According to the official EMI website in Germany, Per's album "Party Crasher" will be released on February 27.

On EMI Germany's web page you can find, among other things, a small gallery of photos, a biography and a mini promotional video.

Happy new year, readers of The Daily Roxette! A year has passed again and it's time to take a look back.

In 2008, there were two news items over the others. Per releasing a new solo album, "Party Crasher," and Marie joining the Stjärnklart tour and performing live after what seemed like forever. But let's start from the beginning of the year.

January went with no major news, but in February we reported about Marie's second art exhibition, "Ett bord i solen" ("A table in the sun"). Her art was on display at the same Stockholm gallery as the first time, although the gallery had changed its name since then. A beautiful, limited edition book of the exhibition was also released. In September, Marie's art was on display in a Gothenburg-based gallery.

Swedish TV4 interviewed Marie when her exhibition opened in Stockholm. In an open-hearted interview Marie revealed that the brain tumor took away the sight on her right eye. Marie also said that when she finally got a clean bill of health in the summer 2007, she became a new person. When the cancer was at its worst, Marie almost didn't have the energy to get out of bed. "The worst thing was that I didn't even want to sing. It's definitely a kick to be back," Marie said in the interview.

In May, Marie turned 50. Many fans sent their greetings to her and we got a lovely reply from Marie.

The world suddenly got bigger

In February, we announced probably the most unanticipated re-release of the decade: "The World According To Gessle - The Extended Edition," or "super duper extra turbo deluxe with cheese on it" edition as Per puts it. The final version of the re-released contained a whopping 26 bonus tracks of which most were previously unreleased. I say the "final version," because we were able to report you pretty much in real time how the track listing of the album changed. Check our articles for version 1, version 2, version 3 and finally version 4 of the listing.

The quality of the demos on the bonus disc is superb and there are real gems, such as "Elvis In Deutschland," a ballad version of "Elvis In Germany (Let's Celebrate)" with a different chorus, and "Writer," a demo of "Reporter" with pretty much no other differences than some parts of the lyrics (such as the title).

In May, we had an exclusive interview with Per about the TWATG re-release. In the interview, he talks about why the album was re-released and what it felt like going through his demo archives. Thomas also asked him if he ever feels like releasing another album like TWATG: "[H]ell yes, someday I'll make the definitive ultra-catchy-power-pop-guitars-skweeked-to-13-sort-of-record! It would be nice. I have it in my system somewhere. It pops up every other Saturday night when I make silly dance moves."

We didn't have to wait too long for that to happen…

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STOCKHOLM - Per lets us know that the new remix of "Silly Really" will be released January 19 or 26. It's also supposed to be available in "all digital stores." The song is remixed by Dick Mixon and is very '80s influenced according to The Daily Roxette's sources.

STOCKHOLM - Marie and Per have sent Christmas greetings to all of us:

 I wish all the TDR Readers and fans & friends all over the world a very happy and peaceful Christmas holiday.

 

Marie

- “Are you waiting for the family to arrive?
Are you sure you got the room to spare inside?
Does your granny always tell ya that the old songs are the best
then she's up and rock and rollin' with the rest
Here it is Merry xmas - everybody's having fun
Look to the future now - it's only just begun!”

Couldn’t have said it any better, merry x from per g

ps. btw. lyrix above from “Merry xmas everybody” by Slade (very underrated!!!)

 

STOCKHOLM - According to Per at gessle.com, the next single off "Party Crasher" will be "Sing Along" with tracklist as follows:

1. Sing Along (radio edit)
2. Theme from "Roberta Right"
3. Sing Along (album version)
 
The single will be released in January 2009 and with two different sleeves, one red and one green.
Per also mentions that "Silly Really" (Right Into Your Bed Remix), remixed by Dick Mixon, will be available digitally soon.

Robert Thorselius’ excellent The Look For Roxette book is now available to view online. Previously only available as a book, the new online version also features an interactive section where you can create your Rox Collection and view items available to buy and swap from other fans.  Having the book online means that it is now possible to update the information as soon as new releases are available. While Marie’s "Där du andas" is there, Per’s "Party Crasher" is not as of yet.  There are lots of interesting, new and rare items on there when compared with the book edition so check out the online version.

UDDEVALLA - Per will be signing stuff at Torp Köpcentrum in Uddevalla, Friday December 19 at 17:00

STOCKHOLM - In a live chat on TV4.se, Per reveals that there may be a European club tour planned for April-May 2009. The tour will in that case include concerts in Sweden and "a concert in London in April if everything goes fine."

TDR doesn't have any further details at this point.

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SÖDERHAMN - Head over to gessle.com and download your X-mas gift from Per for 2008 - a demo from 1995 named "Liberty."

- “Are you waiting for the family to arrive?
Are you sure you got the room to spare inside?
Does your granny always tell ya that the old songs are the best
then she's up and rock and rollin' with the rest
Here it is Merry xmas - everybody's having fun
Look to the future now - it's only just begun!”

Couldn’t have said it any better, merry x from per g

ps. btw. lyrix above from “Merry xmas everybody” by Slade (very underrated!!!)