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Bjorn Ulvaeus Rules Out ABBA Biopic

by Music-News.com

ABBA have ruled out a biopic while they are still alive.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Europe, pop, Sweden

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Cher In Talks For Mamma Mia 3

by Music-News.com

Cher is talking up a potential ‘Mamma Mia 3’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abba, Cher, Mamma Mia, pop, Sweden, USA

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Bob Dylan Sells Out To Universal Music

by Paul Cashmere

And just when you thought 2020 couldn’t throw up any more surprises Bob Dylan has become a complete sell-out. Dylan has sold the publishing rights to his songwriting catalogue in a deal said to be worth around $300 million to Universal Music.

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New ABBA Music Bumped Into 2021

by Paul Cashmere

ABBA will release five new songs in 2021 (or not). The new music that was to surface in 2018 has been delayed once again.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Europe, pop, Sweden

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Babba Presents Abba To Stream From Memo Music Hall This Saturday

by Paul Cashmere

Memo Music Hall will present the live stream of dancing queen’s Babba performing the music of Abba this Saturday (6 June).

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Australia, Babba, Memo Music Hall, pop, Sweden

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Abba from ABBA The Official Photo Book, Noise11, Photo

Bjorn Ulvaeus Still Expects New Abba Music For 2020

by Paul Cashmere

Abba’s Bjorn Ulvaeus says he still thinks we will hear Abba’s two new songs in 2020.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Europe, pop, Sweden

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New Abba Music Now Due 2 ½ Years After First Being Announced

by Paul Cashmere

Abba fans will have to wait until at least September 2020 for the new music they were expecting in 2018.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abba, Europe, pop, Swden

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Abba, Queen and Coldplay are the new Bach, Beethoven and Mozart

by Noise11.com

A study from the University of New South Wales, Curtain University and Roehampton University has concluded that Abba, Queen and Coldplay should be held in the same esteem as Bach, Beethoven and Mozart.

Tagged as: Abba, Beatles, classical, Coldplay, Mozart, Queen

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The Studs Funky Feet Was An Unused Abba Song

by Paul Cashmere

Here is some 43 year old news for you. Who knew Australia’s The Studs 1977 pop hit ‘Funky Feet’ was written by Abba’s Benny Anderssen and Bjorn Ulvaeus? Well, apparently, everyone except me.

Tagged as: Abba, Australia, Babba, Memo Music Hall, pop, St Kilda, The Studs

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Björn Ulvaeus Confirms There Are Now Five New Abba songs

by Paul Cashmere

Abba co-founder Björn Ulvaeus has confirmed that Abba has five new songs on the way.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abba, pop, Sweden

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New Abba Music Coming A Year Overdue

by Paul Cashmere

Those new Abba songs that overshot the runway in 2018 may finally be released on September or October.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, pop, Sweden

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Muriel’s Wedding The Musical is Destined to become an Australian Theatre Classic

by Paul Cashmere

‘Muriel’s Wedding The Musical’ is destined to be a global hit. This all-Australian production, based on the book by PJ Hogan, directed by Simon Phillips and with new music from Kate Miller-Heidke & Kier Nuttal, will be a great fit for Broadway or the West End one day. Right now, Melbourne is privileged to host the Australian premiere of the national tour of Muriel’s Wedding The Musical.

Tagged as: 80s, Abba, Australia, Kate Miller-Heidke, Keir Nuttall, Muriel's Wedding the Musical, Muriels Wedding, pop, theatre

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Bjorn from Abba is speaking at SXSW

by Paul Cashmere

SXSW slipped a quiet one into their speakers schedule. Bjorn Ulvaeus from Abba will be a guest speaker at the SXSW music conference in Austin, Texas this month.

Tagged as: Abba, Auddly, Bjorn Ulvaeus, music conference, music industry, Sweden, SXSW, USA

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Kate Miller-Heidke. image by Ros O'Gorman

Kate Miller-Heidke to Perform for Australia at Eurovision 2019

by Paul Cashmere

Kate Miller-Heidke will perform for Australia in Israel at Eurovision 2019.

Tagged as: Abba, Australia, Eurovision, Kate Miller-Heidke, Muriels Wedding, theatre

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Muriel’s Wedding The Musical is heading to Melbourne in March

by Paul Cashmere

Muriel’s Wedding The Musical is on its way to Melbourne.

