Erik Hassle Covers ‘S.O.S.’ By ABBA
Erik Hassle went out on the porch and covered the ’70s hit ‘S.O.S.’ by ABBA. Watch the acoustic performance via his YouTube channel below.
Ex-ABBA Drummer Ola Brunkert Dead After Apparent Accident
The Associated Press reports former ABBA drummer Ola Brunkert was found dead with cuts to his neck in the garden of his house on the Spanish island of Mallorca on Sunday evening. An autopsy indicated the 62-year-old’s death was an accident. A Civil Guard spokesman in Arta said that Brunkert hit his head against a [...]
Bjorn Again Perform On ‘Sunrise’
Abba tribute band Bjorn Again visited Seven’s ‘Sunrise’ the other morning to perform ‘Mamma Mia’. Watch it below the fold.
ABBA Museum To Open In Stockholm In ‘08
Reuters reports that a museum featuring the music, original clothes and instruments of the Swedish pop group ABBA will open in Stockholm in 2008, organizers said on Tuesday. “It’s great that someone feels like taking on our musical history and making it accessible,” the group said in a joint statement.
Madonna Offers Abba Testimonial
Madonna has written a testimonial for Abba on the sleeve notes of the group’s ‘Greatest Hits’ album. “Abba’s timeless music continues to inspire me,” the Material Girl gushes. “It’s joyous. Standing still when you hear Abba is impossible. When I started recording my ‘Confessions On A Dance Floor’ album, Stuart Price (her producer) and I [...]
Ulvaeus: ABBA Release May Be The Last
Bjorn Ulvaeus told Reuters on Monday (December 5) that ABBA had no intention of regrouping. “We believe that what we did then was pretty good,” he explained. “But after, we felt that the energy was running out toward the end of the 1970s, we decided, why should we do a Rolling Stones or a Queen?” [...]
ABBA’s ‘Waterloo’ Voted Best Eurovision Song
The Associated Press reports Swedish pop group ABBA’s catchy ‘Waterloo’ hit that won the European Song Contest 31 years ago has been voted the best song in the event’s history by viewers across the continent.
ABBA’s Frida Plans Release Of Solo Material
Neil Sean of Sky News reports that Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad, better known simply as Frida of ABBA, is releasing remastered editions of her solo albums, in addition to a solo version of ‘Dancing Queen’. “I’m in the studio now and hope to have some new material out in 2006,” Frida told a source, “but I [...]
Noel Gallagher A Closet ABBA Fan
Oasis star Noel Gallagher tells Channel 4’s ‘Music Hall Of Fame’ he’s a closet fan of ABBA. “I wish I’d written ‘SOS’, ‘Waterloo’ and fu**ing ‘Super Trouper’,” he admitted. “They were up there with the best. Abba was a sh** name for a group though.”
Abba Won’t Re-Form… Even For $2 Billion
Four years ago, Abba were offered one billion dollars to re-form. The answer was “No.” But what if that figure doubled? “No, not even if you did that,” 58-year-old Bjorn Ulvaeus told Reuters. “It is never going to happen again. I think it is a bit too long now. We split up in 1981. People [...]
