ABBA have announced a new 30th anniversary version of their greatest hits collection ‘ABBA Gold’.The collection is one of the most successful releases in recorded music history, with more than 32 million sales worldwide.It’s the second highest selling album of all time in the UK, spending more than 1,055 weeks on the Official UK Albums Chart, making it the longest running album in the Official Albums Chart Top 100 ever.Released on September 21, 1992, ‘ABBA Gold’ contains some of the Swedish pop legends’ biggest hits including ‘Dancing Queen’, ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’, ‘Take A Chance On Me’, ‘Mamma Mia’ and ‘The Winner Takes It All’.To mark 30 years since it was released, a version in new formats is being released on September 23 [available to pre-order here].The formats are as follows: new 2LP Picture Disc in heavyweight vinyl, housed in die-cut gatefold sleeve; new gold cassette – also available in black; and gold 2LP – gold 2 x 180g vinyl. Brand new limited edition ABBA merch will also be available to pre-order soon.It follows the recent news that ABBA’s Benny Anderson and Elton John worked together on a new song mash-up for TikTok – watch it here.The pair remotely performed a live rendition of each of their songs before they were blended in the TikTok audio app.
Why is it so hot at the moment and what is causing the heatwave?
18.07.2022 - 09:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Met Office has forecast temperatures of 40C for the first time ever in the UK.
In Greater Manchester the mercury is expected to reach 34C on Tuesday - with a chance of record-breaking temperatures in the south of the country.
A rare red weather warning for extreme heat is in place Monday and Tuesday for parts of central, northern, eastern and southeastern England. The Met Office said there is a 50% chance of temperatures reaching more than 40C and an 80% chance a new maximum UK temperature will be recorded.
The current highest temperature reached in the UK is 38.7C, which was recorded in Cambridge in July 2019. Met Office Chief Meteorologist Paul Gundersen said: “Nights are also likely to be exceptionally warm, especially in urban areas. This is likely to lead to widespread impacts on people and infrastructure.
“It is important people plan for the heat and consider changing their routines. This level of heat can have adverse health effects.”
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The Met Office said high pressure is continuing to dominate the southern half of the UK, which has caused the warm weather already experienced in the past couple of weeks. It said this, combined with no rain and very hot air is the cause of the “exceptional temperatures.”
This weekend, a developing southerly allowed very high temperatures currently building over Europe to start to spread northwards into the UK, according to the Met Office. It said: “Over the past couple of weeks, high temperatures have gradually been building day by day.
“As we head into Monday and Tuesday, very hot air in the south will combine with high pressure making it extremely hot. That is why we have the red warning that includes
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