From the Daily Mail.
ABBA are set to release five new songs in 2021, it was revealed on Tuesday.
The Swedish quartet announced in 2018 they were planning to record new tracks for the first time in 35 years, and it has now been confirmed that they have more songs than originally planned.
Despite the news, ABBA have had to delay the releases, which includes I Still Have Faith In You and Don’t Shut Me Down, as well as their ABBAtar hologram tour until next year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Exciting: ABBA revealed on Tuesday that they are set to release FIVE new tracks in 2021 as the band’s tour has been postponed because of the coronavirus crisis
Band member Bjorn Ulvaeus – who is joined by Benny Andersson, Agnetha Faltskog and Frida Lyndstad in the chart-topping group – told journalist Geoff Lloyd as such.
Speaking on an upcoming episode of his podcast Reasons To Be Cheerful, the radio presenter explained: ‘I got to spend an hour with Bjorn Ulveaus from ABBA via Zoom. They’ve recorded five new songs.
‘They should have been out at the end of last year. They’re going to get these holograms out on tour.
‘Because of technical difficulties and the pandemic, it’s delayed things. But he promised me that the new ABBA music will be out in 2021.’
In a statement announcing the new songs, ABBA said at the time: ‘The decision to go ahead with the exciting ABBA avatar tour project had an unexpected consequence.
‘We all four felt that, after some 35 years, it could be fun to join forces again and go into the recording studio.’
In the studio: Band member Bjorn Ulvaeus (pictured in 2019) said the songs ‘should have been out at the end of last year’ but the pandemic has delayed the release
Bjorn later explained the plans had been delayed until at least 2020 due to the complex technical nature of the show they are creating.
The Waterloo group went their separate ways in 1982 at the height of their career, and during their final years Bjorn divorced bandmate Agnetha whilst Benny and Frida split up, too.
They performed together for the first time in decades in 2016 at a private event, which marked the 50th anniversary of the first meeting between songwriters Bjorn and Benny.
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- Abba - Voulez-Vous - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.90, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 28-Mar-2024 13:58)on March 28, 2024 at 2:01 pm
ABBA Voulez-Vous (1979 UK orange label 10-track vinyl LP, featuring the hit singles Does Your Mother Know & Chiquitita, complete with the lyric inner. The picture sleeve shows a little scuffing mainly on the edges & the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with few signs of play and handling EPC86086)
- Abba - Thank You For The Music: A Collection Of Love Songs - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.90, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 12-Mar-2024 12:58)on March 28, 2024 at 2:01 pm
ABBA Thank You For The Music: A Collection Of Love Songs (1983 UK 14-track vinyl compilation LP including I Have A Dream, Chiquitita, The Day Before You Came and the Spanish Version of Fernando, housed in the glossy picture sleeve. The sleeveshowssome light corner wear and the vinyl remains in barely played condition EPC10043)
- Abba - Gracias Por La Musica - Japanese - CD album - £40.00, $50.40, €46.80 (New Item) (arrived 16-Feb-2024 10:33)on March 28, 2024 at 2:01 pm
ABBA Gracias Por La Musica (1992 Japanese 10-track CD, including Dancing Queen & Chiquitita, with all songs sung in Spanish, complete with the 12-page Spanish & Japanese lyrics booklet picture sleeve & rare obi-strip POCP-2209)
- Abba - Super Trouper - Canadian - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.90, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 20-Feb-2024 12:16)on March 28, 2024 at 2:01 pm
ABBA Super Trouper (1980 Canadian green & orange label 10-track LP, housed in a picture sleeve with maple leaf print on the back & lyric inner. The packaging shows only minor age wear with no deletion cuts & the vinyl is Excellent with few signs of play XSD16023)
- Abba - Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again The Movie Soundtrack - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £19.99, $25.19, €23.39 (New Item) (arrived 20-Feb-2024 16:17)on March 28, 2024 at 2:01 pm
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again The Movie Soundtrack (2018 UK/EU limited edition 18-track double album 2-LP featuring all sixteen songs from the film's original soundtrack performed by the cast, including When I Kissed The Teacher, Waterloo, Dancing Queen, Fernando, One Of Us, Super Trouper and more, plus two extra tracks not featured in the movie - I Wonder (Departure) and The Day Before You Came. Gatefold picture sleeve, factory sealed. The ultimate sing-along party record!)
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