- His band, Europe, used to rehearse under the name "Le Baron Boys" in order to avoid fans.
- The song "Hero" was written as a special tribute to Joey's childhood hero, Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy.
- In between the disbanding of Europe in 1992 and the reunion of the band in 2003, he had a successful career as a solo artist with 3 CDs: A Place To Call Home (1995), Azalea Place (1997) and Joey Tempest (2002).
- He has an older sister and a younger brother.
- He wrote "Roll With You" for his friend, who is seriously ill and had been in a dark state of mind.
- Joey honors another of his heroes, Journey vocalist Steve Perry, with the song Forever Traveling.
- Son with Lisa, James Joakim, born on 12 October 2007 in London.
- Europe has reunited. (October 2003)
- Europe will record a new CD in May in Stockholm and they will produce it themselves! (April 2006)
- Work on the new CD continues; the band are meeting when they can this month to record demos of their ideas and plan the future. As with "Start From The Dark," the band has requested secrecy. The new DVD "Live From The Dark" will be released in Europe on 18th November 2005. Joey will appear on SvT1 as a guest on a program called En granslos rapsodi in order to discuss the band Queen on Friday October 28, 22.30-23.00. (October 2005)
- A new album, world tour and a new DVD to be released in second half of 2004. (2004)
- Europe's new CD, called Secret Society, will be released on October 27th. The night before, Europe will begin a tour through Scandinavia. (October 2006)
- He has been working on songs for the next Europe album and the band concluded the "Start From The Dark" tour in Brasov. (September 2005)
- A perfectionist at heart, Joey has been working hard to finish his third CD (title has not yet been released) with a Swedish producer team and it will be mixed in August 2002. The CD is expected to be released in October and the first single/video in August. (June 2002)
- Performing with Europe Janary 26th in Nalen, Stockholm, Sweden (January 2008)
- Europe's new CD is called "Start From The Dark." Joey is very busy right now doing promotions and interviews for the CD and putting together the "Start From The Dark" live show. Europe will begin a world tour on October 14th in Helsinki. (September 2004)
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