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Spanish Teaching (Free subscription) | 16/03/2010
Reuters Abba receive Hall of Fame honourBBC NewsSwedish pop band Abba have been inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with British bands Genesis and The Hollies. Abba's Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad accepted their trophies, but Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Faltskog did not …Iggy Pop and the Stooges add life to [...]
thus spake drake (Free subscription) | 15/03/2010
Most of the press surrounding the 2010 class for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction has, understandably, been centered on the groups Genesis, ABBA, Jimmy Cliff and The Stooges, but when the ceremony happens on Monday (to be televised on FUSE), the night will be marked as much by who isn't there. Former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel is the biggest name not showing up, ABBA will be missing half...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 12/03/2010
Newsday (MCT) -- NEW YORK — No one was more surprised about ABBA being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame than the band's co-founder Benny Andersson. "We're a pop band from the North Pole," Andersson says, calling from his studio in Stockholm. "There's no such thing as a (continental European) band in the Rock Hall, so it is flattering. It feels good, but it's very unexpected."...
M80s Soundtrack for an 80s Generation (Free subscription) | 07/03/2010
'One of Us' from 1981 was the first single from Swedish pop group ABBA's final studio album The Visitors, their eighth for Polar, and their seventh for Epic and Atlantic. The song is also included on the ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits compilation. 'One of Us,' which had the working titles 'Number 1' and 'Mio Amore', was one of the last songs recorded for ABBA's 1981 album The Visitors. It was one of only...
Rick Sincere News & Thoughts (Free subscription) | 24/02/2010
The Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre in Arlington has announced an ambitious set of new plays and revivals for its 2010-2011 season. Here's an excerpt from the season announcement news release: Signature’s four musicals in the 2010-2011 season are headlined by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning musical Sunset Boulevard about the fading silent screen star Nora Desmond, performed...
Melodimen (Free subscription) | 24/02/2010
This is NEO ... A mix of BWO , Mika , Scissor Sisters - A-ha NEO is a new comet on planet pop ! NEO claims to mix melodies from the 70´s with arrangements from the 80´s and added production that is very much today - cue: I'm in the mood for dancing ! NEO has clearly been to the Lena PH School of Microphone Management! An impressive falsetto to rival Pernilla Wahlgren hot footing it from...
M80s Soundtrack for an 80s Generation (Free subscription) | 23/02/2010
'The Winner Takes It All' is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. Released as the 1st single from the group's Super Trouper album on July 21, 1980, it is a ballad, reflecting the end of a romance. The single's B-side was the non-album track 'Elaine'. 'The Winner Takes It All', originally 'The Story of My Life', was written by both Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson, with Agnetha Fältskog...
Melodimen (Free subscription) | 14/02/2010
With the Arrival of another Chinese New Year we wish you an ABBA tastic 恭禧發財 for the year of the Tiger . Happy Chinese New Year! I am behind you, I always find you, I am a tiger.... Text och musik: Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus .
The Stage (Free subscription) | 03/02/2010
Chess, the musical by Tim Rice and former ABBA members Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, is to be revived for a new touring production directed by Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood.
The Stage (Free subscription) | 03/02/2010
Chess, the musical by Tim Rice and former ABBA members Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, is to be revived for a new touring production directed by Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood.
Melodimen (Free subscription) | 31/01/2010
Last week Frida and Björn attended the opening of Abba World in London ! To celebrate we are singing along-a to this remix of Story of a heart - text och musik: Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. In true Eurovision winning reprise fashion , woo! at the key change and scream at the language change as Helen Sjöholm sings the final chorus in Swedish - Sommaren du fick . Click here for more...
Luxist (Free subscription) | 28/01/2010
Fans of Mamma Mia! might want to plan a pilgrimage to London where the Abbaworld museum/theme park opens today. The exhibit has 25 room with more than 30,000 square feet of space devoted to the Swedish quartet of Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anna-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Faltskog. The rooms feature many spangly costumes as well as re-creations of the band's recording studio and the seaside cabin...
The Observer (Free subscription) | 27/01/2010
Abbaworld is a giant new show devoted to the four Swedes who shook the world (and their satin-clad buttocks). Alexis Petridis packs his platforms – and ends up on stage with the band There is something decidedly curious about Björn Ulvaeus's expression as he ascends the stage at the gala opening of Abbaworld, a 25-room exhibition devoted to the second-best-selling band in history....
iCelebZ.com (Free subscription) | 27/01/2010
Björn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, one half of Abba, the most successful recording group of all-time, were on hand for the opening of their brand new exhibit. Abba World is a new interactive museum based on the group now open in London's Earls Court. Abba World features 25 rooms of music, footage, and memorabilia on the pop group. It also includes karaoke exhibits and Perform with Abba, which...
Marc Valdez Weblog (Free subscription) | 27/01/2010
Knowing Me, Knowing You, all you want to know is when ABBAWORLD is open!: The Swedish quartet have lent their support to a new museum-cum-theme park in London, which is scheduled to open in London Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010, and which has enough music, mementoes and memory-lane appeal to satisfy even the most fervent ABBA fan. ...ABBAWORLD's Swedish organizers promise the exhibition — which opens...
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