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ABBA The Museum is open! (Updated with Photo Gallery)

ABBA The Museum is open! (Updated with Photo Gallery)

There’ll be more details to follow but it’s hard to beat this official video for a flavour of the opening ceremony last night of ABBA The Museum on the Stockholm island of Djurgården. (UPDATE 08 May 2013: Now on-the-spot images added!) Attending the ceremony were various luminaries of Swedish society and plenty of music acts too. Included [...]

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BAO 2013 Tour – dates announced (Updated 10 March: Stockholm venue changed)

Benny Anderssons Orkester, with singers Tommy Körberg and Helen Sjöholm will tour Sweden again in 2013. Here are the dates and venues: 18 July – Göteborg, Trädgårdsföreningen 19 July – Helsingborg, Sofiero Slott 20 July – Kalmar, Skälby Gård 21 July – Trosa, Hamnplan 24 July – Piteå, Norrstrandsbadet 25 July – Sundsvall, Norra Berget [...]

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Björn news compilation

Have the recent articles regarding Benny, BAO etc left you wondering what Björn has been up to in recent months? Well, he too, has been busy. Here is a summary:

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The ‘Friends Arena’ gets inaugurated with a little help from Benny and Björn’s music

Last evening in the Solna Municipality, Stockholm County around 45000 people witnessed the inauguration of Sweden’s new national stadium the Friends Arena. A huge show, the biggest and most lavish production ever mounted in Sweden was presented to the crowd and the millions watching on SVT.

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BAO in Box – tracklist (Updated – new release date)

Here is the complete tracklist with individual CD artwork for the 6 CDs in the BAO in Box collection. The box set will be released on 14 November.

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BAO wins a Swedish Grammy

Benny’s band Benny Anderssons Orkester (BAO) won the ‘Årets dansband’ (Best dance band) award at the 2012 Grammis held on 14 February. The Grammis are Sweden’s oldest and biggest prizes in music. The purpose of the annual award ceremony is to recognise and reward those artists, musicians and creatives who have produced notable achievements in [...]

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Benny Anderssons Orkester TV Special (Part 2 of 2)

The second part of BAO’s TV Special for Swedish Television is now available on SVT Play. The programme was broadcast on SVT in Sweden on 15 January, 2012 and will be available online until 14 February.  Related links: Benny Anderssons Orkester on SVT Play (Part 2) Benny Anderssons Orkester on SVT Play (Part 1)

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Benny Anderssons Orkester TV Special (Part 1 of 2) available until 07 February online

SVT Play, the internet arm of the Swedish Television broadcaster, now has Part 1 of the 2 part BAO special available for internet viewing.

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