hyde Park, London where Roxette, Texas, The Corrs, Boyzone and many more will be performing their hits live on July 4. HRH The Prince of Wales is the patron of this concert. The tickets are already for sale, so go to Capital FM’s web site and read more!

• Capital FM