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- Björn is currently in London at SXSW. He is planning a musical with the help of AI.
- ABBA Voyage's 3rd Anniversary was attended by Frida and Benny as well as Voyage's producers Svana Gisla and Ludvig
Andersson. The show now contains new songs: Super Trouper (or Take A Chance On Me), Money Money Money and The Name of The
Game. When All Is Said and Done was taken out. Special thanks to Dan Daniell who sent us these wonderful photos.
- ABBA's sound engineer and long time friend Micke B. Tretow passed away on May 20 at the age of 80. We owe the wonderful
'wall of sound' ABBA sound to him and he always was known as the 5th ABBA member.
Our deepest sympathy go out to his family. Rest in peace, Micke, and thank you for everything!
Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog commented on Micke's passing for Aftonbladet:
- We are very moved, happy and grateful for Björn's wonderful video-message he sent us to thank you all for your fantastic
birthday wishes!!!!
You can watch the video on our sites here: Facebook Instagram
- On Tuesday Björn was in Brussels speaking at EU Parliament
A high-level delegation of creators led by ABBA co-founder and CISAC President Björn Ulvaeus has visited Brussels to call for action by the EU to safeguard creators’ rights in the AI era. They met on May 20-21 with top EU policymakers and join forces with other leaders from the cultural and creative sector to call for proper implementation of the EU law to ensure transparency, consent and remuneration for creators in the generative AI market.
CISAC
Photos: Daina Le Lardic, Hans Nijenhuis, European Parliament - On May 7, Björn was one of the guests in the Dutch talk show "Eva" broadcast live from Amsterdam! After Summer, "Mamma Mia!
The Party" in Rotterdam is going to be extended.
You can watch the interview here: Björn Ulvaeus over het succes van ABBA: "Overnight we were famous all over the world"
- New 'ABBA' Releases to celebrate its 50th anniversary!
Universal will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 'ABBA' album with several releases on vinyl in limited edition on June 13th:- 2 LP 45 rpm Half-Speed-Master: ABBA
- 4 x 7" Boxset, including:
- I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do (dark red vinyl)
- Mamma Mia / Intermezzo No. 1 (red vinyl)
- So Long / I've Been Waiting For You (blue vinyl)
- S.O.S. / Man In The Middle (yellow vinyl)
- Picture Discs:
- I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do / Rock Me
- Mamma Mia / Intermezzo No. 1
- So Long / I've Been Waiting For You
- S.O.S. / Man In The Middle
- German Heel Company will publish their new ABBA Calendar for 2026 by the end of May. It will contain some wonderful photos.
Here are some spreads from it.
Their calendars are always very professionally produced and we can highly recommend them.
- ABBA No. 104 has now been published and sent to all members!
With this issue we celebrate a very special birthday - that is Björn's 80th birthday. As a homage to him we honour him with a special account looking at his life inspiring for all fans. A special super poster with a 1979 photo from the popular photographer Bubi Heilemann well-rounds this special celebration. The photo is also purchasable with a favour price here.
We don't only celebrate Björn's birthday but two more jubilees - our own 35th jubilee and the 50th jubilee of the album 'ABBA'. As thanks for your loyality we celebrate our jubilee with another great photo on the back side of the super poster, which matches to the 50th jubilee of the 'ABBA' album.
Content:- News Extra with exclusive news about the new published 50th jubilee 'ABBA' album plus more great news
- Exclusive Interview with Sir Tim Rice
- Prize Draw with great prizes around Björn's birthday and the 50th 'ABBA' jubilee
- Homage to Björn Ulvaeus - great special report
- Special Report about 50th jubilee of 'ABBA' album
- Special Report reminding about Graham Tainton
- 80th Birthday Songbook: Hootenanny Singers - Young As Long As You Love!
As always, we look forward to your feedback!
- SUPER TROUPER! - ABBA'S BJÖRN AT 80
Björn is gracing the front page of the brand new The Times Magazine - 19 April 2025
It is featuring an in depth interview with stunning portrait and pictures of Björn wearing fancy designer clothes.
