PRIVACY   CONTACT ABBA News Archive 2022 Here are the old messages from our ABBA- News page from the year 2022. Books have been moved to the Book List and obsolete announcements for TV shows and concerts have been deleted. December 23, 2022 December 16, 2022 December 5, 2022 Sven 'Svenne' Hedlund, Hep Stars member and together with his former wife Lotta closely connected to ABBA, has sadly passed away at the age of 77. Photo: Micke Bayart Enjoy this new interview with Björn and British journalist Emma Barnett: ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus: We Took a Risk and It Paid Off | Emma Barnett Meets Some traditions never go out of fashion... Getting in the festive spirit, Björn and Ian McKellen reunited once more for their annual knitting circle. Here's your first look: Sir Ian McKellen "joins" ABBA | ABBA Voyage Pippi will return to the Cirkus venue in Stockholm next summer between 15th June to 20th August. November 19, 2022 Watch Ravi's charity music video of the song 'A Million Dreams' - Björn supports this wonderful project and can be seen in the video. All funds go to two essential brain tumour charities, The Brain Tumour Charity and brainstrust. ABBA Voyage Show has been considered one of the most influential projects of 2022 by PMI (Project Management Institute). And this podcast includes an interesting interview with Alicia Tkacz, a partner and architect at entertainment architecture studio Stufish in London who worked with ABBA to create the ABBA Arena. Special thanks to Joaquim Jo! We got these infos from Polydor / Universal Music: This month, ABBA's comeback album 'Voyage' celebrated one year! In case you missed it, Frida sent a special message to all the fans over on Instagram. Last Thursday, nine clips from the TV Special 'ABBA In Concert' premiered on YouTube. Experience live performances such as 'Voulez-Vous', 'Dancing Queen' and 'Summer Night City' all recorded back in 1979 at the Wembley Arena in London. November 15, 2022 ABBA are nominated for 4 Grammy Awards! This will take place on February 5, 2023. November 11, 2022 ABBA received an award for 2,5M sales so far after one year of the Voyage release. In the photo: Joakim Johansson (managing director Universal Music Sweden), Benny Andersson, Görel Hanser, Mia Segolsson (GM Polar Music International AB). Thanks to Pentti Koponen. November 3, 2022 ABBA No. 98 is out now and sent to all members. This is a very special '50 Years Celebration Issue' since we have lots of historical events to celebrate! First of all we celebrate 50 Years of ABBA! ABBA have released their very first single 'People Need Love' in 1972 and therefore we have chosen a very special cover to celebrate this fantastic milestone. This new issue features lots of other anniversaries and contains a beautiful A3 size poster of ABBA on stage in May 2022, showing four very emotional people! This special edition is full of competitions throughout the magazine and we have no less than 25 prizes to be won! Content of this special issue: News Extra 50th Anniversary Report: People Need A & B & B & A 30th Anniversary Report: ABBA Gold 1st Anniversary Report: ABBA Voyage New Book Publications: ABBA in Deutschland 1973-1983 - Exclusive Interview with author Micke Bayart New Book Publications: ABBA Die Diskografie - Exclusive Interview with author Jean-Marie Potiez New Book Publications: ABBA Thank You For The Music Feature about author Carl Magnus Palm Tribute to Olivia Newton-John Special Premiere Report: Pippi At The Circus 20th Anniversary Report: Musical Mamma Mia! in Germany - Exclusive Interviews with Rose-Anne Van Elswijk (Sophie) and Sabine Mayer (Donna) Don't miss the very special photo on the backside of our magazine! This isssue also contains many previously unpublished photos. Like always we are looking forward to your feedback!                 October 26, 2022 Per Sundin, CEO of Pophouse, posted this lovely picture on Instagram and 'new adventures, Singapore' ... that's quite a Voyage going there. Photo: perurban | instagram There is a nice article about Riksmixningsverket (the studio where ABBA Voyage was recorded) in Billboard. Special thanks to Pentti Koponen. CHESS had its last performance in Moscow on October 16, 2022 after almost 600 performances in 2 years. Thanks to Dmitry Shipov. This unique limited-edition single is released on 7" vinyl as a collector's edition to celebrate New Year 2023. Features the tracks "Happy New Year" and "Felicidad", pressed on gold vinyl with unique artwork. Features die-cut cover and numbered sleeve. Limited to 5,000 copies. Musikförläggarna, organization of Swedish music publishers announced nominees for their 2022 prizes. Winners will be announced in a gala at Grand Hotel Stockholm on November 11. Nominees in category "International success of the year" are: 1. Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus A generally grand comeback for ABBA, including acclaimed Avatar show in London and the compilation 'Gold' celebrating 40th anniversary. And the new music also reached out widely. The album "Voyage" reached number 2 on the Billboard chart. The single "I Still Have Faith In You" brought their first nomination for the Grammy Awards. The second one, "Don't Shut Me Down", reached Top 10 in eleven countries. 