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Swedish pop legends ABBA announce comeback after nearly four decades
[France24] Nearly four decades after disbanding and vowing never to get back together, Swedish superstars ABBA on Thursday announced a musical comeback with a new album and a London show featuring their performances captured by digital avatars.The group’s Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson said via a video presentation in London that "we have made a new album with ABBA". Abba had a string of hits in the 1970s and early 1980s after winning Eurovision in 1974 with "Waterloo". Almost as famous for their over-the-top outfits as their music, the group notched up over 400 million album sales over 50 years despite parting ways in 1982 and resolutely resisting all offers to work together again—until now. But on Thursday, Universal Music Group held a presentation of a new ABBA song called "I Still Have Faith in You" at the top of London’s ArcelorMittal Orbit tower. Then Ulvaeus and Andersson appeared in person, both dressed in black. "The album is in the can now, it’s done," said Andersson, describing the group’s return to the studio. "It’s been 40 years, or 39, it was like no time had passed. It was quite amazing," he said. "We’ve done as good as we could at our age." You'll remember this ABBA favorite. Posted by: Besoeker 2021-09-05 |
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