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ABBA Announce First Album in 40 Years, Drop Two Songs


Fri 03 Sep 2021 | 11:56 AM
Yara Sameh

Iconic Swedish band ABBA announced Thursday their first new album "Voyage" in four decades.

During the global event, the band, which consists of Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, also revealed during a YouTube livestream they are returning with a revolutionary concert.

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The band also dropped two new songs "I Still Have Faith in You" and  "Don't Shut Me Down", from the upcoming album.

“Voyage” consists of 10 songs and is set to arrive on Nov. 5, which will be followed by a spring 2022 concert series, "Voyage".

The concert series will feature 22 songs performed by ABBA avatars or "ABBA-tars" and a real-life 10-piece band presented at a custom-built arena at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.

https://youtu.be/pAzEY1MfXrQ

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ABBA became one of the most successful pop acts in history after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with “Waterloo“.

They went their separate ways in 1982 at the height of their career, and during their final years, Bjorn porced his band member Agnetha and Benny and Frida separated as well.

The band released their last studio album “The Visitors” in 1981. It was revealed last year that the band was set to release five new songs in 2021.

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The Swedish quartet performed together for the first time in 2016 at a private event, which marked the 50th anniversary of the first meeting between songwriters Bjorn and Benny.

They announced in 2018 their plans to record new music for the first time in 35 years.

However, the plans for a comeback have been in place since 2019 but were derailed due to the coronavirus outbreak.