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Europe To Tour Australia For First Time

Europe’s ‘The Final Countdown’ album reached no 3 on the Australian chart in 1986. The title track reached no 2. 32 years on, the band will tour Australia fir the very first time.

Tagged as: 80s, Europe, metal, rock, Sweden

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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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Avicii Is Over Touring

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Dance music superstar Avicii regrets risking his health by touring throughout his 20s after watching his life unfold in a new documentary.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Avicii, electronica, 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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Spearfish Have Almost Completed A Jon English Tribute Album

by Paul Cashmere

Spearfish, the Swedish hard rock band that backed Jon English when he performed in Sweden in 2013, is putting the finishing touches on the ‘Spearhead – The English Project’ album.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Jon English, rock, Spearfish, Sweden

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Dead By April To Tour Australia In July

by Paul Cashmere

Sweden’s Dead By April will tour Australia in July.

Tagged as: 00s, Dead By April, metal, Sweden

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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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Swedish Psych-Rock Band Dungen To Play Sydney and Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Dungen from Sweden will play shows in Sydney and Melbourne in December.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, Dungen, music news, Sweden, Swedish Psych-Rock Band Dungen To Play Sydney and Melbourne

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U2 Sweden Show Cancelled After Security Breach

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Word of a man with a gun has caused U2’s Sunday night show in Stockholm, Sweden to be postponed.

Tagged as: music news, Stockholm, Sweden, U2, U2 Sweden Show Cancelled After Security Breach

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Snoop Dogg Arrested In Sweden

by Music-News.com

Snoop Dogg was briefly arrested in Sweden last night.

Tagged as: music news, Snoop Dogg, Sweden

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Sweden Wins Eurovision, Australia Comes In Fifth

by Paul Cashmere

Sweden has won Eurovision 2015 with Russia in close second place followed Italy in third place. Guest nation Australia came in fifth following a star performance by Guy Sebastian.

Tagged as: Eurovision, Guy Sebastian, Måns Zelmerlöw, music news, Sweden, winners

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Third Run Abba Special Does As Well As ARIA Awards Rating

by Paul Cashmere

A two-year old Abba special run for the third time on television on Sunday night as pulled almost the same sized audience as the ARIA Awards.

Tagged as: 70s, Abba, ABC, ARIA Awards, Australia, Bang A Boomerang, music news, pop, Sweden

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Abba To Release Complete 1979 Wembley Concert

by Paul Cashmere

Abba will release the complete ‘Live At Wembley Arena’ concert for the first time in October.

Tagged as: Abba, Amy Poehler, comedy, Europe, Greg Poehler, Live At Wembley Arena, music news, Sweden, UK, Welcome To Sweden

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Jon English Rocks With Kiss, Krokus, Quo And Skid Row In Sweden

by Paul Cashmere

Q. Where in the world is Jon English this weekend? A. Sweden.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Europe, Jon English, Kiss, Krokus, Rock festival, Skid Row, Status Quo, Sweden

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ABBA Beats Beatles Into Second Place On UK Charts

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

It’s a big week for ABBA. Not only has Agnetha Fältskog’s new album, A, debut at number 6, but the group’s album, Gold, has overtaken the Beatles to become the second biggest selling album in British music history.

Tagged as: 1960s, 1970s, 2010s, Abba, Agnetha Fältskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Britain's Official Charts Company, Eurovision Song Contest, pop, Queen, rock, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Sweden, The Beatles, U.K.

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Engelbert Humperdinck Writes To Bonnie Tyler Before Eurovision

by Paul Cashmere

Engelbert Humperdinck, last year’s entrant for Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest, has sent a note of support to Bonnie Tyler, who is representing the UK this year.

Tagged as: 60s, Bonnie Tyler, Engelbert Humperdinck, Eurovision, pop, Sweden, UK

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ABBA’s Agnetha And Björn Say No To Reunion

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Two separate ex-members of ABBA, appearing in two different corners of the world, have each quashed any rumors that the group will reunite.

Tagged as: 1970s, 2010s, Abba, ABBA museum, Agnetha Fältskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, pop, Sweden

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First Aid Kit Announce Falls Sideshows

by Andrew Tijs

Swedish folkie country duo First Aid Kit book two shows in Australia alongside their New Year’s appearances.

Tagged as: country, First Aid Kit, folk, Sweden

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Swedish House Mafia Offer Mix Album ‘Until Now’

by Andrew Tijs

Scandinavian electro stars Swedish House Mafia prepare “final tour soundtrack” with remixes, collabs and new tunes.

Tagged as: Coldplay, dance, electro, Florence + The Machine, house, Miike Snow, remix, Sweden, Swedish House Mafia, The Temper Trap

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Loreen Wins Eurovision For Sweden

by Paul Cashmere

28-year old Loreen has won the Eurovision song contest for Sweden.

Tagged as: Euorvision, Loreen, Sweden

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Listen: Previously Unreleased Millencolin Song ‘The Downhill Walk’

by Andrew Tijs

Swedish pop-punk royalty Millencolin prepare a massive b-sides collection with two new tracks and a DVD.

Tagged as: b-sides, documentary, DVD, Millencolin, new songs, Pop punk, rock, Sweden, The Melancholy collection, two

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Miike Snow Book Splendour Sideshows

by Andrew Tijs

Bright synthpop Swedes Miike Snow announce two sideshows and post a Dirty South remix.

Tagged as: Devil's Work, Dirty South, electro, indie, Miike Snow, pop, sideshows, Spelndour In The Grass, Sweden, synth, tickets

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The Hives Tease New Song In A Video Series

by Andrew Tijs

Swedish rock royalty The Hives tease their new song ‘Go Right Ahead’ with some dapper videos.

Tagged as: album, garage, Go Right Ahead, Lex Hives, new, rock, song, Sweden, teaser, The Hives, video

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Abba Rarity To Be Released

by Paul Cashmere

Abba fans can look forward to a rare, previously unreleased piece coming in April.

Tagged as: 80s, Abba, Europe, pop, Sweden, The Visitors

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Miike Snow Release First Single From Their Second Album

by Andrew Tijs

Swedish indie act Miike Snow deliver the first song from their forthcoming second album.

Tagged as: Alex Metric, dance, Devil's Work, Happy To You, indie, Miike Snow, pop, remix, second album, Sweden, synth

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Lamb Of God Announce Their Sidewave Shows

by Andrew Tijs

Virginia metallers Lamb Of God have booked two sideshows with In Flames and The Black Dahlia Murder.

Tagged as: 2012, Australian, In Flames, Lamb Of God, metal, sideshows, Soundwave, Sweden, The Black Dahlia Murder, tour, US

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All Eight Abba Albums Back On Vinyl

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Universal Music released all eight of ABBA’s studio albums today on vinyl.

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

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