During the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, the British jury gave ABBA a score of zero, but try as they might, the Brits couldn’t stop ABBA’s inevitable procession to victory. Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad performed waterloo – a song voted the best in the competition’s history in 2005.
The Eurovision triumph was merely a precursor to the success that ABBA would experience for the next decade. Only Beetles and Queen (by a slight margin) can claim to have been more successful than ABBA.
The legendary group disbanded in the ’80s for personal reasons, but we have reason to be excited as ABBA’s reunion approaches.
The Swedish band prepares its long-awaited avatar tour
ABBA’s long-awaited avatar tour will debut in 2022. It will feature live performances, but the band will not appear in person; instead, the band will appear as holographic avatars.
“They made faces at us on camera,” Bjorn said. The times about the creative process of the tour. “They painted dots on our faces, they measured our heads.”
The long-awaited ‘ABBAtar’ was scheduled for 2019. However, unexpected delays and, subsequently, the coronavirus pandemic forced the tour to be postponed. Barring another delay, ABBA’s tour will debut in 2022.
ABBA will release five new songs as part of the tour. Initially, the band was going to release two songs, but they added three more to thank fans for their patience. björn said The times that their voices had changed a bit, but ABBA’s unique sound remains. He also described the vibe of the new songs:
“Being in the studio together again, it was so familiar. Everything came back quickly in seconds. We had fun. You have to have fun. One of them is a pop song, very danceable. The other is more timeless, more thoughtful, that’s all I’ll say. It is Nordic sad, but happy at the same time.
After the disbandment, each member of ABBA remained in music in some capacity. A reunion always remained a possibility, despite the ugly nature of the band’s breakup.
Faltskog and Ulvaeus, and Lyngstad and Anderson married during the band’s success. However, pressures from the music industry took a toll on their relationships, leading to divorces in the ’80s.
After a decade of unprecedented musical success, ABBA broke up in 1983. More than three decades later, the band members put their differences aside and reunited, much to the delight of fans.
ABBA will not sell their back catalog like some famous musicians have. “We wouldn’t because we had so much fun,” Bjorn told the BBC in April 2021. “I love the transcendent storytelling, like when you use ABBA songs in another project like Mamma Mia.”
How about an ABBA movie? It sounds exciting given the nature of musicians’ personal lives. Unfortunately, the band members are unlikely to approve. “I don’t think we really want that,” Bjorn said. “I don’t think the others like that either.”
Each member of the band suffered a personal tragedy after the breakup in 1983.
Agnetha Faltskog left ABBA following the end of her romantic relationship with Bjorn. She retained her prodigious talent and, unfortunately, a crippling fear of flying. She caught the bus as long as she could and, years later, she confessed that she still needed therapy to get over her fear.
In 1983 he survived a terrible bus accident on a Swedish highway. She married Tomas Sonnenfeld in 1990 before the couple divorced in 1993. In 1994, Agnetha lost her mother to suicide, and a year later, Agnetha’s father passed away.
Agnetha dropped out of the public eye and stopped recording music in 1988. She ended her seclusion and musical hiatus in 2004. Bjorn, Agnetha’s ex-husband, married journalist Lena Kallersjo.
The couple and their two children live on a private island in an exclusive area north of Stockholm. Bjorn suffered from memory loss, but has repeatedly downplayed the severity of his condition.
Andersson married Morna Norlit in 1981 and welcomed their son, Ludvig, in 1982. Benny secretly battled alcoholism, finally overcoming his addiction in 2001.
In 1998, Anni-Frind lost her daughter Ann Lise-Lotte to injuries sustained in a car accident. Lyngstad’s boyfriend, Prince Heinrich Ruzzo of Reuss, died in 1999. She lives in Switzerland with her boyfriend, Henry Smith, 5th Viscount Hambleden.
In Bjorn’s opinion, a movie about ABBA would be a sad movie, and given the stories of personal trouble outlined above, it’s hard to disagree with him. However, he hopes that the vicissitudes will give the ABBA story some much-needed joy. Bjorn told the BBC:
“He [the film] it would be very sad right? Unless, of course, the vicissitudes hint at another ending, perhaps a happy ending.”
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Source: vcmp.edu.vn