2. Klas Åhlund, Salem Al Fakir, Vincent Pontare, Tobias Forge & Max Grahn 3. Martin "Max Martin" Sandberg & Oscar Holter 4. Snoh Aalegra Special Thanks to our friend Pentti Koponen. Björn attended Mamma Mia! The Party in Gothenburg in order to celebrate the show's first anniversary on October 13, 2022. Photos: © ZAP Group Björn showed up at ABBA Voyage on October 7, 2022 Photo: ABBA Voyage The German version of Carl Magnus Palm's wonderful book "ABBA - Thank You For The Music" in German language is available in two editions. The Deluxe Edition is printed in limited edition of 1,000 pieces only and contains an exclusive huge ABBA Poster (size 70 x 100 cm!!) with a photo taken by Bubi Heilemann - both poster and book put into a luxurious box. Each poster is personally signed by Bubi Heilemann. He also took the brilliant photo of ABBA in blue satin outfits for the title cover. All ABBA Fan Club members will have a chance to win a copy of the book in our next ABBA Issue #98 Benny showed up at ABBA Voyage on September 29, 2022 Photo: ABBA Voyage Benny, Birgitta Wollgård and ABBA The Museum recently got their own copies of the book 'ABBA in Deutschland'. More info on the making of the book plus an exclusive raffle in our upcoming issue. All photos Micke Bayart September 21, 2022 Happy 30th Anniversary ABBA Gold! ABBA Gold was released on September 21, 1992 for the very first time and took ABBA back onto the Top of the chart lists. It is the ABBA album that has been re-released the most. To celebrate its ongoing success, the album will be re-released again on September 23, 2022 in these formats: 2 LP Picture Disc on Heavyweight-Vinyl MC on golden cassette MC on black cassette 2 LP on Gold Vinyl on 180g Vinyl that was available before All ABBA Fan Club Members will have the chance to win a copy of the Picture Discs and MCs in our next ABBA Issue # 98. September 19, 2022 ABBA - Die Diskographie by Jean-Marie Potiez is available now! This German book version contains all ABBA and Solo albums, including ABBA's Voyage album plus lots of fantastic photos. It is different to the original French version and contains 208 pages on high quality paper, 300 x 300 mm size (Album size). ABBA 's Editor Regina Grafunder and her daughter Anna Lucy Grafunder translated the book into German. Available through HEEL Verlag. ABBA Fan Club Members can win a copy of this book in our next Fan Club Issue #98. Frida went to see Voyage again on September 15. Photos: ABBAVoyage / Instagram Mamma Mia! Das Musical is back at the Stage Theatre Neue Flora in Hamburg 20 years after the first German premiere. The smash-hit premiere was sparkling with the performers Sabine Mayer (Donna), Karim Khawatmi (Sam) and Rose-Anne Van Elswijk (Sophie)! Rose-Anne gave us a great interview, you can read it in our next ABBA Fan Club magazine. August 27, 2022 "It's big to get Rockbjörnen and it's of course even bigger to get Rockbjörnen when someone like us stopped being active as a group 40 years ago, it's a little bit like a miracle", said Björn Ulvaeus in a video message on August 18 and thanked the readers of the Swedish paper 'Aftonbladet' voting for ABBA as group of the year. August 18, 2022 The fantastic singer Olivia Newton-John has died on August 8, 2022. She was a great friend of the ABBA members since the Grand Prix 1974. Frida and Agnetha have written touching words. The new ABBA calendar 2023 by German Heel Verlag is now available. We recommend it very much, it has a high quality. You can win a calendar in our next ABBA issue Nr. 98. August 5, 2022 ABBA Nr. 97 is out now and sent to all members. It is an ABBA Voyage Special Concert Edition. Enjoy exclusive reports and photos of both premiere days and the Opening Day. Read everything about these special days on 40 (!) high quality A4 pages. A great thank you to all our wonderful members, who gave us great reports and photos for this special edition. This magazine contains a double-sided poster. Content of this special issue: Everything about the Premiere and Opening Day All four ABBA members leaving their hotel ABBA arriving at the ABBA arena Interviews by ABBA on the red carpet in front of the ABBA arena The ABBA Voyage Show ABBA on stage at the end of the ABBA Voyage Show Premiere First impressions by Björn and Benny ABBA Voyage Merchandise Catalogue Impressions by the ABBA members Double-sided poster of ABBA on the red carpet / as ABBAtars on stage Have lots of fun with the magazine and like always we are looking forward to your feedback!                 