Swedish pop duo Roxette are heading back to the studio later this year, singer and guitarist Per Gessle has announced. The Look stars took a break from music-making when singer Marie Fredriksson was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2002. But having received the all-clear, the band will now record new material, Gessle reveals.

American performing rights organization Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) saluted the top European songwriters at its 2005 London Awards staged last night at the Dorchester Hotel. The black-tie gala dinner and awards ceremony honored the songwriters, composers and publishers of the most performed songs on U.S. radio and television in the past year in all genres of music.