- We are proud to present you this outstanding video from the wonderful event 'Making Melbourne A Summer Night City'
on 8 March. Special thanks to Julie Craik.
Watch this great video with Ludvig Andersson, Svana Gisla and Benny on our Instagram account. - ABBA Live 1973 is the working title of a forthcoming book about ABBA's 1973 tour of the Swedish folkparks by ABBA historian
Carl Magnus Palm. The book is the first in a projected series of volumes about ABBA's tours 1973 - 1981. The writing and production
of the book is funded through a crowdfunding campaign. You can pre-order and support the campaign here:
Order your copy
- ABBA historian Carl Magnus Palm offers tours for ABBA fans in Stockholm! Over two days, you will join him on an exclusive
tour of ABBA’s Stockholm. More infos and tickets here:
Tours for ABBA fans Stockholm
- On March 27, 2025 ABBA sent a message to their fans. They will be adding a little something to their ABBA Voyage concert.
Photo taken by Ludvig Andersson, April 2021. - Björn will be one of the speakers at SXSW conference in London (2 - 7 June 2025)
The SXSW London conference will focus themes which include ‘Humanity, Machines, and the Future of AI’, ‘Our Future Health, New Tech Frontiers’, ‘Tech, Governance, and the Future of Society’, ‘Business Matters: Navigating Business in a Changing World’ and ‘Innovation Meets Imagination: The Future of Creativity’.
Gillian Anderson and ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus to speak at SXSW London
- Benny has developed and will appear in "Siw", a feature documentary about Swedish music icon Siw Malmkvist.
The film will tell the story of the life and 70-year career of Siw Malmkvist, a beloved Swedish artist of the schlager music style. Benny will join a host of creative figures in the documentary.
It has been developed with executive producer Andersson and his son Ludvig Andersson, for their RMV Film. NonStop Entertainment will distribute it in Nordic territories, with a theatrical release scheduled for autumn 2025. - Tribute Band akkaband from
reset production (known as Abbamusic in Germany) is on
tour in Europe right now. Some of our members were lucky to win Tickets for the show in our competition. Everyone was overwhelmed and
had a lot of fun. They not only played the well-known songs but also songs like 'The piper', 'People Need Love', 'Hole in your soul'
etc. and ABBA's 2021 song 'Don't Shut Me Down'. The band told us that their aim is not to copy the real ABBA as no one can do it but
to celebrate their fantastic music with many fans.
If you still haven't seen their performances, make sure to get your tickets here: resetproduction.de ....and have the time of your life.
Photo: Lucky ABBA Intermezzo member and winner Bayya Assem with the tribute band. - A longer version of the song 'Guldet blev till sand' is now available digitally:
Peter Jöback - Guldet blev till sand
- Happy Valentine's Day
Just in time for Valentine's Day, a heart shaped ABBA 12" Single will be released on February 7, 2025: Lay All Your Love On Me / I've Been Waiting For You.
Also available is a new 'I Love ABBA' Sweater. You can pre-order both already now here.
Win a heart shaped 12" single and sweater!
All ABBA Fan Club Members will have the chance to win a copy of the heart shaped 12" vinyl
and a sweater. See our mail to all our members which we mailed on 22nd January.v
- CHESS IN CONCERT (in English) will be performed four times in Dalhalla, Sweden in August. It will have a "new" song. Björn
Ulvaeus and Emma Ulvaeus have written English lyrics to "Glöm mig on du kan" which was added to CHESS PÅ SVENSKA theatre
production which has been performed in Sweden and Finland. The melody is best known for ABBA fans as "Just Like That".
Special thanks to Pentti Koponen. - Clarinettist and conductor Martin Fröst has published in social media a photo with Benny in the studio with this text:
"Creative collaboration with one of the great geniuses of the music world, not to mention a living legend, Benny Andersson. Exiting soundscapes. New doors to the future. Stay tuned."
Special thanks to Pentti Koponen.
