ABBA TO REUNITE IN LONDON TO MARK THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY
ABBA members Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-frid Lyngstad have reportedly reunited to film for their 2022 ABBATAR hologram tour, expected to earn each of them £3million. Sources claim the band, who rose to global fame in the 70's, recently teamed up in secret at West London's Ealing Studios to work on their hotly-anticipated project.
Ahead of performances which will mark their 50th anniversary, the Swedish quartet are set to release five new songs for the first time in nearly four decades next year. Insiders said: 'ABBA have kept everything about their reunion shrouded in mystery but this has really been a long time coming.
They announced the tour in 2016 and although it's been a slog to get to this point, it is now full steam ahead and the show is taking shape. Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and Frida have all recorded bits and pieces and they have enjoyed taking a trip down memory lane with it all.
They are all getting a nice cheque out of it, so it will be worthwhile, but they've got more than enough money from their music, so it's not about that', they added to The Sun. Mailonline has contacted ABBA'S representatives and a spokesperson for Ealing Studios for further comment.
In 2014, singer Anni-frid, 74, addressed claims about her and her co-members Agneta, 70, Björn, 75, and Benny, 73, turning down $1 billion to reunite on tour. The musician told Ireland's national broadcaster RTE: 'No amount of money would change our minds. 'Maybe we sometimes say it would be good to do a song together again, just a recording and nothing else, but I don't know if that will happen - so don't say that we will!'
The chart-topping group announced in 2018 they were planning to record new tracks, and it has now been confirmed that they have more songs than originally planned. Despite the news, they had to delay the releases, which includes
I Still Have Faith In You and Don't Shut Me Down, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ahead of performances which will mark their 50th anniversary, the Swedish quartet are set to release five new songs for the first time in nearly four decades next year