Forty years of separation for a short rework of two months. At the beginning of September, ABBA announced its return, grafted with a new album to be released next Friday and a hologram concert tour from 2022. The magic has died out since Benny Andersson announced the end of the training, quite definitive this times. In an interview with the
Guardian
, he says:
“I never thought ABBA was never going to happen again. But I can tell you now: it's the end. It must be, you know ”
. The break is made by unanimous agreement. The divorces of the couples Björn / Agnetha and Benny / Anni-Frid caused the first separation of ABBA, in 1982, after ten years of career.
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Indecision tormented the four Swedes, only a few days after their rebirth.
In mid-September, Agnetha Fältskog admitted at the microphone of
Radio Sweden
that working on
Voyage
and digital concerts sounded like a final tour of the track for the quartet.
“I don't really dare talk about it.
We're a little older now, and we have our little ailments.
We continue to struggle.
But I dare not say it, because it is a little uncertain,
”she declared.
For the four artists, aged between 71 and 76, the choice of a hologram tour seemed obvious.
Accompanied by ten musicians, the group will perform on stage in their
1979
“
form
” through holograms.
Voyage
, the ninth and last studio album, offers ABBA the opportunity to complete certain projects left in suspense.
The disc offers ten unreleased tracks, including
Just A Notion
.
The song dates from the recordings of the album
Want You
in 1978 and had never been released.