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- On 12 March 2025, Evert Taube will be honoured with a concert at World of Volvo in Gothenburg, featuring artists such as Helen
Sjöholm and Anders "Moneybrother" Wendin.
Benny will be playing the piano and accordeon. The concert, Sjögång, offers a musical journey through Taube’s timeless works and coincides with Taubedagen, which in 2025 marks 135 years since Taube’s birth.
You can get your tickets here: Sjögång
Special thanks to our friend Pentti Koponen.
- German TV will show this:
- NDR - Monday, December 23 at 23:15 Musikladen Extra - The Best of ABBA
- WDR - Wednesday, January 1 at 21:45 ABBA - Die ganze Geschichte
- WDR - Wednesday, January 1 at 23:15 Die 30 schönsten Hits von ABBA
Many thanks to Martin Schneider!
- ABBA No. 103 has now been published and sent to all members!
With this issue we conclude our own the 50th Waterloo Anniversary celebration with special reports. You can also look forward to other special reports, including our part 2 with a tribute to Ola Lager and an amazing A3 poster with a photo from his photo session with ABBA in 1977. As usual, we have news, unpublished photos and a great competition. This issue has 36 pages again!
Content:- News Extra with lots of news and photos
- Prize Draw with great prizes, e.g. ABBA Book 'All The Songs' and ABBA Calendar 2025
- Exclusive Report of Björn at Mamma Mia! The Party in Rotterdam
- 50 Years 'Waterloo' Special: Reports from Swedish newspapers 1974
- 50 Years 'Waterloo' Special: The Lost Interview
- A Tribute to Ola Lager, Part 2 with lovely unpublished photos
- Special Feature of album 'Honey Honey'
- The Colourful Agnetha Vinyl Album Catalogue
- Reader's Story from our Croatian Member: Showing My Collection in an Exhibition
- 60th Anniversary Songbook: Hootenanny Singers 1964 First Records
- Beautiful poster with great image from 1977
As always, we look forward to your feedback!
- New 7" Vinyl Releases on November 29: Happy New Year / Felicidad & Little Things. Both in limited edition of 3,000 copies
each.
- The Concert of Benny Anderssons Orkester (from June 11) is now available as
SVT Video until
April 24, 2025.
Push "Spela", the music will begin at 8:30 video time.
- The concert version of the Musical Kristina (written by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny) comes back to the US on October 24 & 26:
Concert: The Concert Version of the Musical Kristina - VocalEssence - Benny was interviewed for a podcast on reprise of his Minnesota-set musical Kristina:
ABBA's Benny Andersson on reprise of his Minnesota-set musical 'Kristina' | MPR News
Special thanks to Pentti Koponen. - New book: ABBA - Alle Songs by Benoit Clerc, published by Delius Klasing Verlag GmbH, Germany. This magnificent book contains
528 pages with lots of fantastic, partly previously unpublished, photos. The author takes a look back at ABBA's successful history,
including the history of ABBA's songs and albums (incl. ABBA Voyage, of course). The book is available
here.
But you also have the chance to win a copy of the book by taking part in our competitions here: Facebook and Instagram.
- "En kväll med Benny Anderssons Orkester", the concert filmed at Cirkus in Stockholm in June will be broadcast on SVT2 on
October 26 at 20:16 - 21:45 and also the following day. It looks like SVT will show the BAO concert online worldwide. It is one of the
very few SVT ABBA connected programs with the text 'Kan ses i hela världen (Can be seen in the whole world)'.
BAO's Alla kan dansa enters at position 8 of the Swedish album chart. It is number 1 on the chart of best selling physical albums.
Thanks to our friend Pentti Koponen. - In August 2025, Dalhalla will be filled with the melodies of the musical CHESS as an exclusive concert version takes over Sweden’s
most beautiful outdoor venue. For two unique evenings, on August 8th and 9th, under the open sky, the timeless music will be performed
by some of the country’s top musical artists, under the baton of renowned conductor Anders Eljas.
