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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 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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Bjorn Ulvaeus thinks that the ABBA comeback is an "immense risk." The 77-year-old musician began his ascent to global fame when he won the Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden with the song 'Waterloo' alongside ex-wife Agnetha Faltskog as well as Anni-Frid Lyngstad, and Benny Andersson back in 1974 and the four are set to reunite as digital avatars for a series of London concerts, and but Bjorn has been losing sleep over the comeback. He said: "It’s an immense risk and most people I talk to don’t appreciate that. They say, ‘Oh, it’ll be fine.’ Sometimes I wake up at four in the morning and think...
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ABBA are wanted by Grammys bosses to reunite for a performance at the upcoming ceremony. The Swedish pop icons - comprising Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - haven't performed together since 1982. The 'Dancing Queen' hitmakers are nominated for the Record of the Year Grammy for their comeback single, 'I Still Have Faith In You', and organisers are hoping to persuade the band to perform at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 3 - but it's proving challenging. A source told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "The team pulling the Grammys together ha...
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ABBA's Benny Andersson feared his bandmates might've lost their singing skills before they launched their comeback. The iconic pop group - which also features Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - have reunited for their long-awaited ninth studio album, 'Voyage', but Benny has confessed to having some doubts before they started recording. Benny shared: "I think what I felt was Agnetha and Frida were so happy about doing this. And it's sort of understandable, isn't it? "I mean, they haven't been doing much for the last 40 years: they've done a couple of albums each, but they...
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