Tagged as: Abba, Australia, Kate Miller-Heidke, Muriels Wedding, theatre

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Remember those two new Abba songs coming out 2018. They didn’t!

by Paul Cashmere

The first new Abba songs in over three decades have been delayed and no-one knows when they are coming out now.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, pop, Sweden

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Cher, Image, Rod Laver, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Cher Says Benny Used The Girls As Instruments In Abba

by Paul Cashmere

Cher has made a startling observation about Abba suggesting that Benny Anderson used Anna-Frida and Agnetha as instruments in the group.

Tagged as: 60s, Abba, Cher, Live Nation, pop, Sonny Bono, Sony and Cher, USA

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London Is Also Getting An Abba Restaurant

by Paul Cashmere

Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus will bring his themed restaurant Mamma Mia The Party experience to London in 2019.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Mamma Mia, pop, Sweden, UK

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Australian Charts: Mamma Mia Here We Go Again Soundtrack Remains The Number One Album

by Gavin Ryan

The sequel-prequel film soundtrack for “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” remains the top selling album in Australia for a second week (and also again at the top in N.Z. and the U.K.).

Tagged as: Abba, Australia, Australian charts, Mamma Mia Here We Go Again, music industry, pop

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Australian Charts: Mamma Mia Here We Go Again Debuts At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Exactly ten years after the initial explosion for the soundtrack for “Mamma Mia!” (21st July, 2008 for 5 weeks) the follow-up collection of ABBA songs for the sequel/prequel movie “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” climbs to the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

Tagged as: Abba, Australia, Australian charts, Mamma Mia Here We Go Again, music industry, pop

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Cher Tweets Tracklist For Most of Her Abba Covers Album

by Paul Cashmere

Cher has almost completed her Abba covers album and has alerted fans to all but one of the songs on the record.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Abba, Cher, Mamma Mia, pop, Sweden, USA

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Pierce Brosnan Paints Bob Dylan And It Sells For $1.4 million

by Paul Cashmere

Pierce Brosnan says he is literally “gobsmacked” that a painting he created featuring a likeness of Bob Dylan has sold for $1.4 million.

Tagged as: Abba, art, Bob Dylan, Ireland, Mamma Mia Here We Go Again, Pierce Brosnan

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Mamma Mia Is A Lot Of Fun If You Don’t Think Too Hard About The Plot

by Paul Cashmere

Some musicals should be seen for the story, some for the cast, some for the music. You need to see ‘Mamma Mia’ just for a good time.

Tagged as: Abba, Australia, Mamma Mia, pop, theatre

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Mamma Mia 2 When I Kissed The Teacher Lyric Video Featuring Bjorn Released

by Paul Cashmere

A new lyric video of ‘When I Kissed The Teacher’ from the Mamma Mia 2 movie Mamma Mia Here We Go Again features Bjorn from ABBA.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abba, Bjorn, Mamma Mia Here We Go Again, movie, pop, Sweden, USA

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ABBA Fans Send Streams Up 36% On Reunion News

by Paul Cashmere

The news of the ABBA reunion has send fans streaming their old hits.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abba, pop, Sweden

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Those ABBA Glastonbury Rumours Are Complete Bullshit

by Music-News.com

ABBA’s manager has insisted the Swedish pop group will not be performing at Glastonbury Festival.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Glastonbury, pop, Sweden

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It’s Official: Abba Reform To Record Two New Songs

by Paul Cashmere

Abba have reformed. It’s official. The classic Swedish pop band of the 70s have recorded two new songs for the joint BBC and NBC TV special to air in December.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, pop, Sweden

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Abba To Become ‘Abbatars’ For TV Tribute

by Paul Cashmere

Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA are working together to be turned into ‘Abbatars’ for a tribute show being jointing produced by the BBC and NBC.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abba, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, pop, Sweden

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The Day The Fonz and Captain Kirk Met Bjorn From Abba

by Paul Cashmere

William Shatner, Henry Winkler, George Foreman, Jeff Dye and Terry Bradshaw were greeted by Bjorn from Abba on a new episode of Better Later Than Never, their travel show.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Bjorn, George Foreman, Henry Winkler, Jeff Dye, pop, Sweden, William Shatner

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Abba To Tour As Holigrams

by Music-News.com

Pop icons ABBA are heading back to the stage for their first tour in three decades – to perform as holograms.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, pop, Sweden

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