In the leading roles, we’ll see Philip Jalmelid in his signature role as Anatoly, Tuva B Larsen as Florence, musical star Peter Johansson as Freddie, Malena Tuvung as Svetlana, and acclaimed opera singer Loa Falkman as Molokov.
More info and tickets on Dalhalla page. - Björn visited the premiere of Mamma Mia! The Party in Rotterdam. More about it in our next
ABBA Fanclub Issue.
Photo: © Regina Grafunder
- On 21st of September 2024, Björn married his partner Christina Sas from Herning, Denmark. The wedding took place in Copenhagen
in the presence of close friends and family.
Sandi Toksvig, Anne Linnet and Kaya Brüel generously performed and made the evening extra special. Warm congratulations and all our best wishes from the entire ABBA Fan Club Team
to this lovely couple.
Clothes: Soeren Le Schmidt
Photos: Krestine Havemann - ABBA drummer Roger Palm passed away
Roger Palm (31 March 1949 – 21 September 2024) was a Swedish drummer who was frequently engaged as a studio musician, recording with ABBA and Ted Gärdestad, among others. Palm was a member of the bands Gimmicks, Beatmakers, Lasse Holm and Moonlighters. He began working with Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson in 1970, and appears on ABBA's "Dancing Queen", "Mamma Mia", "Take a Chance on Me" and "Thank You for the Music". Palm also collaborated with Ted Gärdestad and played drums on the hit song "Satellit".
Our heartfelt condolences go out to his family and friends.
R.I.P. Roger Palm and thank you for the music.
Photos: Private - A brand new updated version of Carl Magnus Palm's book Bright Lights Dark Shadows will be
published in October. The new paperback Edition brings the Story up to date
including ABBA Voyage.
- Frida has visited ABBA Voyage once again and enjoyed the concert on 18th September 2024.
- Björn Ulvaeus´ Swedish version of 'The Way Old Friends Do' is "Vår vänskap består". Helen Sjöholm and Anna
Stadling's recording of the song will be released on Friday. A preview snippet has been been published on Anna Stadlings
Instagram account and on
Universal Music Sweden Facebook page.
Special thanks to Pentti Koponen.
- New digital single release by BAO: 'Lagt Kort Ligger'
The song can also be found on their new album Alla Kan Dansa.
- ABBA The Singles – The First Fifty Years
On October 25, 2024, the 4 LP set 'ABBA The Singles - The First Fifty Years' will be released as a softcover book, including a 24-page booklet with liner notes by Carl Magnus Palm and some unpublished photos. The 2 CD set includes a hardcover book with 28 pages. For the first time, all 38 ABBA singles released between 1972 and 2022 will be available on one sampler, including songs such as 'Hasta Manana', 'Angeleyes' etc., which were only released as singles in some countries.
ABBA The Singles includes:
Disc 1: People Need Love, He Is Your Brother, Ring, Love Isn’t Easy, Waterloo, Honey, Hasta Manana, So Long, I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do, S.O.S., Mamma Mia, Fernando, Dancing Queen, Money, Knowing Me Knowing You, The Name Of The Game, Take A Chance On Me, Eagle, Summer Night City, Chiquitita, Does Your Mother Know
Disc 2: Voulez-Vous, Angeleyes, Gimme, I Have A Dream, The Winner Takes It All, Super Trouper, Lay All Your Love On Me, One Of Us, Head Over Heels, When All Is Said And Done, The Day Before You Came, Under Attack, I Still Have Faith In You, Don’t Shut Me Down, Just A Notion, Little Things, No Doubt About it.
This album will be available for streaming and download for the first time. You can order it here: ABBA - The First Fifty Years
- New album by Benny Anderssons Orkester - Alla kan dansa. To be released on September 27, 2024.
The songs are written by Benny (music) and Björn (lyrics).