Happy 30th birthday, 'ABBA Gold'! As of September 23rd, it will be available in formats such as Picture Disc Vinyl, Gold Vinyl and Cassette. July 27, 2022 The premiere of Pippi på Circus on 12 July was a big success, with Björn and his partner Christina, and also Inger Nilsson (the original Pippi), among others, attending the show. Our member Sabine Bayerl was lucky to talk to Björn. Photos © Sabine Bayerl, Germany. More in our magazine # 98. The first public preview of Pippi at Cirkus was on 1 July in Stockholm with a couple of more previews to follow. The audience loved the youthful and enthusiastic performance. More in our magazine #98. Photos: Micke Bayart / Here is a lovely new photo of Agnetha who attended the premiere of the movie 'Elvis' in Stockholm on June 21st. Photo: Karin Törnblom The soundtrack 'Pippi på Cirkus' is now available, including guest appearances by Björn Dixgård (of Mando Diao), Helen Sjöholm and Benjamin Ingrosso amongst others. Music by Benny & Björn as well as others. More info on pippicirkus.se/en/pippi-at-cirkus June 10, 2022 ABBA Nr. 96 is out now and sent to all members. Lots of things happened worldwide since our latest ABBA Fan Club issue in February 2022. We can't evade this influence, so the new magazine is shaped by "Ode to Freedom"! Read all news on 36 valuable A4 pages about ABBA, Björn's moving speech about the war in the Ukraine, enjoy the exclusive unpublished photos and an ABBA poster! Please keep in mind there will be another exclusive magazine by ABBA about the ABBA Voyage Show as soon as possible! Content: News Extra with all the news and exclusive photos Competition - win the book "ABBA-Populäre Irrtümer und andere Wahrheiten" signed by the author, an exclusive Frida Beyond ABBA promotional poster for this book and the picture disc single "Waterloo" from 2014 Everything about the ABBA Voyage Show before the premiere Exclusive press conference about Pippi på Circus with Björn Exclusive report - You And I Have A Reason To Remember, incl. Björn's speech about the war in the Ukraine Agnetha in the TV show Wetten, dass...? 1983 with exclusive unpublished photos Exclusive interview with Remko van Drongelen, the author of the book "Frida Beyond ABBA", with exclusive unpublished photos Songbook: Hey Grand Ol'Man, To Live With You, Lycka, Hey Musikant Have lots of fun with the magazine and like always we are looking forward to your feedback!                 Mamma Mia! The Party celebrated its thousandth performance at Rondo yesterday! In connection with the celebration, the handprints of ABBA (which were made in connection with ABBA's concerts at Scandinavium on January 29 and 30, 1977) had been revealed. Photo: © Karin Törnblom / Zap PR May 27, 2022 The premiere of ABBA Voyage was a great success. All 4 ABBA members came together to the premiere, they let themselves being photographed on the red carpet and gave interviews. At the end of the show they went onto the stage again for a moment, visibly touched. Photo: © IBL Photo: © Universal May 25, 2022 "Rather than recreating a 'nostalgic' 1970s look for ABBA Voyage, our vision, along with director Baillie Walsh, was to dress the band as the contemporary pop stars they are." - Svana Gisla and Ludvig Andersson, Producers of ABBA Voyage Earlier this week, ABBA received the Swedish honorary and special music award 'Grammis'. Görel Hanser was there to collect it and Frida thanked via a pre-recorded audio message her band colleagues and all the people who embraced their music throughout the years. On May 18th, Björn attended the press conference for the upcoming musical Pippi at Circus which will have its premiere on 1 July in Stockholm. Some of the new songs were also played to the joy of everyone present. More in the next issue of our magazine. ABBA 's editor Regina Grafunder has given an interview to the wonderful Riccardo Simonetti at ABBA The Museum. More infos to follow soon. On his birthday, Björn received in Stockholm the Swedish QX Gala award for ABBA's 'Don't Shut Me Down' as best song of the year. Photo: QX/Adrian Beck April 25, 2022 April 6, 2022 New Lyric Video! Today is the anniversary of ABBA winning the Eurovision Song Contest back in 1974 with 'Waterloo'. To celebrate this historical moment the new lyric video for 'Waterloo' premiered today on YouTube. On April 2, Björn held a passionate opening speech on the ongoing war in Ukraine during a fund-raising event at Avicii Arena in Stockholm. Here is the video with English subtitles. And here is the breath taking performance of "Ode To Freedom" with Benny on the piano at Konserthuset on April 2. April 5, 2022 March 31, 2022 All ABBA Vinyl Albums on Picture Discs! ABBA's Studio Album Picture Disc release includes all of ABBA's prized studio albums Ring Ring, Waterloo, ABBA, Arrival, The Album, Voulez Vous, Super Trouper, The Visitors and Voyage. Very limited-edition while stocks last. The Picture Discs will be released on June 10, 2022. New ABBA Box on CD! ABBA's complete CD album collection has been updated to include new studio album Voyage for the very first time. The 10CD set also comes with the Bonus Tracks disc, featuring singles including Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) & Fernando. This collection also features a new 40-page booklet. The box will be published on May 27, 2022. New ABBA Box on