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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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Mamma Mia Here We Go Again To Premiere July 2018

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Mamma Mia! was a worldwide hit both in the theater and on film. Just in the United States, the movie took in $144 million and is number 6 on the list of all-time live action movie musicals while, throughout the world, it took in $600 million.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Mamma Mia, pop, Sweden

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Six Abba Solo Albums To Be Reissued On Vinyl

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

ABBA: four letters; four unique talents. Collectively, Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad are known for creating some of the most vital pop music in the world; individually, however, they were just as creative.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, pop, Sweden

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Mamma Mia Will Be Back On Australian Stages From November

by Paul Cashmere

Mamma Mia the musical will return to Australian stages in November.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Australia, Mamma Mia, pop, Sweden, theatre

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Frida from Abba Was On An Adam & the Ants Song

by Paul Cashmere

Frida from Abba did the spoken word part of Adam & The Ants ‘Strip’ but she couldn’t be credited.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Adam & The Ants, Adam Ant, pop, rock, Sweden, UK

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ABBA Are Up To Something But No-One Knows Exactly What It Is

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

ABBA has plans to return but the form is a bit of a mystery.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, ABBA Are Up To Something But No-One Knows Exactly What It Is, pop, Sweden

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ABBA Reunite and Perform One Song To Mark 50th Anniversary

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The four members of ABBA were together at Berns Salonger in Stockholm this week and performed together for the first time since 1986.

Tagged as: Abba, ABBA Reunite and Perform One Song To Mark 50th Anniversary, Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Anderson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Bjorn Ulvaeus

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Beatles, Elton John, Queen, Spice Girls And Abba Covers Bands Group For Melbourne Show

by Paul Cashmere

Tribute bands from The Beatles, Elton John, Queen, Spice Girls and Abba will gather for Tribute Mania, a festival of covers bands.

Tagged as: Abba, Beatles, Elton John, music news, Queen, Spice Girls, Spice Girls And Abba Covers Bands Group For Melbourne Show, The Beatles, Tribute Mania

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Abba Regroup For Bjorn’s New Mamma Mia Venue

by Paul Cashmere

The four members of Abba, Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Fältskog and Bjorn Ulvaeus were together again on Wednesday for the opening of Bjorn’s new business venture.

Tagged as: Abba, Abba Regroup For Bjorn's New Mamma Mia Venue, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Mamma Mia, music news

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Geezer Butler, Roger Taylor Join Peace Tracks Project

by Music-News.com

Leading peacebuilding charity International Alert is delighted to announce the worldwide release of Peace Tracks, a global collaborative music project that brings together celebrated recording artists with musicians from around the world.

Tagged as: Abba, Geezer Butler, music news, Peace Tracks, Roger Taylor

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ABBA Confirm Voyage Is Coming To Australia, And Four Songs Added To Show

After much rumour and speculation, it is confirmed that ABBA Voyage will come to Australia.

May 30, 2025

Four Members of Abba Pay Tribute To Sound Engineer Michael B. Tretow

All four members of ABBA, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog and Benny Andersson, have paid tribute to the man credited with creating the ABBA sound, Michael B. Tretow.

May 22, 2025

IMAGE ABBA Digital Portrait Credit Industrial Light & Magic

ABBA To Change Voyage Setlist

The 'ABBA Voyage' setlist is to change for the first time in the show's history.

March 28, 2025

‘ABBA: The Movie’ Reclassified PG in the UK

Abba: The Movie has been upgraded to PG for its commentary about Agnetha Faltskog's bottom.

October 14, 2024

Björn Ulvaeus Marries Christina Sas In Copenhagen

ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus has married Christina Sas in a ceremony in Copenhagen, Denmark.

September 22, 2024

ABBA Update 1982 ‘The Singles: The First Ten Years’ of With ‘The Singles: The First Fifty Years’

ABBA will give their Greatest Hits collections an update adding ‘Voyage’ tracks to the best of for ‘The Singles: The First Fifty Years’ coming in October.

September 15, 2024

ABBA Receive Swedish Knighthoods

The four members of beloved Swedish pop act ABBA have received the Swedish version of a knighthood.

June 2, 2024