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Judy Craymer claims ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson are blocking 'Mamma Mia! 3'. The 66-year-old producer is keen to add another movie to the musical franchise - which features the songs of the Swedish pop superstars - but the songwriters don't think there's enough good material left in their back catalogue to make it work. Judy told the Daily Starr Sunday newspaper: “A third movie is something I want to do very much. The studio wants to do it. Benny and Bjorn need a bit more persuasion. “They’re saying, ‘There aren’t enough songs’. And I say, ‘There are enough songs and I know how th...
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Abba star Agnetha Faltskog is rarely recognised by fans any more and spends most of her time caring for animals on her farm. The 73-year-old singer has opened up about her low-key life in her native Sweden admitting she is only stopped by admirers when she gets dressed up and puts make-up on on rare days out. She told the Guardian newspaper: "If I have a lot of makeup on or if I’m dressed very nicely, more people recognise me, but in everyday life, it’s not so bad. Swedish people are very reserved, but now and then one person comes up and says ‘thank you for the music’, and that’s very nice." ...
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Abba had a mini-reunion to celebrate the one-year anniversary of their avatar residency. Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, both 78, were joined by Anni-Frid Lyngstad, 77, to watch their Abba Voyage show at the custom-built Abba Arena in Stratford, east London, on Saturday (28.05.23) evening and were seen waving to fans at the end of the show. Agnetha Fältskog, 73, who was at the launch last year, missed the event but other famous faces in the crowd included Ronnie Wood, 75, and his wife Sally, 45, along with supermodel Naomi Campbell, 53, and 84-year-old Sir Ian McKellen. Bjorn told The Sun a...
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Judy Craymer is determined to make a third 'Mamma Mia!' film. The 65-year-old producer has worked on both the original stage production and the two movies in the musical based on ABBA's songs and hopes that another film can be made. Speaking to Deadline, Judy said: "It's in its earliest stages. I don't want to over-egg it, but I know there's a trilogy there." The producer revealed that her ideas for the new film involve bringing back popular characters such as Meryl Streep's Donna – who had died in the events of the 2018 film 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again' – and Cher's Ruby, mother to Donna and...
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ABBA star Benny Andersson says John Cleese turned down the chance to write a book and musical with the pop group. The 76-year-old singer and his songwriting partner Bjorn Ulvaeus met Cleese whilst on a trip to Barbados in the late 1970s and approached him about collaborating on a stage show based around New Year's Eve celebrations. However, the Monty Python legend turned them down flat, but the trip to the Caribbean did produce the ABBA song 'Happy New Year', which featured on their 1980 album 'Super Trouper'. Speaking to Record Collector magazine, Benny recalled: “'Happy New Year' was written...
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Ol Parker has teased the prospect of a third 'Mamma Mia!' film. The 53-year-old filmmaker helmed the second movie in the ABBA musical franchise, 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again', and has claimed that producer Judy Craymer has plans in place for another flick. Ol told Screen Rant: "Judy Craymer, the genius producer behind the musical and the first two films, always plans for it to be a trilogy. That's all I can say. "The first one made an enormous amount of money, and I think we made a fair amount, too. I know that there is a hunger for a third, and I know that she has a plan. Wouldn't it be lovel...
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ABBA have extended their run of shows in London. ABBA Voyage - the pop group's state-of-the-art concerts - are currently booked up until May next year, and the show's run has now been extended until spring 2026, amid huge demand from fans. A source told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "Everyone knows ABBA has a seriously loyal fan base but the show was always a bit of a gamble. "No one really knew how the ABBA-tars were going to be received, as similar hologram-style concerts were a mixed bag. But for ABBA the reaction was amazing. Even those most sceptical about the tech have walked away ...
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ABBA are planning to take their Voyage show across the world. The 'Waterloo' hitmakers- consisting of Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - reunited for the groundbreaking concert residency that features virtual 'ABBAtars' presenting the group as they were in the 1970s. The performances have been staged at a purpose-built venue in London but Benny's son Ludvig - the producer of the show - explained that the plan is to build similar venues around the globe. He told Retro Pop magazine: "I'd like to go to places that are maybe not the obvious ones. "It would be...
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Abba are said to need £140 million to cover the costs of their hologram concerts after splashing out on ‘Abba-tars’ made by George Lucas’ special effects firm. The Swedes returned to stage on Thursday (26.05.22) for the first time in 40 years with an avatar-led show in their purpose-built arena at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford. Bandmate Benny Andersson’s son Ludvig Andersson, 40, who is the project’s music producer, told ‘The Telegraph’ newspaper no band had tried a virtual performance before as “it’s so bloody expensive”. He added: “We also need lots of people to come and s...
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ABBA reunited on stage for the first time in over 40 years at the launch of ABBA Voyage in London on Thursday night (26.05.22). The iconic pop group, Agnetha Faltskog, 72, Benny Andersson, 75, Bjorn Ulvaeus, 77, and Anni-Frid 'Frida' Lyngstad, 76, opened their long-awaited digital concert at the ABBA Arena and all four members appeared on stage during the finale to take a bow for the first time since closing their final world tour in 1980. ABBA - who shot to global fame back in 1974 when they won the Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden with the song 'Waterloo', going on to sell 400 million reco...
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