ABBA records new songs for the first time since 1982 split
ABBA has written and recorded new music together for the first time since the Swedish pop group split in 1982.
In an announcement on their Instagram, the group said it had recorded two new songs for a tour featuring digital versions of themselves. The hologram tour, which was announced in October 2016, is a partnership with American Idol creator Simon Fuller, but no dates have been announced, yet. The statement also mentioned a television special scheduled to air in December, which will feature one of the new tracks, I Still Have Faith in You.
“The decision to go ahead with the exciting Abba avatar tour project had an unexpected consequence,” the group wrote. “We all felt that, after some 35 years, it could be fun to join forces again and go into the recording studio. So we did.” The group said returning to the studio felt “like time had stood still and we had only been away on a short holiday. An extremely joyful experience!”
ABBA, which was made up of married couples, Agnetha Fältskog-Björn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad-Benny Andersson, broke up after both pairs divorced.
The group has never reunited for any performances since the split, except for at a private party in 2016.
ABBA ANNOUNCED TWO NEW SONGS FEATURING DIGITAL VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES, ADDING THAT THEY ‘HAD ONLY BEEN AWAY ON A SHORT HOLIDAY’