Abba to reform?
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Abba to reform?
Abba always vowed never to re-form despite a raft of lucrative offers and the runaway success of the Mamma Mia! stage show and film. But it seems the Swedish pop quartet could be persuaded to change their minds. In an interview with The Times, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, the male half of the group, offered fans a glimmer of hope. Asked if they would consider a one-off performance that could be beamed around the world, Andersson said: "Yeah, why not?" He continued: "I don't know if the girls sing anything any more. I know Frida (Anni-Frid Lyngstad) was in the studio," adding: "It's not a bad idea, actually." Referring to the last song on the Super Trouper album, The Way Old Friends Do, Ulvaeus quipped: "We could sing The Way Old Folks Do." The band members, who split in 1982, previously dismissed any suggestion of a reunion, insisting they would never take to the stage again. The group whose hits include Dancing Queen, Take a Chance on Me and Money, Money, Money sold 370 million records. Andersson and Ulvaeus are promoting their new musical Kristina which opens at London's Royal Albert Hall on April 14.
ITN | March 26, 2010
