ABBA returns to the limelight for opening of new restaurant in Stockholm

ABBA has returned as a group after seven years - the occasion is to inaugurate a restaurant 'Mamma Mia! The Party' in Stockholm. The four members of ABBA are Agnetha Fältskog (65), Björn Ulvaeus (70), Benny Andersson (69) and Anni-Frid Lyngstad (70). They had last been pictures together in 2008, when they walked the red carpet at the film premiere of ‘Mamma Mia!’ which was based on the musical of the same name.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 20 January 2016.

ABBA, formed in 1972, is one of the most commercially successful music groups in history - their hits have survived five decades. It topped the charts worldwide from 1975 to 1982 and won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 at the Dome in Brighton, UK. It gave Sweden its first triumph in the contest.
However, ABBA has not been glimpsed as a group together for over seven years till they got together for the opening of a new restaurant in Stockholm – where people can eat while watching a show based on the group’s songs.
The hit musical Mamma Mia which features the disco group’s songs of the period 1972-1982 was premiered in London in 1999 and saw the album ABBA GOLD top the charts once more. The show was a resounding success and it spawned a worldwide tour and ran on Broadway for 14 years, making it one of the longest-running productions ever staged there.

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