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ABBA 'need to decide' if show will go on posthumously

ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus has said he does not know if the ABBA Voyage virtual concerts in London will continue if one of the quartet dies.

Music • 13 Jul

Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad at the purpose-built ABBA Arena, located at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, for an event to mark ABBA Voyage's third anniversary. Photo credit: ABBA Voyage/PA Wire

Abba stars reunite for third Abba Voyage anniversary

Abba stars Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad have reunited to attend the third anniversary of their virtual concert in London.

Music • 28 May

Robert Smith and Thom Yorke protest against use of AI

The Cure's Robert Smith and Radiohead singer Thom Yorke have joined thousands of musicians, actors, and authors in signing an open letter protesting the use of creative works for training generative artificial intelligence (AI).

Music • 23 Oct 24

Abba's Björn Ulvaeus: 'Our band has such a stupid name'

Abba's Bjorn Ulvaeus has said the world-famous band has "such a stupid name".

Music • 23 Jun 24

Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog and Benny Andersson at the award ceremony at Stockholm Royal Palace

Abba may have met up in public for the 'last occasion'

A public reunion of Abba members in Sweden last month might prove to be the "last occasion" the Swedish pop legends reunite.

Music • 21 Jun 24

Abba's Bjorn to work with YouTube on AI music project

Abba band member Bjorn Ulvaeus and the estate of American music star Frank Sinatra are set to work with YouTube and Universal Music on a new artificial intelligence (AI) project.

Music • 22 Aug 23

Abba at the 1974 Eurovision in Brighton when they won with Waterloo

Abba stars rule out Eurovision reunion in Sweden

Abba members Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson have ruled out reuniting the band for next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden and said there will not be a third instalment of the movie Mamma Mia!

Music • 25 May 23

ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus and fan Josie Felix at the ABBA Arena in London on Monday Photos: Press Association

Avatars 'the future' as ABBA show reaches 1m customers

ABBA star Björn Ulvaeus has said he "could never have dreamt" the group's Voyage show would reach so many people in under a year as he met the one-millionth customer in London.

Music • 18 Apr 23

Abba's Björn worried avatars could be misused

Abba star Björn Ulvaeus has said people need to be "very careful" about the use of avatars in the future as they could be used as a force for bad.

Music • 02 Mar 23

In addition to re-recording their songs for the show, the quartet also spent hours in a studio dressed in leotards, having their movements digitally recorded to reproduce them on stage

Take a chance on me: ABBA pass the torch on to avatars

In one of the longest awaited musical reunions, Swedish pop legends ABBA return to the concert stage on Friday in London but only as avatars of their 1970 selves shimmering with shiny costumes, glitter and platform boots.

Music • 25 May 22

Thank you for the music: Sweden honours ABBA

Supergroup ABBA won Sweden's music export prize on Wednesday for their contribution to Swedish music in 2021, during which they reformed and released their first new material in 40 years to the surprise and delight of fans.

Music • 23 Mar 22

Abba star shares his ultimate songwriting reward

Abba star Bjorn Ulvaeus has said that seeing people "happy and moved" by something you have written is the "ultimate reward".

Music • 27 Jan 22

Bjorn Ulvaeus: "I have long wanted to ask some emotionally intelligent as well as intellectual people who know about Abba about why they think our songs have lasted for such a long time."

Bjorn Ulvaeus seeks source of Abba magic on radio show

Abba's Bjorn Ulvaeus is launching a radio show aimed at working out why songs such as Mamma Mia and Dancing Queen have stayed stuck in the heads of so much of the world for so many decades.

Music • 24 Jan 22

Déjà vu (ah ha): Abba (Björn on the far left)

How Björn's trip to Kilkenny inspired new Abba song

The world of music tilted on its axis last Friday when Abba released their first new album in forty years and Irish fans are particularly taken with one new song by the Swedish supergroup which mentions Kilkenny.

Music • 08 Nov 21

ABBA - "In the light of the tragic news at the tribute concert in Sweden last night, we have decided to hold off on releasing our concert trailer until tomorrow"

ABBA pausing promo work after tribute concert deaths

ABBA have announced that they are pausing promotion of an upcoming show for 24 hours, after two died in a fall at a tribute concert in the group's native Sweden.

Music • 03 Nov 21

"We're really, really good friends. The four of us stand in the studio for the first time in 40 years and there's just something in knowing what we've been through."

Gimme, gimme, gimme! ABBA to release new songs soon

Forty years after the release of their last studio album, ABBA have said that they will "definitely" release new music this year.

Music • 11 May 21

Bjorn Ulvaeus: stout defence of his fellow Swede

ABBA'S Bjorn Ulvaeus offers support to Greta Thunberg

ABBA musician Bjorn Ulvaeus has lent his support to activist Greta Thunberg, describing his fellow Swede as a girl with "superpowers".

Music • 07 Oct 19

ABBA 'emulating The Beatles' with new music

ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus has said the group are emulating The Beatles when making new music as they want to make sure their new songs are perfect before releasing them.

Music • 07 Jun 19

Exclusive ABBA Mia! Benny and Björn recall their only Irish gig

Benny Anderson and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA have been reliving their one and only Irish concert at the RDS in 1979, while discussing the forthcoming movie prequel/sequel Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

Music • 21 Aug 18

Björn Ulvaeus