ABBA to retire after new ‘VOYAGE’ album and live shows

ABBA have announced that their first Christmas single, ‘Little Things’, will arrive as a special CD release next month.The festive track, which appears on the Swedish icons’ new album ‘Voyage’, will be available physically from December 3.

ABBA‘s Anni-Frid Lyngstad has spoken on the possibility of more new music from the group.The Swedish icons returned last week with ‘Voyage’, their first studio album in 40 years. They’ll showcase the record with a string of “revolutionary” concerts at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in 2022.Last month, the band’s Benny Andersson explained that ABBA would retire after releasing the record and completing its accompanying live events.

ABBA are currently outselling the rest of the UK Top 40 combined in the midweek charts, with their new album ‘Voyage‘ set to clinch this week’s top spot.‘Voyage’ saw 118,000 chart sales over the weekend and is already scooping the fastest-selling physical release and biggest first-week pure sales (physical and digital) of 2021 so far.

Joan As Police Woman has announced a run of headline shows in 2022 across Australia and New Zealand.The artist – aka Joan Wasser – dropped her latest album, ‘The Solution Is Restless’ last Friday (November 5), a collaborative effort featuring The Invisible‘s Dave Okumu and drummer Tony Allen prior to his passing.On Allen, Wasser talked of their meeting in a press release.

New Order performed a career-spanning set at The O2 in London last night (Saturday November 6), during which frontman Bernard Sumner took aim at the “put together shit” of modern music.

the Swedish pop group’s first original tracks since they split up nearly 40 years ago, and was immediately awed: The music sounds just like their classic hits. How can this possibly be? Did they make a deal with the Norse goddess of the underworld?Instantly “Voyage” transported me to a St-Tropez discotheque in 1979. It was unbelievable and discombobulating.

ABBA have suggested that they would be open to writing a UK Eurovision Song Contest entry for Dua Lipa.The Swedish icons, whose new album ‘Voyage’ arrived today (November 5), won the annual music competition with ‘Waterloo’ back in 1974.During an interview with BBC Breakfast this morning, the group’s Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson were asked to share their thoughts on the “new tactic” in selecting participating acts.It was announced last month that TaP Music – the global music publishing and

ABBA have shared an official trailer for their forthcoming ‘Voyage’ concerts – you can watch it below.The Swedish pop icons will tomorrow (November 5) release their first album in 40 years, which they’re set to showcase at a series of “revolutionary” shows at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in 2022.Now, the group have shared a preview of their digital ABBA-tars in action.

ABBA tribute show in Sweden.As the BBC reports, 1,000 fans were in attendance at the Uppsala Konsert & Kongress hall, which is located approximately 45 miles north of Stockholm.Thirty minutes prior to the show, a man fell and landed on two people in the open foyer on the ground floor. He died and one of the concertgoers he hit was fatally injured.

Eagles have announced an additional support act for their 2022 European stadium tour.The legendary band will hit the road next summer in celebration of their 50th anniversary.

Pete Tong was honoured with the prestigious Music Industry Trusts Award on Monday (November 1).

On Instagram last week, Novak revealed that his face was being used to sell such products as a Calvin Klein cologne in Sweden, electric razors in China, face paint in Uruguay and more, as reported by The New York Times.The Office star and writer posted photos of the products in a collection on his Instagram titled “modelling”, where he explained: “Years ago, someone mistakenly put an image of me on a public domain site, and now apparently I am on products all around the world.” The history of

ABBA have only just announced their comeback but it seems they won’t be sticking around for too long.

Slipknot’s Corey Taylor has spoken about his favourite ABBA song and recalled growing up with the band’s music in a new interview.The Swedish pop group are set to return with their first studio album in 40 years next week (November 5) with ‘Voyage’.Speaking to the New York Times, the Slipknot frontman shared his first experiences of hearing ABBA as a kid. “Growing up in the ‘70s, there was such a weird amalgam of music all over the place,” he said.

Love Island star AJ Bunker has sparked rumours of a romance with Eastenders’ Matt Lapinskas after being photographed out on a night out. Spotted arm in arm and smiling as they walked, the pair made their way to the Freedom Bar in London's Soho.The two attended a cabaret show starring AJ’s fellow Love Islander, Amy Day.The 28 year old Love Island star wore a white gold lace bralette and leather pants on the night out, which she matched with a pair of clear strapped heels.

ABBA have discussed how they were treated as the “enemies” of progressive music in their home country of Sweden during their 1970s heyday.The band, who announced their reunion this summer for a “revolutionary” residence of live shows in London and a new album called ‘Voyage’ (out November 5), gained worldwide success across the globe, but left many at home feeling less than satisfied.“You know, in Sweden, there was this progressive movement in music, and we were the enemies,” Björn Ulvaeus