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From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel – Benny comments on the ABBA track
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:58:49 +0000
In a wider piece about Helsinki's Kristina från Duvemåla production, Benny appears to downplay some of the media frenzy accompanying news of the song. Benny told Finnish news outlet Helsingin Sanomat that From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel the “previously unreleased” ABBA track on the forthcoming The Visitors Deluxe Edition CD is “Just a [...]

Royal Swedish Opera wants Benny Andersson to write a new musical
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:10:03 +0000
In yesterday’s Dagens Nyheter newspaper there is a story outlining the fact that the Royal Swedish Opera will start staging musicals, after a fashion. They haven’t done that before, partly because there are so many other theatres in Stockholm that take care of that repertoire. This is in marked contrast to the Gothenburg opera house, [...]

ABBA – The Visitors Deluxe Edition CD with previously unreleased demo medley
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:19:58 +0000
Wonderful news! ABBA's last studio album The Visitors is to receive the 'Deluxe Edition' CD treatment. As with previous releases in the Deluxe Edition series, this version of ABBA's final album offers a DVD of archive material along with CD bonus tracks – including the demo medley 'From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel', the first previously unreleased ABBA recordings since 1994!

BBC's 'The Story of Musicals' features Björn
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:42:39 +0000
Björn talks about CHESS and Mamma Mia! in the BBC series 'The Story of Musicals' currently airing. The series traces the evolution of musicals from their early beginnings right up to the present day. Episode 2 features many of the 1980s blockbusters like Les Misèrables, Cats and Phantom of the Opera and also features a segment on CHESS which includes interviews with Björn, Sir Tim Rice and Elaine Paige.

Benny Anderssons Orkester TV Special (Part 2 of 2)
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:44:49 +0000
The second part of BAO’s TV Special for Swedish Television is now available on SVT Play. The programme was broadcast on SVT in Sweden on 15 January, 2012 and will be available online until 14 February.  Related links: Benny Anderssons Orkester on SVT Play (Part 2) Benny Anderssons Orkester on SVT Play (Part 1)

Benny Anderssons Orkester TV Special (Part 1 of 2) available until 07 February online
Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:46:08 +0000
SVT Play, the internet arm of the Swedish Television broadcaster, now has Part 1 of the 2 part BAO special available for internet viewing.

Benny Andersson appears on 'Året var 1962'
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:32:08 +0000
Benny appeared on the Swedish TV programme Året var 1962(The year was 1962) which was broadcast on 1 January, 2012. It's a review of the year 1962 with excerpts from the SVT archives and newly filmed comments from those who were there at the time.

Benny Anderssons Orkester TV Special (Updated)
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:10:35 +0000
Sveriges Television AB (SVT) will broadcast a two hour Benny Anderssons Orkester special in two 1hr parts on January 8 and January 15, 2012 on SVT1 at 8pm.