Luxist (Free subscription) | 01/28/2010
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 Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 01/26/2010
The New York Times : To our minds, an Abba theme park should be an experience that’s so ridiculously fun you’re ashamed to tell your friends you actually enjoy it. The organizers behind Abbaworld, a new museum/theme park dedicated to the lives and work of that best-selling Swedish pop quartet, have something a little more reverential in mind: The Associated Press reported that Abbaworld,...
Blog Town, PDX (Free subscription) | 01/26/2010
The British love Abba. From what I can tell, they never stopped loving Abba. They love Abba so much that Mamma Mia! beat out Titanic as the UK's highest grossing film ever . They love Abba so much that Matt Davis has a serpentine tattoo of an angelic Agnetha Fältskog wrapped round his right thigh. Take a chance on penis chafing Well Europe's favorite hitmakers finally have their own Graceland....
The Konformist Blog (Free subscription) | 12/31/2009
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31347756/the_stooges_genesis_abba_lead_the_rock_and_roll_hall_of_fames_class_of_2010 The Stooges, Genesis, ABBA Lead the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2010 ANDY GREENE Dec 15, 2009 The Stooges, Genesis and ABBA lead the list of accomplished artists that will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year. The class of 2010 also includes the...
Dark Roasted Blend (Free subscription) | 12/28/2009
"QUANTUM SHOT" #605 Link - by A. Abrams This is your "feel-good" fix for the Season First, we'd like to thank our fantastic readers, gentlemanly and scholarly commenters, our knowledgeable contributors and interpid explorers for their wonderful support in 2009 - and by the way, we have a few fantastic sweepstakes and giveaways up our sleeves in the beginning of 2010 (such as an...
Nightwatcher's House Of Rock (Free subscription) | 12/15/2009
Rolling Stone.com is reporting The Stooges, Genesis and ABBA lead the list of accomplished artists that will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year. The class of 2010 also includes the Hollies and Jimmy Cliff. Iggy Pop says his band has been patiently awaiting this honor for some time. "We've been rejected seven times, and we would have set a record, I think, if it happened...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Frank (Gary Amers) and The Diva as Ethel Merman (Russell Whitehead). Photo by Spencer Cartwright When Frank's Closet first opened in London, it featured Paul Daniels as an usher and the lovely Debbie McGee as one of the chorus girls. Such celebrity campery is gone from this new production; however, the cast could've done with a little magic last night to tackle technical problems which threatened,...
My view by Silvio Canto, Jr. (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
In the 1970's, ABBA was one of the biggest musical groups in the world. In fact, they sold millions of records. They had a wonderful sound! We posted about ABBA a year ago: ABBA is back after all these years! Also, Remembering ABBA! Today, Anni-Frid Lyngstad ("Frida") celebrates her 64th birthday.....is that possible? Where did the last 35 years go? Frida and Agnetha Fältskog were the...
Entertainment and Showbiz! (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
A white jumpsuit originally worn by ABBA songstress Agnetha Faltskog is believed to have been stolen and sold in a garage sale, prompting Victoria Police to issue an SOS to help find it. It is the same jumpsuit that Agnetha can be seen wearing on the cover of the Swedish pop group’s fourth album ‘Arrival’. The jumpsuit [...] Related posts: Agnetha Faltskog : ABBA’s Faltskog...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
Former ABBA couple BJORN ULVAEUS and AGNETHA FALTSKOG reunite every festive season - for their two young grandchildren.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
Former ABBA couple BJORN ULVAEUS and AGNETHA FALTSKOG reunite every festive season - for their two young grandchildren.The stars wed in 1971 and had two kids, Linda...
AudioPorn Central (Free subscription) | 07/18/2009
Villa - Anita (Edit) [mp3] Mindless Boogie is a great psychdisco edit label they are celebrating their 20th release by giving it away for free the EP was made by Belgiums’s Villa containing edits of their favorite diva’s Anita Meyer, Agnetha Fältskog and Tina Turner we give you Anita, pick up Agnetha and Tina at the download page
Palms Out Sounds (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
Psychdisco edit label, Mindless Boogie , is celebrating it's 20th release by giving it away for free. The EP by Belgiums's Villa are edits of their favorite diva's: Anita Meyer, Agnetha Fältskog, and Tina Turner. Villa - "Anita" (Edit) Villa - "Agneta" (Edit) Villa - "Tine" (Edit) Mindless Boogie releases are available on Juno
iCelebZ.com (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
Abba is not filling in for the late Michael Jackson in his "This Is It" London shows. Benny Anderson denies that the Swedish band will be reforming as a replacement for the King of Pop's O2 Arena gigs. Anderson, together with former bandmates Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Faltskog, was widely rumored to take the music icon's place for the 50 sold-out shows in London. However,...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
LONDON — Forget those reports that Swedish supergroup ABBA will be reuniting to cover Michael Jackson's sold-out concert dates. "No one has even asked us, and if they asked us they would have 'no' as an answer, because (Jackson's concerts were) going to happen in a week," said Benny Andersson, who co-wrote ABBA hits like "Dancing Queen" and "Take a Chance on Me"...
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