Roxette's Marie has stated that during the Christmas tour in Sweden she found she felt great on stage and that it was time to continue with Roxette!
"It has been a rough and difficult time and I am glad it is behind me now. I feel great! I really want to start working with Per again and most of all have a lot of fun together," Marie said.
Per said that he and Marie would be back in the studio this summer, though he doesn't know if they will record an entire album. However, they hope to release something NEW before the end of this year!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Roxette's 20 year reunion tour
It was the late 1980s, and Roxette was at the height of its popularity. Their first big break was the album Look Sharp, which had the song “The Look” (which is still popular to this day) and Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson were unstoppable.
Now, 20 years later, Gessle and Fredriksson have been through their ups and downs, but that isn’t stopping the 20th reunion tour!
Gessle is hitting the road alone for the first time without Fredriksson, who grew ill in 2002 and continues to lay low.
Gessle told BBC that he would love to continue with Roxette and is just waiting for Fredriksson to say the word.
“I would love to do more Roxette and I would love to do more recordings as well, because she's a great person and a great singer, but I don't want to push her at all. It's really up to her. If she calls me up and tells me I'm ready, I'd say let's go for it,” he said.
Now, 20 years later, Gessle and Fredriksson have been through their ups and downs, but that isn’t stopping the 20th reunion tour!
Gessle is hitting the road alone for the first time without Fredriksson, who grew ill in 2002 and continues to lay low.
Gessle told BBC that he would love to continue with Roxette and is just waiting for Fredriksson to say the word.
“I would love to do more Roxette and I would love to do more recordings as well, because she's a great person and a great singer, but I don't want to push her at all. It's really up to her. If she calls me up and tells me I'm ready, I'd say let's go for it,” he said.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Roxette is a Million-Air
Roxette traveled to London October 7th to receive yet another “Million-Air” award for their hit song “Listen to Your Heart.” The song has been played over 4 million times on U.S. radio waves alone along with “It Must Have Been Love” in ’05. Based on an average length of three minutes, one million airplays is equivalent to 50,000 hours or 5.7 years of continuous play!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Roxette, an introduction...
Roxette, a Swedish pop duo, consists of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle.
The duo achieved worldwide success in the mid 1980s, and has a total of 17 Top 10 hits. Roxette had four US No. 1 singles, two No. 2 singles and a several other Top 40 hits.
The group has been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) with two platinum albums --"Look Sharp!" (1989) and "Joyride" (1991), as well as two gold singles - "The Look" and "It Must Have Been Love".
In Europe and South America, Roxette's success was even greater. They have more Top 10 hits, and their several "Best of" CDs received gold, platinum or multi-platinum status in Europe and Latin-America.
The duo achieved worldwide success in the mid 1980s, and has a total of 17 Top 10 hits. Roxette had four US No. 1 singles, two No. 2 singles and a several other Top 40 hits.
The group has been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) with two platinum albums --"Look Sharp!" (1989) and "Joyride" (1991), as well as two gold singles - "The Look" and "It Must Have Been Love".
In Europe and South America, Roxette's success was even greater. They have more Top 10 hits, and their several "Best of" CDs received gold, platinum or multi-platinum status in Europe and Latin-America.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Marie turns 50!
On May 30, Marie Fredriksson turns 50. Fredriksson, as you may recall, is best known as one of two members in the band Roxette.
Roxette’s last album release “The Rox Box/ Roxette 86-06” was in 2006. In total, Roxette had four U.S. No. 1 singles and two No. 2 singles.The group has been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America with two platinum albums: Look Sharp! In 1988, and Joyride in 1991, as well as two gold singles “The Look” and “It Must Have Been Love.”
Currently, the group doesn’t have any tours scheduled, but check back soon for more info!
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