Madame Tussauds waxwork models of Swedish pop group Abba are displayed at a roller disco in the Renaissance Room in London on October 2, 2012. The wax models of Agnetha, Anni-Fird, Benny and Bjorn were dressed in replica outfits worn in their 1975 hit “SOS”. The figures will take up residence in the London attraction before going on a world tour including Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam and Blackpool. Each figure cost GBP 150,000 (187,666 Euros) and took four months to create. They will take up their position in the Music Zone of Madame Tussauds London alongside Michael Jackson and The Beatles. Image: ADRIAN DENNIS.
Swedish superstars Abba teases major announcement ahead of new music
Fans can tune in today to see a special announcement from Abba, the popular Swedish band who called it quits 39 years ago.
Madame Tussauds waxwork models of Swedish pop group Abba are displayed at a roller disco in the Renaissance Room in London on October 2, 2012. The wax models of Agnetha, Anni-Fird, Benny and Bjorn were dressed in replica outfits worn in their 1975 hit “SOS”. The figures will take up residence in the London attraction before going on a world tour including Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam and Blackpool. Each figure cost GBP 150,000 (187,666 Euros) and took four months to create. They will take up their position in the Music Zone of Madame Tussauds London alongside Michael Jackson and The Beatles. Image: ADRIAN DENNIS.
The Swedish music group, Abba are gearing up for an apparent comeback after dropping a teaser on their official Twitter account.
Abba’s journey is about to begin
Just recently, the group’s members, Agnetha Faltskog, Anna-Frid Lyngstad, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson thanked fans for waiting this long after being absent from the music scene for 39 years. The Swedish band also launched a new website on Thursday morning titled ‘Abba Voyage’, asking fans to register interest in a new project.
The quartet also set up a live stream for 2 September 2021 at 17:45pm (18:45 in South Africa) for a special announcement on YouTube.
“The journey is about to begin,” it states.
New music
Some fans believe the group is set to announce new music. In 2018, Abba returned to the studio promising two new songs later that year. Those tracks, I Still Have Faith In You and Don’t Shut Me Down, have been repeatedly delayed – and the band are now planning to release five tracks to thank fans for their patience.
Earlier this year, Ulvaeus confirmed the music would “definitely” come out this year. “It’s not a case any more of it might happen, it will happen,” he told The Herald Sun.
A hologram tour
It is expected that the live stream will also be a long-gestating “hologram tour” that Abba initially announced in 2016.
According to The Sun and the BBC, the show will involve “Abba-tars” of the stars performing hits like Waterloo, Dancing Queen and Mamma Mia. It said the holograms will be beamed onstage in a purpose-built east London theatre, where fans will also be able to see a documentary-style film on the band’s comeback.
Speaking to the BBC during the early stages of the show’s production, Ulvaeus said the idea had been presented to the band by Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller.
“He came to Stockholm and he presented this idea to us that we could make identical digital copies of ourselves of a certain age and that those copies could then go on tour and they could sing our songs, you know, and lip-sync. I’ve seen this project halfway through and it’s already mind-boggling.”