Tracklist:- 1. Kind mot
- 2. Som en sprucken mandolin
- 3. Det är så det känns
- 4. Lagt kort ligger
- 5. Du ser så söt ut när du dansar
- 6. Hos dig vill jag vara
- 7. Liten vals
- 8. Hambopolska
- 9. Så länge det finns liv, finns det hopp
- 10. Mingel
- 11. Om det bara vore så lätt
- 12. Vårarna som försvann
- Helen Sjöholm and Anna Stadling will make a Christmas concert tour in 14 towns around Sweden. ABBA's The Way Old Friends Do
is included in the set list - with new Swedish lyrics written by Björn! Here are the
towns.
- Sing along to the hit film "Mamma Mia":
Björn has been interviewed by Swedish journalist Ronny Svensson at Stegeholm's Castle Ruin evening during the film festival in Västervik on 20 July.
Photos: © Maik Dünkel
- Sing along to the hit film "Mamma Mia"
During the film festival "Move Me - Music Film Nights By The Sea" in Västervik, the film "Mamma Mia - The Movie" was shown in a sing along version on Saturday, 20 July 2024 at 10 p.m.!
Beforehand, there was a Q&A with Björn Ulvaeus moderated by Swedish journalist Ronny Svensson outside at Stegeholm's Castle Ruin at 9.15 p.m.
Move Me!
Music Film Nights by the sea
Stegeholm's castle ruins & Slottsholmen
Filmstaden website
- On 10 July Björn and Christina Sas were seen enjoying Wimbledon!
They shared the Royal Box on day ten of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, with Queen Camilla, Keira Knightley, James Righton and other celebrities.
Photo: Stephen Lock / Ritzau Scanpix
- ABBA No. 102 has now been published and is being mailed to all of our members!
This very special edition contains a special detailed report on the ceremonial awarding of the Royal Order of Vasa / Commander 1st Class to Agnetha, Benny, Björn and Frida by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden on 31 May 2024. We are extremely proud that Frida exclusively wrote us about the ceremony and also wrote a very heartwarming message to all our members!
We took this extraordinary event as an opportunity to present you 3 posters! If wasn't easy for us to decide for one motif only and that's why the new ABBA Issue contains 3 great posters with images from 31 May 2024!
With this edition we continue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Waterloo as well as the 2nd anniversary of the ABBA Voyage Show. Stay tuned for very special Waterloo and ABBA Voyage prizes in our prize draw!
We are also happy about an exclusive interview with Björn who told us more about Mamma Mia! The Party!
ABBA No. 102 contains 40 pages instead of the usual 36 pages because of the extraordinary
reports!
Content:- News Extra
- Exclusive Interview with Björn
- Reader's Corner
- Prize Draw
- ABBA Voyage - Interview with Prof. Dr. Magdalena Zorn
- ABBA Arena 2nd Anniversary with Björn & Benny
- Special Report: ABBA Knighted with the Swedish Royal Order of Vasa
- Frida Exclusively in Her Own Words About The Vasa Ceremony
- Songbook: Anni-Frid Lyngstad - Nu Vissla Vi Ett Slag
- Special Report: 50 Years Waterloo Special 1974 - 2024
- ABBA Behind the Iron Curtain: A new Czech Book
- Reader's Story: Take A Chance On Me
As always, we look forward to your comments and feedback!
- ABBA's 'Summer Night City' music video is finally available in 4K on YouTube. Thanks to the fact that most of ABBA's popular music
videos were filmed on actual film, making it possible to restore them with todays technology, 'Summer Night City' marks the 13th music video
receiving this treatment.
- There is a very interesting Rosebud podcast
with Gyles Brandreth and Björn. Björn also spoke about receiving the Vasa Order.
- Björn was guest speaker at the Business Day in
Bridlington / East Yorkshire on 7 June 2024.
- The BAO concert at Cirkus was a big success. Special thanks to our friend Andrea for giving permission to share her photos with you.
Photos: © Andrea Schönfisch-Sperber - Björn has been to Liverpool in the beginning of June talking to students at the LIPA Sixth Form College.
