Mamma mia! Is it an Abba reunion?
FOR years she’s been seen as the main barrier to an Abba reunion.
Now Agnetha Faltskog has revealed that the legendary Swedish group are considering reforming more than 30 years after their acrimonious split.
The 63-year-old said they are thinking about marking the 40th anniversary of their first hit Waterloo next year with a concert.
She told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag: ‘Of course it’s something we’re thinking about. There seems to be plans to do something to mark this anniversary in some way. But I can’t say at this point what will come of them.’
Ms Faltskog formed Abba in 1972 with guitarist and songwriter Bjorn Ulvaeus, then her husband, as well as Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
They shot to international fame when they won the 1974 Eurovision song contest with Waterloo, before racking up a string of hits, selling more than 380million records worldwide.
But as both marriages soured and ended in divorce, the band fell apart and eventually split in 1982.
Ms Faltskog retreated from public life and went to live on a small island near Stockholm, saying she had ‘overdosed on fame’.
She was most recently tempted out of retirement this year, releasing a solo album called A, although the group turned down a $1billion offer to reunite in 2000.
Earlier this year Ms Faltskog indicated that she might change her mind, saying: ‘Maybe a charity concert? I would not say no right away.’