Why wont abba reunite

Today, the Swedish musical sensation has changed its collective mind and will return to the concert stage next year. Why now, and what will that concert look like? In , an unnamed consortium of British and American investors offered the former spouses and bandmates a whopping billion dollars to reunite for shows. No chance, no chance. We had done it.

Held at the posh Berns Salonger venue in downtown Stockholm, the intimate mini-concert commemorated 50 years of friendship between bandmates Ulvaeus and Andersson.

The oh-so brief reunion also happened to be where ABBA alluded to the much-anticipated concert event that is poised to happen in London next year, explains Rolling Stone. No one has done this before.

There is an existential dimension to explore here as well: what would it be like to be young again. The plan is to make this a global television moment and they are now reaching out to top national and regional broadcasters like yourselves who can be a part of making it a shared experience all around the world. Clearly, Ulvaeus wants as big a TV audience as possible for the December show.

As of now, no venues or ticket prices have been released for the Abbatar tour. Silicon Valley companies, and Abba themselves, have sunk money into this global tour — an ambitious project. There are rumours that the Abbatars will be performing at Glastonbury But million album sales or not, Abba are returning, albeit virtually, to a very changed music world than the one they left in Even the biggest of bands have to make a lot of noise if they want a new release or tour — or virtual tour — to be talked about.

Mick Jagger has been in the Irish media in the past week talking about how wonderful his band they are.

And this is the other problem facing the Abbatar tour next year. The members of Abba are still collectively younger than the members of the Rolling Stones. Since they split in , Abba have always consistently said they would never perform live together again. Please update your payment details to keep enjoying your Irish Times subscription.

We were all overjoyed to hear that ABBA had reunited for brand new music last week. Fans of pop everywhere rejoiced when all four members confirmed that they had recorded new music together , ahead of a special hologram show later this year. But will we ever get to see ABBA perform live together again?

She added: "They have always done it their own way. They did it today the way they always did.