I don't know about the tickets, I went to the Stjärnklart in 2000 thanks to Eva so I didn't have to bother about tickets. A friend of mine went there because her dad got tickets from the company he works at as a "xmas present".. and for what I could found out by then when I talked to one of the responsible was that the tickets were only sold to companies - Have NO clue!

This is also no 2-hour Marie concert, and I suppose rather expensive
She will probably sing 3-5 songs, which I think is a great way for her to test the stage!

It was the nicest news in weeks

wrote a short article on mf.net
http://mariefredriksson.net/2008/05/27/marie-fredriksson-to-join-this-years-stjarnklart-tour

Shortly (with some additional info not found in article)
Marie will go on tour in November/December. It's 12 shows together with other artists, the tour is directed to companies, who buy tickets and give them away to their (best?) employees. The artists perform normally with a big band and there are some funny gags in between as well, at least it was like that when I saw Eva Dahlgren and Orup in 2000. They performed about 3-5 songs each and participated in some scenes/sang in songs of other artists, I'd guess it'll be the same with Marie, Lisa etc.

Nice!!!!!!! :D:D:D:D

[Marie Fredriksson turns 50 - send your messages!]

For those who missed the info last week here: http://forum.runtoroxette.com/maries_new_exhibition-t4700.272.html

You can send your messages to Marie to mfbday@mariefredriksson.net. You will automatically participate in a contest, read below for details :

Marie Fredriksson turns 50 - send your messages!
May 18th, 2008 by Judith
Marie Fredriksson turns 50 on May 30th and as always, you can send your birthday wishes to mfbday@mariefredriksson.net, we will collect all of them and pass them on to Marie.

Deadline: May 28th

Please note:
all emails will be checked before forwarding them to Marie and that only birthday greetings are accepted. And remember Marie doesn’t speak German or Spanish or Russian, so write your messages only in Swedish or English. And last but not least, the email address mentioned above is, obviously, NOT Marie’s private email address.
If you want to send a video, photo or any other huge file, please don’t attach it in the email but send a link to the file!

And since this time around is even more special, we’ve got some surprises for those who send a message for Marie. Send the nicest, most creative, longest, shortest, most touching message (*) and you’ll have a chance to win one of the items below, courtesy of Mikael Bolyos, Marie Fredriksson and D&D.

- Ett bord i solen single (this item was sent as invitation for the exhibition with the same name in February)
- Ett bord i solen artbook - signed by Marie!
- Tid för tystnad CD

Remember, send your messages not later than May 28th!

Contest conditions:

- (*) Anybody who sends a message for Marie will automatically participate in the contest. Each message will get a number, at the end of the contest numbers will be picked up randomly to choose the winners.
- Don’t forget to send your full name and mailing address.
- As as it is usual, you can only participate once.
- Prizes cannot be paid out in cash and will be sent by standard mail only once.
- Winners will be announced in June.

Taken from
http://mariefredriksson.net/2008/05/18/marie-fredriksson-turns-50-send-your-messages/ ;-)[/color]

I also opened a topic in the official forum where I collected the links:
http://www.mariefredriksson.se/forum.php?show=thread&thread=35&mainpage=1

PS: wow! ain't it amazing how people can have the same ideas....*cough* Dimberg doesn't work for EMI ;-)

but.. giving points to neighbour or friend countries just belongs to Eurovision as much as ABBA-alike songs. It has always been like this, it is part of it
Just that the more Balkan/Eastern countries there are, the more they vote among eachother. It's like Scandinavia in big scale, so of course, the chance for an old-Europe-country to win is lower than in previous years.

As I said, at least the songs where not as crappy as in the past 2 years

It wasn't the best performance of No Angels.. I've seen them do it muuuuch better.. where was crazy Lucy?? They should have left those weird dresses home.. (

SPain.. erh.. shame.

My fave was Azerbaijan, I liked.. the 3rd country.. was that Albania? Finland - oh yeah!

Russia was also fine, English.. sounded just like Russians speak it. Working at an international bank I'm used to this You'll hear more of it next year when they host the show

Poland was a plastic barbie with an annoying voice for me..

Charlotte could have done it better.. the plastic surgeon could have also done it better, the woman has a permanent surprise smiling face!

France was kind of.. funny, it would have been better without the backing vocals. The guy inhaled helium during the performance

Denmark was also kind of fun, the guy took pieces of other songs and put them together in the middle of the song.

Greece was baaad, don't understand so many votes. A copy of former participant Helena Paparizou (just that she was much better).

As for the rest.. I don't remember, I guess they weren't too impressive/good/surprising.

All in all, much better than former Eurovision, at least the singers could do their job: sing! (Maybe the bad ones were filtered out in the semi-finals?).

are you sure it was yesterday? on their website, http://www.polarmusicprize.com/, it says it'll be in august this year.

huh, there was an article about the prizes being given this week.. maybe the winners were announced only. I will check again sorry.

In the meantime I found this article:
http://sydsvenskan.se/familj/fodelsedag/article325900.ece

the polar prize gala was yesterday, no rox&co got a prize but.. maybe they attended the gala? those detectives who always find could pics, could you check?

http://mariefredriksson.net/2008/05/18/marie-fredriksson-turns-50-send-your-messages/

Good luck

or actually.. to the people who send the nicest messages ;-)





PS: I still didn't come up with any question for the contest ...

Yes, I can collect emails, I wanted to post it on the mf.net site on the weekend, but you can start sending emails now, of course :-)

mfbday@mariefredriksson.net

Who knows what will happen with the nicest messages... ;-)

I am sure it is not the first time Marie D "plays postman", it's not that difficult either, collect all stuff and send it to Marie in a big box, or give it to her, they live in the same town! ;-) The only issue here is that she might not get it on the day but later.

On the other hand, I think buying stuff is just a waste of time. I doubt she eats any chocolate or anything else people send her, I wouldn't (trust it) either *. And any other kind of presents.. I think she has money enough and who needs the 1000000th teddy bear? ;-)

The only things which I think make sense are letters/ messages/ postcard and self-made presents, like a painting or any other thing which might be "unique" and personal.

* I heard stories about bottles of wine or licour given to them (Per/GT) and ended up in the trash.

Have a good day
J

I don't know where Marie will be for her birthday. I'd say after Marie and Micke themselves, Dimberg is the one who knows best

@Raelian: why so negative all the time? I always felt that in your words, sorry to be honest! 

It's not being negative, but realistic. Madonna (or any other celebrity of the same age) would look totally different with no beauty treatments. I'd like to know how Madona would look like today if she were a normal housewife instead of a famous singer.

probably better than now ;-)
wrinkles are sexy

not cancelled, of course, I am not writing about a contest here for nothing. Just delayed
We just decided to wait a little bit.. you know.. Marie ... 50 ... 

(which is good, cos I am still sinking at work and I am still thinking of tricky questions )

Yeah..Grattis Josefin...but if my brain didn't get too old already than I think Josefin gets already 15 today...She was born 1993. I remember sweet Marie and her belly doing the Unplugged concert 1993.
So Josefin is really already a young lady.

yes, she is 15.
Which also means it is 15 years ago I was watching the unplugged for the first time :O