He died five years ago Marie Frediksson, singer of Roxette and it’s a shame that despite his partner, the recognizable face of the band. The thing is that he composed the songs and of course, without it, he still has a catalog that is too powerful not to take advantage of.
The normal thing would have been to take it and continue as Per Gesslerelease their own material and perform songs by Roxette in the live ones, of course. In fact, the singer has a discography of 13 solo albums, 6 of them certified Gold or Platinum in Sweden. Not that his comeback was going to be something completely surprising.
But instead of that, Per has chosen these years to make a circus with the name and legacy of the band. First, introducing himself as PG Roxetteworst name ever since three Spice Girls made the threat of meeting in 2015 under the name Spice Girls GEM. At least they had the decency to cancel the story in time and all that remains is a bad demo of an even more bad song, titled ‘Song For Her’, swarming the internet. But Per No, Per released a full album in 2022 under the name PG Roxette. Of course, they didn’t pay much attention to that: it was #2 in Sweden, yes, but it only lasted 15 days on the charts.
In 2025 she has chosen to turn Roxette into Ella Baila Sola, because we insist: it has a catalog that is too important not to continue making a profit. And he plans to go on tour with the Swedish singer Firewood Philipsson as a replacement for Marie. “I’m not starting a new duo, Marie will always be irreplaceable”the artist commented in the joint tour statement, as a new duo begins.
Firewood I participate in Eurovision in 2004 with ‘It Hurts’ and she has a collection of 14 solo albums, half a dozen of them also certified in Sweden, making her a well-known artist to the general public. It’s as if Ángeles de Camela died in Spain – God forbid – and Dioni ended up replacing her with Merche.
To announce a tour that already has dates in Australia and South Africa (?), but has sent a statement in code I i i I in which he talks about how HE wrote THEIR Roxette songs and how HE is very happy to wear HIS world tour material with HIS new companion, since HE wrote Lena’s first hit in 1986 and thanks to HE He was a big star.
We’ll see how this adventure goes: for now, opinions are divided among the band’s fans on Instagram. Some think that Roxette should have closed the cycle in 2016, with the last concerts of Marieothers that Per He has the right to continue exploiting the brand without his partner.
