LaMan said on October 29, 2003 19:20:

who is this Dan?

Nox1983 said on October 29, 2003 21:54:

Don´t know who is Dan... :-S

Jud (moderator) said on October 30, 2003 22:09:

help the Fanclub? what fanclub?

ted_rox said on November 1, 2003 13:01:

i.ll go to abba the show tooday

ChrisWilliams said on November 4, 2003 00:23:

I wrote this for The Times (UK newspaper), but I don’t know whether they’ll use all of it, so perhaps some of you might be interested to read the full version:

ABBA Star Returns To Music
Former ABBA star Agnetha Fältskog is set to return to the world’s stage this spring with a newly recorded album. Fältskog made her name in Sweden during the late 1960s, going worldwide with husband Björn Ulvaeus, and engaged bandmates Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid ’Frida’ Lyngstad (taking their first initials as the anagram for the group’s name) at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton. Their winning song, Waterloo, became a worldwide #1 hit. After a shaky post-Waterloo period, hit followed hit, and the group are fondly remembered for their 9 UK #1 singles including Take A Chance On Me, Mamma Mia, The Winner Takes It All, Fernando and Dancing Queen. By 1982, both the public and group itself had lost interest in ABBA, and while the male half joined Sir Tim Rice to write Chess – The Musical, the women returned to their solo careers which had been on hiatus since the mid 1970s. Both women enjoyed success on home soil although it proved harder to make waves abroad, with only Lyngstad’s duet with Phil Collins (“I Know There’s Something Going On”) producing major worldwide interest. By the mid 1980s Lyngstad had decided to take a break from music, while Fältskog continued to make regular recordings until the end of the decade.
After a 16-year absence, Fältskog is to release a new collection of recordings, with a single preceding it in January. Although the title of the album remains unknown, it is to include both cover versions and newly self-penned English-language material. Friend and manager of Fältskog, Staffan Lindé, told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet; “There is her own material, but I don’t know if it’ll end up on the album”. Of the other songs recorded there are personal favourites of Fältskog by the likes of Cilla Black and Dusty Springfield. Fältskog’s forthcoming release follows Lyngstad’s 1996 album “Djupa andetag” (“Deep Breaths”) and Andersson’s 2001 album,“Benny Anderssons Orkester” (“Benny Andersson’s Orchestra”), which both reached the top of the charts in their homeland. “It was important for her to feel that her voice was still good. It was, and she’s very satisfied”, Lindé added.

[Chris Williams, November 2003]