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Avicii’s Father Speak About His Son

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Avicii’s father, Klas Bergling, has shared his heartbreaking thoughts about the musician’s tragic death.

Tagged as: 10s, Avicii, DJ, pop, Sweden

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ABBA Receive Swedish Knighthoods

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

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, pop, Sweden

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Per Gessle Confirms Lena Philipsson As The New Singer of Roxette

by Paul Cashmere

Lena Philipsson will front Roxette for the 2025 Australian tour. Per Gessle has confirmed Lena following the passing of co-founder Marie Fredrikkson in 2019.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, A Day On The Green, Lena Philipsson, Per Gessle, pop, Sweden

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Benny From ABBA Performs ‘Waterloo’ for Pianos in Europe

by Paul Cashmere

Benny from ABBA performed a piano only version of the ABBA classic ‘Waterloo’ on a piano in Stockholm, synched to pianos in London, Berlin and Warsaw.

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

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ABBA ‘Voyage’ To Head To Las Vegas

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ABBA are reportedly poised to ink a multi-million-dollar deal to bring ‘ABBA Voyage’ to Las Vegas.

Tagged as: Abba, avatars, Las Vegas, pop 70s, Sweden

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BBC To Screen Rare ABBA Footage

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ABBA footage previously thought to be lost will be aired as part of the BBC’s celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Swedish pop icons’ Eurovision win.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, BBC, pop, Sweden, UK, When Abba Came to Britain

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Neneh Cherry To Release Memoir ‘A Thousand Threads’

by Paul Cashmere

Neneh Cherry will publish her memoir ‘A Thousand Threads’ in October.

Tagged as: 90s, A Thousand Threads, memoir, Neneh Cherry, pop, Sweden

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Rednex Anders ‘Dagger’ Sandberg Dies Aged 55

by Paul Cashmere

Anders Sandberg (aka Dagger) of Swedish dance group Rednex has died at the age of 55.

Tagged as: 90s, Anders Sandberg, Cotton Eye Joe, pop, Rednex, Sweden

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ABBA Voyage Earned $410 Million For City of London

by Paul Cashmere

The ‘ABBA Voyage’ avatar concert is said to have earned the City of London a $410 million windfall in its first year.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, ABBA Voyage, live music, pop, Sweden, theatre

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Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA Marks 10th Anniversary of ‘A’ With ‘A+’

by Paul Cashmere

Agnetha Faltskog, ¼ of ABBA, will mark the 10th anniversary of her last album ‘A’ with a new edition ‘A+’.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Agnetha, Agnetha Fältskog, pop, Sweden

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Katatonia Sets 2024 Australian Tour Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Swedish metal band Katatonia will return to Australia in 2024. This tour is off the back of the 12th Katatonia album ‘Sky Void of Stars’ and the previous album ‘City Burials.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Katatonia, metal, Sweden

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Sweden’s Avatar Urgently Need A Support Act For Sydney on Saturday

by Paul Cashmere

Swedish band Avatar have a concert emergency in Sydney this Saturday (26 August 2023). The Sydney support Our Last Enemy has had to cancel after their guitarist broke his arm.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Avatar, metal, rock, Sweden

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Avatar Add Teramaze, Our Last Enemy and Krave To Australian Shows

by Paul Cashmere

Sweden’s Avatar have announced the support acts for their upcoming Australian shows with Teramaze opening in Melbourne, Out Last Enemy in Sydney and Krave in Brisbane.

Tagged as: 20s, Australian Tour, Avatar, Krave, metal, Or Last Enemy, Sweden, Teramaze

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How Lzzy Hale Became The First Person Ever To Duet With Avatar

by Paul Cashmere

Swedish death metal band Avatar were nine albums in before they recorded a duet and for that duet they chose Lzzy Hale of Halestorm to be their first.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Avatar, Halestorm, Lzzy Hale, metal, rock, Sweden, USA

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The Hives To Release First Album In 10 Years

by Paul Cashmere

The Hives has announced their first album in 10 years is on the way.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, alternative, Europe, rock, Sweden, The Hives

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ABBA ‘Voyage’ Sells Its One Millionth Ticket

by Paul Cashmere

ABBA live concert experience avatar show Voyage has sold over one million tickets at its London residency.

