Swedish four-piece take to Instagram to announce two releases that will form part of an ‘avatar tour project’Abba have announced that they have written and recorded their first new songs since they split in 1983. We all felt that, after some 35 years, it could be fun to join forces again and go into the recording studio. From the mid-70s until they split, Abba built up a formidable arsenal of global hits including Knowing Me, Knowing You, Take a Chance on Me, Dancing Queen and The Name of the Game – all of which reached No 1 in the UK. Fältskog and Lyngstad were the lead singers; Andersson and Ulvaeus composed the songs. Their 1992 compilation Abba Gold has sold 30m copies – more than 5m of those in the Britain – and spent 833 weeks in the UK album charts.

Source: The Guardian April 27, 2018 11:49 UTC