ABBA - Benny and Bjorn: No Reunion

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                                                            Benny and Bjorn: no ABBA reunion
 





JULY 7, 2008
YAHOO NEWS

LONDON - Despite the astonishing success of the stage musical "Mamma Mia!," ABBA has ruled out any reunion tour.
 
 
Songwriters Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of the Swedish pop quartet told Britain's Sunday Telegraph that ABBA will never perform together again.

Ulvaeus said "money is not a factor and we would like people to remember us as we were. Young, exuberant, full of energy and ambition."


                                                                                           


ABBA was one of the biggest bands of the 1970s, with hits including "Waterloo," "Dancing Queen" and "Money, Money, Money." The group also included singers Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.

ABBA split in 1982 but continues to sell nearly 3 million records a year. Last week all four members appeared at the Swedish premiere of "Mamma Mia!," a film based on their hits.

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From left:

Benny Andersson, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep,
Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Ruess, Christine Baranski, Colin Firth,
Catherine Johnson, Phyllida Lloyd, Judy Craymer, Björn Ulvaeus
and Dominic Cooper.

Photo: Scanpix/Mats Andersson; Aftonbladet








                              Last night saw the long anticipated ABBA reunion - sort of.





JULY 5, 2008

There had been speculation for several weeks that “ABBA would reunite” for the Stockholm premiere of the MAMMA MIA! movie.

Many had predicted that all four would not turn up, or all would turn up but remain separated (myself included), as they did when the musical opened in Stockholm in February 2005.

Anni-Frid, Agnetha, Benny and Björn appeared on the balcony of the Hotel Rival, alongside the lead actors from the film and the director, producer and screenwriter. Though they still managed to remain separate - Benny and Björn to the far sides of the group, Agnetha and Frida together in the middle.

Much to the delight of ABBA fans everywhere (and the attending media) Frida and Agnetha together embraced star Meryl Streep on the red carpet, and then the three joined together in a circle dance. Video can be seen at Aftonbladet and probably all over the net.

As fabulous as it is to see Agnetha obviously enjoying herself with her former collegues, I do wish she would get herself a stylist when she goes out in public. She has worn this same outfit of white top and black pants for I think four of her last five reported outings, and it’s not particularly flattering. We all remember that black wrap-around mesh thing she wore to the stage musical’s opening in 2005. Women of a certain age should not go sleeveless. She’s still an attractive woman, she just seems to want to dress down her image.

This is the first time the four ABBA members have been seen together by the wider public since singing ‘Tivedshambo’ on video for a Stig Anderson television tribute in January 1986. Though it is not the first ABBA reunion since then - they have sung together several times for close friends’ birthdays, the most recent known occasion was Görel Hanser’s 50th birthday in June 1999.




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