- All four ABBA members arrived at the Royal Palace to recieve the Royal Order of Vasa / Commander 1st Class through the hands of
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden on May 31st. Congratulations!
Read everything about it in our next ABBA Fan Club issue No. 102.
Photo: © Jonas Borg
- German Heel Company will publish their new ABBA Calendar for 2025 soon. It will contain some wonderful photos. Here are some
spreads from it. Their calendars are always very professionally produced and we can highly recommend them.
- Benny has recorded jingles for Swedish radio station P2 together with Sweden's Radio Symphony Orchestra. Of the 37 jingles, 2 were
ultimately used.
"When world-renowned songwriter, musician and ABBA legend Benny Andersson was asked to produce P2's new jingles, he didn't hesitate, even though he had never done anything similar before. The jingles were recorded in early 2024 together with Sweden's Radio Symphony Orchestra and Benny Andersson can be heard playing the piano himself." - German television will show this on 9 May :
- BR at 8:15 PM - Die 30 schönsten Hits von ABBA (30 most beautiful hits of ABBA)
- ARD at 10:50 PM - ABBA (British documentation movie from James Rogan, 2023)
- In connection with the concert at Cirkus, BAO will release a newly recorded song called "Vårarna Som Försvann"
(The Springs that disappeared) on 26 April 2024.
- BENNY ANDERSSON ORKESTER - EN KVÄLL PÅ CIRKUS!
BAO featuring Helen Sjöholm & Tommy Körberg will perform on Tuesday, 11 June 2024 at Stockholm's Cirkus.
Tickets for Benny Andersson's Orchestra will be available on Monday 29 April at 10.00 AM. The concert is about 2 hours without break and filmed by SVT. - The Kammertheater Karlsruhe in Germany will show
performances about ABBA from June 21 to August 11.
Thanks to Ulrike Welte!
- The interview with Regina will be repeated by German NDR TV called "Hallo Niedersachsen" on Sunday April 7 around 3:03 AM and
11:18 AM.
- Now you can see photos of the ABBA Pinball Machine from Pinball Brothers.
They build two with different pictures on the case.
- On April 6, 2024 we will celebrate the 50 years jubilee of ABBA's victory at the Eurovision Song Contest from exactly 50 years ago!
There are some great activities.
For fast updating also visit our Facebook page and Instagram. - Waterloo - The Piano Moment
At exactly 10:00 o'clock (European summertime) it will be a special piano moment from Benny at the same time in Berlin (Friedrichstadt-Palast, in the foyer), London (Waterloo Station - at the central part of the station), Warsaw (Chopin airport) and Stockholm (in the store NK at the NK stage). The event in Berlin is free to enter and the guests will get one of the high-class ABBAGoodiebags (as long as they are available). This special moment will be moderated in Berlin by Candy Crash. Be there well-timed because this special action is only happening at exactly 10:00 o'clock! - ABBA Voyage Show, London
Visitors of the ABBA Voyage Show in London will get a special gift at this memorable day.
- Stockholm
The Royal Swedish Cavalry Band will play ABBA songs at the King Palace in Stockholm at 12:15.
The ABBA Tribute Band Waterloo will start a sing-a-long concert (Thank You For The Music) in Kungsträdgarden at 16:00.
In the ABBA Museum the whole afternoon will have various activities in 'The Visitors' Bistro.
Swedish TV will show the TV gala "En fest för ABBA" from 20:00. This special TV gala is streamable.
The Swedish post will offer a special number of ABBA stamps for ABBA's jubilee.
- The ABBA Pinball machine !
The Swedish company Pinball Brothers will present an ABBA pinball machine on April 6 at 18:00 at Clarion Hotel in Örebro for the first time. Right now there are no pictures or videos from it, but it will play more than 20 songs and may appear after the demonstration on Youtube or on their website. Here are the distributors linked, they will soon offer this pinball machine. A new pinball machine often has a price around 10,000 Euros, it will be shown on the distributor sites. - Lüneburg:
The German legendary star photographer Bubi Heilemann will guide his show 'ABBA Hautnah' on April 6 and 7, 2024.
