Hello fans! I’m working on a new ABBA book project with my friend, music journalist Marc Andrews. As you probably know, a few years ago I wrote ABBA: Song By Song. I hope that you’ve re…

Carl Magnus Palm’s acclaimed biography Bright Lights Dark Shadows: The Real Story of ABBA was first published 25 years ago this month. Over the past quarter of a century the book has become a fan f…

ABBA Voyage guitarists Fernando Sanchez and Christian Mendoza reveal how they tackle the show’s unique musical challenge every night

Demolition is nearing completion for the ABBA Voyage concert venue from Extell Development Company at 613 Eleventh Avenue in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan.

A monthly look back at ABBA’s history on record Wrap Your Arms Around Me | Agnetha Fältskog Agnetha’s first English-language album Wrap Your Arms Around Me was released on Australia…

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All ABBA home video releases in Australia, either through music stores or online sources Click on the sleeves for details Release dates marked (?) are unconfirmed or estimated Albums and singles wi…

Last week I wrote about an obscure Benny & Björn composition from 2023, ‘Buller och bång’, which I came across while researching the Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus | 60 ye…

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While researching for the recent Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus | 60 years feature on the ABBA Omnibus site, I was reminded of a piece of music by Benny and Björn that has probably passed many…

Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus first met on 5 June 1966 at Ålleberg, near Falköping, Sweden. Three weeks later they composed their first song together, ‘Isn’t It Easy To Say’…

"Chiquitita", a hymn of hope.

A monthly look back at ABBA’s history on record Hasta Mañana | Judy Stone For the first time, Record of the month features a cover version of an ABBA song. In May 1976 Australian singer Judy …

Biography 1976 1977 1979 2002 2020 Official Polar Music biography 1976: BJORN ULVAEUS Bjorn Ulvaeus was born in Gothenburg in the west of Sweden on April 25, 1945. When he was eleven years old he m…

I recently spoke with ABBA historian Carl Magnus Palm about the forthcoming updated edition of his book ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions. He kindly answered some questions about the boo…

For two weeks in late April 1976, ABBA famously had five singles and all four albums in their respective national top 40 charts, an experience not seen since the height of Beatlemania over a decade…

See the newly uploaded performances taken from their 1976 TV-Special 'ABBA Down Under' in one playlist!

LP, Side 1: 1. Waterloo (2.41) 2. Ring Ring (3.01) 3. Honey, Honey (2.52) 4. Mamma Mia (3.32) 5. People Need Love (2.40) 6. Nina, Pretty Ballerina (2.50) Side 2: 1. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (3.…

In February 1976 it was announced that ABBA would travel to Australia in March to film a special for the music program Bandstand. It was reported that ABBA were paid $100,000, Channel 9 reportedly …

If you follow ABBA Omnibus on social media, you might have noticed that there have been no posts on Facebook since December. Meta, in its infinite wisdom, suspended the Facebook page due to it bein…