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ABBA sponsors a children's home in Africa
Mon, 07 May 2012 10:40:40 +0000
ABBA are going to sponsor the construction of a house in the newly constructed SOS Children's Village Bossangoa, Central African Republic built in honour of Pippi Longstocking author Astrid Lindgren.

Benny undertakes secret work on new organ piece
Mon, 07 May 2012 10:20:11 +0000
In February 2012, icethesite revealed that Benny was to write music for an innovative organ project. A super modern organ is currently being buit in the Acusticum in Piteå which can be played remotely over the web and will feature as its first unique composition a work by Benny. It seems that, according to Swedish [...]

Appeals against the Slussen redevelopment rejected
Mon, 07 May 2012 10:08:18 +0000
As icethesite followers will know, Stockholm's city council are planning to redevelop an area of Stockholm called Sluseen and Benny Andersson vehemently opposed the proposal.

Björn Ulvaeus: "I imagine a universe that does not care the slightest bit about me"
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:06:10 +0000
Last year Björn wrote an article called ’Även ateister kan förundras’ (Even atheists can marvel) for Swedish magazine Sans. In the article, he drew on his beliefs as a Humanist, as a music listener and as a person who has experienced what it means to love, to argue that beauty and wonder are not solely the preserve of the religious-minded. Just published in Sweden [...]

ABBA – The Essential Collection (Updated 07 May 2012 – delay for all regions except Germany)
Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:52:11 +0000
The Essential Collection – a brand new ABBA hits collection will be released on 21 May 2012. Billed as including "all the hits and more on 2 CDs and 1 DVD" it comes in three versions.

Benny revisits his old school to launch its 'culture week'
Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:11:26 +0000
Grimstaskolans culture week got off to a flying start when Benny Andersson, who had attended the school, inaugurated and signed the renovated piano and played songs on the instrument in the Assembly Hall. Culture week is part of the Grimstaskolans participation in Skapande Skola. “We want students to meet people who have succeeded well in life [...]

Listen to From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel as played on BBC Radio 2
Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:46:47 +0000
Zoe Ball got an exclusive when standing in on The Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2 this morning with the first airing of ABBA's From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel. For those that can access the BBC iPlayer, you can find the programme here for the next 7 days...

Kristina från Duvemåla trailer released
Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:26:51 +0000
A new trailer has been released for Kristina från Duvemåla in Finland as well as news of an extension of the current run into Spring 2013.