Until April 27, 2024 there will be an exhibition with Bubi's ABBA photos from 1974 (free entry).
- Media:
Various radio stations will remind about ABBA's victory 50 years ago. The German NDR TV will report about ABBA in a short contribution in 'Hallo Niedersachsen' at 19:30. They already made an interview with Regina.
- If you want to watch the whole Eurovision Song Contest from April 6, 1974 again, we recommend this
link on Youtube.
- We congratulate Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog for their distinction with the
Royal Vasa Order for special contributions of Swedish and international music. The king court has notified that the four king knight orders,
the Seraphim order, the sword order, the polar star order and the Vasa order will be awarded again. For the first time for almost
50 years the king knight orders became awarded in Sweden for special profits. The holders of the order were nominated by the public
and the name recommendations were selected by the order mission of the Swedish King Science Academy. The price award happens on May 31
in a ceremony at the King Palace in Stockholm.
- Björn will give visions into the world of music industry at The Business Day in Bridlington on June 7, 2024. He will talk about
the making of ABBA Voyage, management, employer, artificial intelligence (AI) and the complexity of business in the music industry
online.
- Pophouse has bought the song catalogue of Cyndi Lauper. At the same time the concern starts a co-operation with the "Girls Just Want To
Have Fun" artist and is planning a TV series and "a theatre project". CEO Per Sundin said that Cyndi Lauper was "a dream partner" for
Pophouse and she was sharing the wish of the business to "prepare the creativity over conventional limits". "We already have first plans
for a TV series with fans, a festival plus a theatre project about Cyndi's education – a project, that she likes and we enquire different
technical possibilities to create an unique event." The planned theatre performance will keep the music, but without participation
of joint owner Björn Ulvaeus, who is not actively concerned in co-operation with Cyndi Lauper.
Photo by: Pophouse - Hans Blum (in Germany better known as singer Henry Valentino) has died in March with 95 years. He has written and arranged some of
Agnetha's German songs, like Concerto D'Amore, Fragezeichen mag ich nicht and so on.
- ABBA Downunder: Like we mentioned in our ABBA issue Nr. 101, there will be a great ABBA day in
Australia. Tickets are
now available.
- German TV tips:
27.4.2024, 20:15 VOX-Doku: 50 Jahre ABBA und das Geheimnis des Schwedenpop
9.5.2024, 22:50 ARD-Doku: ABBA
On Arte TV you can watch some movies by Roy Andersson. Benny has made the music for some of these movies: "Songs From The Second Floor" (2000), "Das jüngste Gewitter" ("Du Levande", 2007) – both until June 30. "Über die Unendlichkeit" ("Om det oändliga", 2019) – until April 9 at Arte TV
- ABBA Nr. 101 is out now and will be sent to all members!
We are celebrating the 50 years Waterloo jubilee in this issue! Be glad about a Waterloo special report plus an A3 poster of ABBA's rehearsal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974. Again there are many exclusive unpublished photos and a great competition, where you can win a promotion poster from ABBA The Movie and Agnetha's A+ . We like especially the lovely greetings from Frida for our project 'The Fans of ABBA'!
Content:- News Extra
- Collector's corner with special infos about a Frida single from 1969
- Frida's lovely greetings for our 'The Fans of ABBA' project
- Prize Draw with exclusive prizes like ABBA The Movie promotion poster (German version) and Agnetha's A+ promotion poster (German version)
- Special report about 50 years Waterloo
- Tribute to Ola Lager
- Songbook - Agnetha 'Då Finns Du Hos Mig'
- ABBA On Record / Carl Magnus Palm - Exclusive part from the book
- Exklusive interview with book author and journalist Jan Gradvall
- Discography Series: ABBA 7" Singles from Germany/GDR/Austria/Switzerland - part 2
- Reader's Story: A dream of dreams (meeting Frida and Benny)
Like always we are looking forward to your feedback!
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You will find the old messages from the last years in our News Archive 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011.