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

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ABBA Pay Tribute Guitarist Lasse Wellander

by Paul Cashmere

ABBA guitarist Lasse Wellander has died at age 70 after a battle with cancer.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Lasse Wellander, pop, Sweden

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New Tove Lo Song Written By Dua Lipa

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Tove Lo’s next single is co-written by Dua Lipa. The pals are excited to share the first song they ever worked on together, ‘Borderline’, with fans on Friday (10.02.23).

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Dua Lipa, pop, Sweden, Tove Lo

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ABBA Adds New Member To Become ABIBA

by Paul Cashmere

ABBA may soon be ABIBA is Sir Ian McKellen has his way.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, ABIBA, Bjorn Ulvaeus, pop, Sweden

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Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones image by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

Mick Jagger Is Keen To Repeat The ABBA Avatar Idea

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Sir Mick Jagger says avatar shows like ABBA’s offer up endless opportunities for veteran acts.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Abba, Mick Jagger, pop, rock, Rolling Stones, Sweden, UK

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ABBA Attend Opening Night Of ABBA Voyage In London

by Paul Cashmere

All four members of ABBA, Agnetha, Frida, Benny and Björn, were together again this week for the opening of ‘ABBA Voyage’ at the all-new ABBA Arena in London.

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

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Björn Ulvaeus Insists There Will Be No More ABBA Music

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Björn Ulvaeus insists ABBA are done releasing new music.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, ABBA Voyage, pop, Sweden, theatre, UK

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ABBA Preview ABBAtars weeks out For ABBA Voyage Opening

by Paul Cashmere

The ABBA Voyage event will begin in London on 27 May. It is a full concert experience, performed by ABBA avatars (ABBAtars). ABBA have teased the looked of the ABBAtars on their socials.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abba, London, pop, Sweden, theatre, Voyage

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Neil Young and Crazy Horse Greendale tour Melbourne photo by Ros O'Gorman

Spotify Share-price Continues To Tank

by Paul Cashmere

The Spotify share-price has continued to crash ever since Neil Young accused the streaming giant of distributing anti-vaccine propaganda and called out podcaster Joe Rogan, whose anti-vaxx views were just part of the problem. Rogan was also a racist with more than one hundred of his racial slurs documented via distribution on the Spotify platform.

Tagged as: business, Daniel Ek, Joe Rogan, Spotify, Sweden, USA

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WTF? Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA Goes Country

by Paul Cashmere

Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA has gone country, complete with shirt, boots and hat, to pay tribute to his friend Tomas Ledin for his 70th birthday.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abba, Bjorn Ulvaeus, country, pop, Sweden, Tomas Ledin

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Neneh Cherry To Be Awarded Icon Awards

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NME is excited to announce Neneh Cherry as the winner of this year’s Icon Award, following previous winners Courtney Love and Shirley Manson, in celebration of her continual ability to redefine music, fashion and culture over the past three decades. It is also shared today that Liam Gallagher’s Free Concert For NHS Workers has been named the Music Moment Of The Year, as a triumphant night that celebrated the heroes of the pandemic.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, DJ, Europe, Neneh Cherry, rapper, Sweden

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IMAGE ABBA Mo Cap Suits Portrait Credit Baillie Walsh

ABBA Nominated For Their First Grammy EVER

by Paul Cashmere

ABBA released their first single ‘People Need Love’ in 1972. 49 years later they have been nominated for their first ever Grammy Award.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Europe, Grammy, music industry, pop, Sweden

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ABBA To Release ‘Voyage’ Christmas Song As Next Single

by Paul Cashmere

ABBA look set to enter the race for this year’s Christmas No1 with their first-ever festive song.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Christmas, Europe, Little Things, pop, Sweden, Voyage

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Australian Charts: ABBA Voyage Debuts At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

ABBA returns to the No.1 spot in Australia with their ninth studio album “Voyage”, their first new material in forty years, and now their fifth chart-topping album locally.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, ARIA, Australia, pop, Sweden, Voyage

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UK CHARTS: ABBA ‘Voyage’ Debuts At No 1 In UK

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UK CHARTS: ABBA ‘Voyage’ Debuts At No 1 In UK

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, Europe, Sweden, UK charts, Voyage

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Neil Young Reveals Tracklist for ‘Archives Vol. III’ Box Set

Neil Young has confirmed the third volume of his box set series ‘Archives Vol. III’ with 121 previously unreleased versions of his songs including 15 never before released songs spread over 17 CDs.

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