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ABBA on the same stage again
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LaMan said on February 9, 2005 20:36:
Not singing and playing but doing something else (?) Swedish speakers what is this?:
http://www.expressen.se/index.jsp?a=236866
Thanks.
animalkingdom said on February 9, 2005 22:02:
Just checked it out quickly but does it say that the show will move to Sweden and Agnetha will now join in for an appearance?
ally77 said on February 24, 2005 21:48:
Yeah I read this, basically ABBA will reunite (or perhaps it has already happened) for the Mamma Mia prem in Stockholm. For one all 4 members of ABBA will be seen togeather! I tihnk it was due to take place in February 05!
Nox1983 said on March 3, 2005 04:47:
hello,
i heard that they are recording a new album, in separates ways, though i dont know if it is true i hpe they are working in a new album...
Some people said that in MammaMia, Stockholm they were, all four, together...
does somebody knows if they are truly recording a new album???
ally77 said on March 3, 2005 07:49:
Think the album rumour is not true, but yes they are all gonna be togeather for the prem of Mamma Mia...although not sure when that is!
tevensso (moderator) said on March 4, 2005 10:46:
February 12. They were all there, but not together. Agnetha left after the show.
Jud (moderator) said on March 4, 2005 15:09:
I think one of the guys was like “Oh, she was here?” .... fans expected them to at least get on the stage and say hi, or at least pose together... do they hate eachother THAT much? really don’t understand how adult people can behave like that.
ChrisWilliams said on March 4, 2005 16:12:
It’s a long and complicated story, but I assure you ABBA don’t “hate” eachother.
The girls are still good friends and speak on the phone (as Frida now lives in Switzerland) every few months while the boys still work closely together, of course. The former couples are still friends and have no problems being around eachother.
At the Mamma Mia! premiere, however, they decided not to get up on stage together. They were concerned it would give the media an angle for the constant “ABBA reuniting” stories. Moreover, Agnetha isn’t really up to the hysteria and Frida (I imagine) stayed off the stage out of consideration for Agnetha’s feelings (as she has been up on stage all over the world).
The four members meet up as a group occasionally. The last time was in 1999, where they sang and played for their friend and manager (well, she manages Björn and Benny especially, while she was ABBA’s vice manager while they were a group) on her 50th birthday.
It is only during special, private events that the four former members of ABBA reunite as a group, and I imagine this is how it will remain.
Jud (moderator) said on March 4, 2005 18:10:
hm.. who’s the manager? Is it Stigge’s daughter Marie? I didn’t know she was also their manager. I mean, I know she was Frida’s when she released Djupa Andetag, but didn’t know she was B&Bs manager too :)
I wouldn’t say “they still meet socially” as an often action of the last one was in 99 ;)
anyway, what I mean that they hate eachother .. i don’t mean each of them hates all the other members, I know B&B work together, what I mean is that it looks like there are some “differences” between the girls and the boys, I guess Agnetha being the “problem”
All I can say is: I would be very disappointed if Per and Marie ended up like that, not talking to eachother, and making a fuzz out of being photographed in the same gala, together.
Don’t know, maybe it’s me, I don’t like argues :)
ChrisWilliams said on March 4, 2005 21:22:
Hi,
I didn’t say they “meet up socially”, so let’s not make things complicated. What I did say, however, is that they last met as a *group* (ie. they performed together) 5 years ago. They have met up subsequently at various functions (including a meeting on the supposed American offer of 1 billion Dollars to reform), so they certainly don’t avoid eachother. For one thing, Agnetha and Björn have children and grandchildren together, while Frida is still good friends with Benny’s son and his family.
As for Marie Ledin, she isn’t ABBA’s manager and never has been. It’s Görel Hanser.
LaMan said on March 4, 2005 21:33:
Ann-Frid lost both a daughter and a husband.
ALso Stikkan Anderson died a few years ago I think.
rox-kuryliw said on February 9, 2005 21:25:
it was a thing for the show mama ect in london last year ! but that lass with the long blonde hair didnt go !.