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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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IMAGE ABBA Digital Portrait Credit Industrial Light & Magic

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

by Music-News.com

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

by Music-News.com

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

by Music-News.com

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

by Music-News.com

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

by Music-News.com

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

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

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ABBA Set For First USA Top 10 Album With Voyage

by Paul Cashmere

In Australia, Europe and the UK, ABBA were the biggest act of the decade. ABBA had six Top 10 albums in Australia including two number ones, five number one albums in the UK and seven number one albums in Sweden but failed to make the Top 10 in the USA.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abba, Benny, Bjorn, Just A Notion, pop, Sweden, Voyage

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ABBA ‘Voyage’ Is Heading To UK No 1

by Music-News.com

ABBA are setting course for dominance this week as Voyage sails straight towards Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abba, Benny, Bjorn, Just A Notion, pop, Sweden, Voyage

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‘Voyage’ Is It For ABBA

by Music-News.com

ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have confirmed that the group’s comeback record will be their last new music as a band.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abba, Benny, Bjorn, Just A Notion, pop, Sweden, Voyage

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Björn From ABBA Had To Google Himself To Find Out About The New ABBA Song Just A Notion

by Paul Cashmere

Björn from ABBA went Googling through Wikipedia to find out when he first recorded the new ABBA song ‘Just A Notion’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abba, Benny, Bjorn, Just A Notion, pop, Sweden, Voyage

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Abba To Release New Song ‘Just A Notion’ This Friday

by Paul Cashmere

ABBA will release more new music on Friday (22 October). ‘Just A Notion’ will be the second single of the first ABBA album in 40 years ‘Voyage’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abba, Just A Notion, pop, Sweden, Voyage

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Dave Grohl Foo Fighters at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday 30 January 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Dave Grohl Wants To Turn ABBA Into GrABBA

by Paul Cashmere

Dave Grohl has offered to play drums for ABBA after he “wept like a baby” listening to their comeback single.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abba, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, pop, Sweden, UK charts, Voyage

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ABBA Score First UK Top 40 Hit In 40 Years

by Music-News.com

Pop icons ABBA are back with a bang, earning their first Top 10 single on the UK Official Chart in nearly 40 years today.

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

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ABBA Score First Hits On Australian Chart Since 1980

by Paul Cashmere

The two new ABBA songs ‘Don’t Shut Me Down’ and ‘I Still Have Faith In You’ have made the Australian Top 40 giving ABBA their first chart hit in Australia since ‘On and On and On’ in 1980.

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

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Google Honors Avicii’s 32nd Birthday

by Music-News.com

Avicii has been honoured with a Google Doodle on what would have been his 32nd birthday (08.09.21).

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Avicii, EDM, Google, Sweden

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