Vinyl! ABBA's complete vinyl album collection has been updated to include new studio album Voyage for the very first time. The 10LP set also comes with the Bonus Tracks disc, featuring singles including Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) & Fernando. All albums are pressed on 180g heavyweight black vinyl and housed in a bespoke box. The Box will be published on May 27, 2022. The response to ABBA's new lyric video for "Chiquitita" was amazing! And with a very special anniversary coming up on April 6th, it would be more fitting than having "Waterloo" receive its very own official lyric video. The watch page launches on ABBA's You Tube Channel on April 4th with the video premiering on April 6th. March 27, 2022 The Swedish Government's Music Export Prize for extraordinary services to Swedish music exports 2021 was awarded to ABBA. On the picture Minister for Foreign Trade and Nordic Affairs Anna Hallberg hands over the prize to Benny and Björn. Photo: Mia Segelsson March 1, 2022 Björn sent a fantastic video to Tomas Ledin's 70th birthday, singing 'Hej gamle man' in English. February 23, 2022 Björn and Lena Ulvaeus announced that they will divorce after 41 years of marriage. According to Björn, they continue being friends after all those years. Stockholm-based entertainment company Pophouse is now ready to present its new board in full, having brought in senior executives with backgrounds from companies such as Disney, Airbnb, Manchester United, Cirque du Soleil and EQT. The newest additions - Catherine Powell, Global Head of Hosting at Airbnb, and Alexandra Lutz, partner at EQT - join Pophouse chairman, former Manchester United executive Michael Bolingbroke, co-owners Conni Jonsson and Björn Ulvaeus, group CEO Per Sundin, Universal executive Frank Briegmann, and Per-Arne Blomquist, former CFO of SEB, on the board. The book 'Frida Beyond ABBA' by author Remko van Drongelen has now been published. It chronologically details the musical output of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, during her professional and non-professional career as a solo artist from the mid-fifties to the present. From her stage debut in 1956, her first semi-professional recordings at the age of thirteen, leading up to the success with ABBA and the international solo-career that followed after, the book details musicians, studios, venues, songs and background information. Look forward to # 96 - then you can win the book signed by the author plus exclusive promo posters. You can order the book here: https://fridabeyondabba.com/ February 10, 2022 'No Doubt About It' is the new focus track from the album 'ABBA Voyage'. A focus track is the mostly streamed song of an album not already released as a single and it will be considered for the single charts. In the first two chart weeks after release of an album, only the focus track, which is the mostly streamed song of the album not released as a single, is considered for the single charts. All other tracks of the album are excluded from the single charts. It is not a physical CD single. February 6, 2022 ABBA Nr. 95 is out now and sent to all members. ABBA's voyage goes on and we celebrate in our new issue together with you the worldwide Nr. 1 album from our favourite band - ABBA Voyage! Read on 36 A4 pages all news around ABBA Voyage, exclusive interviews and look forward to a fantastic ABBA poster with a picture from winter 2019! Content: News Extra with all the news and exclusive photos Competition - win the new ABBA CD singles, an exclusive ABBA Voyage promotion poster and the new book 'The Legacy of ABBA Vol. 2', signed by the author and many participants (like Björn's former band colleague from the Hootenanny Singers Tonny Roth, ABBA's photographer Anders Hanser etc.) Reader's Stories: ABBA Voyage - Fan Reactions Interview with Frida from BBC Radio with Zoe Ball Interviews from the whole world with Björn and Benny Exclusive Interview with Lasse Wellander, the guitarist from 'I Still Have Faith In You' and 'Don't Shut Me Down' Mamma Mia! The Party Premiere in Gothenburg ABBA Voyage Promotion in Germany Exclusive Interview with Elisabeth Vincentelli - Understanding ABBA in the US Songbook for 50th anniversary: The Language of Love Have lots of fun with the magazine and like always we are looking forward to your feedback!                 January 26, 2022 ABBA - The Official Newsletter from Universal Music: Björn has just launched a new radio show with Apple! He sits down with fellow musicians including Nile Rodgers, Catherine Johnson and Johan Renck to talk about everything from songwriting to the band's return to music last year. All episodes are available to stream now, only on Apple Music. January 7, 2022 Wonderful news - ABBA's Voyage is also at No. 1 of UK's best selling vinyl albums 2021! January 6, 2022 Many reports and magazine special editions about ABBA were published in the last weeks, so you lost the overview easily. Here are some: We have deleted some old messages. 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