Plans to replace the shabby, makeshift buildings that have housed Sweden’s Royal College of Music for over half a century have been thrown back and forth for the last five years, but last spring the Land and Environment Court finally gave the go-ahead to construct what will be the world’s most modern music college. Parts of the old [...]
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Benny and Björn appear in BBC Agnetha documentary
A BBC documentary, celebrating the career of Agnetha Fältskog, was broadcast for the first time on UK television last night. Agnetha: Abba and After, which follows Agnetha’s extraordinary musical journey from its beginnings in the mid-60s when she was just 15, through the ABBA years, to the recording of her latest album, A, features interviews with both Benny Andersson and [...]
Helsinki says farewell and thank you to ‘Kristina’
The cast of Kristina från Duvemåla took to the stage at Helsinki’s Svenska Teatern for the final time yesterday afternoon, and the musical’s creators, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Lars Rudolfsson were all there to watch, along with Görel Hanser and Anders Eljas. Although none of the production team appeared on stage during the curtain calls, [...]
‘We Write the Story’ unveiled
We Write the Story was revealed last night during the opening ceremony of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest final, staged in Sweden’s Malmö Arena. The anthem, written by Benny and Björn and produced in collaboration with Swedish DJ Avicii, was performed by a large choir together with contestants from all 26 participating countries. We Write the Story accompanied, firstly a video showing the journey [...]
Benny and Björn record Eurovision anthem
It has been 39 years since ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, with Waterloo, but this week Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus were busy recording another song for the contest in Benny’s Stockholm studio, Rixmixningsverket. We Write the Story, written by Benny and Björn in collaboration with DJ Avicii, is an anthem created especially [...]
‘Hjälp sökes’ CD delayed but full production to be broadcast on TV
Mono Music have confirmed that the CD recording of Benny Andersson’s and Björn Ulvaeus’ new musical Hjälp sökes will now not be available until early Autumn. The CD, which will feature all eight songs, including the ballad Bortom Sol och Måne, plus incidental music from the show, was originally expected to be released as early [...]
HARPA nominee Benny Andersson talks about writing the score for Palme (Video) (Updated with result)
As mentioned on icethesite’s Facebook page in March, Benny Andersson’s score for Palme, which already secured him a Guldbagge, Swedish film award, is nominated for HARPA – Nordic Film Composer Award 2013. Benny has been interviewed on video in English by the website mynewsdesk.com talking about the process of writing a score and specifically what it meant [...]
Benny and son Ludvig form production company for ‘Cirkeln’ movie
It has been confirmed that, thanks to the creation by Benny Andersson and son Ludvig, of a new film production company RMV Film, the acclaimed youth novel Cirkeln (The Circle), is now certain to be made into a movie. Benny says that he has been interested in the workings of the film industry since his involvement with Mamma [...]
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Benny seeks to help Stockholm’s Royal College of Music
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Benny and Björn appear in BBC Agnetha documentary
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Helsinki says farewell and thank you to ‘Kristina’
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‘ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits’ becomes the UK’s second biggest selling album of all time
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‘We Write the Story’ unveiled
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Win an ABBA The Museum brochure signed by Benny, Björn and Frida!
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ABBA The Museum is open! (Updated with Photo Gallery)
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New Björn interview: “Don’t ask me what my favourite ABBA song is!”
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Win an ABBA The Museum brochure signed by Benny, Björn and Frida!
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Agnetha Fältskog is recording new material (Updated)
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The “definitive” version of CHESS to premiere at London’s Union Theatre
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BAO boxset on the way, 6 CDs and 2 DVDs included (Updated)
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‘We Write the Story’ unveiled
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‘En skrift i snön’ broadcast in full, now also with link to Dancing Queen and full show
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Björn Ulvaeus: “The story of Jesus is just a myth to me…”
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Björn Ulvaeus reflects on the loss of Hansi Schwarz
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Ice: Sorry to read that Vera but as the article states: "If you can access BBC’s iPlayer ser...
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vera: Hey there I´d love to see that documentary aswell, but as I am from Germany the link does...
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Tracy Aitken: Where was Anni-Frid?...
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Adam: Hej gamla man - here is the song: http://youtu.be/JVQWo6g-dRQ...
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Anne: Randy – the track Björn refers to in this quote is 'Hej gamle man', which became a hit for...
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Randy: Thanks Ice - this is great to see since we can't see it here in the US :( I have a questi...
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maria virginia consuelo - ricafranca: I am a Filipino and am an avid ABBA fan. I was a high school freshman during the Dancing...
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Neil Gosney: I agree totally with Adam and Alistair Thomas about the performance - and about Helsinki i...