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21 May 2023

Benny Anderssons Orkester news update

Mono Music, Skeppsholmen "I have five more songs, well 'five and a half' ready for the band when we start recording again at the end of the month," said Benny when icethesite caught up with him recently at Mono Music. When asked if the idea is to release an album from these and the earlier recordings, Benny confirmed that is indeed the intention. If all goes well, the album release will most likely be sometime in the autumn. Benny paid tribute to Göran Arnberg who has again been transcribing for him so that the musicians all have their individual…

23 Feb 2023

Benny Anderssons Orkester back on TV

Benny and his fabled merry men started 2023 with three appearances on the popular SVT show På spåret. Scenes from the third appearance of BAO on 'På spåret' The last of the three episodes aired on 18 February and featured Helen Sjöholm and Tommy Körberg, fittingly finishing the appearances with the duet 'Time To Say Goodbye'. Benny accompanied Swedish singer Laleh in their most recent collaboration Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) in one of the episodes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf032h40O1E&t=4s Another stand out from the BAO appearances was the collaboration with Icona Pop Jalopy & Drive My Car.…

4 Mar 2022

Benny Andersson In Our Hearts – A new tribute concert

Malmö Live Konserthus has announced a series of concerts dedicated to the music of Benny Andersson. For four evenings in May, the state-of-the-art venue will play host to the 90 musicians of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra alongside some of Sweden’s most prominent solo artists such as Gunilla Backman (Mamma Mia!, Les Miserables, West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon), Fred Johansson (Aladdin, Footloose, Sunset Boulevard, Evita, Beauty & The Beast) and Frida Öhrn (known for her successful collaborations with Sweden’s foremost artists and her 2020 cover of Roxette’s Fading Like A Flower) together with The Voices of Scandinavia…

18 Feb 2022

Meeting Benny Andersson

Thank you to everyone who contributed their fantastic stories of meeting Benny. They have been incredible to read, encompassing some very personal meetings. Thanks too for the many great pictures. In the end, I could not include everybody or devote the time required to format everything for the website, so I have put together a pdf which you can read on the site or download. There really are some great stories included. I know there has been a long wait to get to read either yours or others' stories but I am sure you will think that it was…

10 Dec 2021

Benny Anderssons Orkester new single out now

Helen Sjöholm and Tommy Körberg provide the vocals on BAO's moving cover of ABBA's One Man, One Woman recorded live in 2019 at Skansen, in Stockholm. The single is available from today in physical and digital formats. One Man, One Woman recorded live at Skansen by Benny Anderssons Orkester The song originally appeared on ABBA's The Album with lead vocals by Frida and while never released as a single, has always been a fan favourite. The original has some Benny Andersson backing vocals on the second verse that have been compared to those of The Beach Boys. We hope…