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11 March Competition Winners
We now have the winners from the competition in magazine #101. Simon Franklin - UK, Bayya Assem - Germany and Stephanie Grare - France have won a copy of the DVD ABBA in Japan. Pierre Gosset - Belgium has won Benny's greeting, Elmar Winterberg - Germany Frida's greeting, Jamie Bodyfelt - USA Björn's greeting and Ernst Waanders - NL Agnetha's greeting. Congratulations to you all!

11 March ABBA in America

The Fan Club Shop has now got the first copies of this amazing new book in stock (both in English and in Swedish).

11 March ABBAWORLD Melbourne
ABBAWORLD is opening at Melbourne's Federation Square on the 12th June, with tickets on sale from Ticketek on the 17th March. 

11 March Billboard Article
Billboard has published an article in connection with ABBA's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Go to this link.

11 March Interview with B&B on Kristina
The UK's Daily Telegraph has published an interview with the two Bs in connection with the Kristina concert in London. Go to this link.

08 March Rajaton/New York Pops at Carnegie Hall
For those considering getting tickets for the ABBA evening with Rajaton and the New York Pops at the Carnegie Hall in New York on the 15th October, here is a link to a review of a concert Rajaton did In Nova Scotia recently.

08 March B&B in radio interviews on Kristina
To listen to radio interviews B&B gave in connection with the upcoming Kristina concert at London's Royal Albert Hall, go to this link. Another BBC interview can be found here.

06 March The New Magazine is out now

Here are the links which are mentioned in the news section.
More details....

02 March Voulez-Vous Deluxe Update

This special release will be out around the 31st May, with the bonus tracks Summer Night City (full length version), Lovelight , Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight), Dream World and Voulez-Vous (extended remix, 1979 US promo). The DVD contains ABBA In Switzerland (television special, BBC), Chiquitita (Music for UNICEF), I Have A Dream (extended promo), If It Wasn’t For The Nights (Mike Yarwood Christmas Show, BBC), Chiquitita (ABBA Snowtime, BBC), Björn & Benny Interview (Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, BBC), Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Television Commercial I, Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Television Commercial II and an International Sleeve Gallery.

22 February Voulez-Vous Deluxe
Universal is releasing ther deluxe version of Voulez-Vous some time in the last spring/early summer.

21 February ABBAWORLD Coming to Melbourne
ABBAWORLD is opening at Federation Square in Melbourne in June 2010.

Here is a link to an Australian news programme.

14 February Frida and Benny to Go to New York
Frida and Benny will attend the 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York next month.

13 February Pre-orders for ABBA Day
From the 1st of March, you can send in pre-orders of goods from our shop you want to collect at the Fan Club Day. If you have a long list, it speeds up the process because everything will be waiting for you in a plastic bag.

12 February Finally - the ABBA Guide to Stockholm

Sara Russell's amazing ABBA Guide to Stockholm will be released on - surprise, surprise - ABBA Day! Yes, you can pre-order now to get it delivered immediately after its release, but it is not the same, right? Come along, get a still-warm copy, even get it signed by Sara on the day and enjoy it right away...

04 February MM! Breda Special Offer

Just in case you missed the line in the magazine (on p.2), we have a special offer for our members for the Dutch touring production of MM! in Breda on the 11th of April. You can get the best seats for a reduced price, and there is also a 'meet and greet' with the cast. Please look at our December issue for further details.

27 January Frida and Bjorn at ABBAWORLD Opening

Both Frida and Bjorn attended last night's opening of the ABBAWORLD exhibition in London.

As always, we are holding back the best pictures for the magazine, but click on this link to see a few more.

20 January ABBA The Show

ABBA - The Show is touring Europe at present. Our members can get reduced price tickets for the German shows (see offer in December magazine), and we have just sent an offer for the Brussels concert on the 7th February to our Dutch and Belgian members. If you have not received our offer and you are interested in reduced price tickets, write to us. Info and tour dates can be found here.

19 January Kristina in London
Many of you have replied to our special ticket offer for the 14th April (front rows, Royal Albert Hall) in the last magazine, and those who have have been notified that they have a ticket.

If you came too late or are not a member, you can still book with the Albert Hall directly by going to this link or calling them from today onwards on +44.(0)845.4015045.

Download the announcement (612 kB).

15 January Interview with Frida
Frida has given an interview to a local Zermatt magazine. If you can read German, go to this link to download the magazine. The interview is on p. 92/93.

15 January ABBAWORLD Opening Winners
Those members who have won a ticket to the ABBAWORLD opening in London have now been notified.

15 January MM! Screening at the O2 in London
The fan club has discounted tickets for the biggest ever screening of MM! The Movie at the O2 Arena in London on the 24th January available (members only, £10.00 per ticket). Our UK members have already received an email about this, but if you live elsewhere and happen to be in London for the opening of ABBAWORLD, please send a mail to our info@ address.

The sing-along version of the film will be shown on a giant 100ft screen, and there is room for 12,000 at the O2. The London cast of the MAMMA MIA! stage show will also come along to to give a pre-screening performance, so make sure you do not miss out on this exciting event.

12 January Documentary on Moraeus Brothers
Swedish TV has shown a documentary on the Moraeus Brothers that includes footage of the 2009 BAO concerts. If you live in Sweden, you can go to this link, but if you live elsewhere you will not be permitted to download it.
 
Helen has also performed You Have To Be There and Open Up The Gateways on Swedish TV.  Go here to see her performance.
07 January Vote for MM!
You can vote for MM! to become once again the favourite show of London audiences by going to this link.

07 January Helen in Concert
Helen Sjoholm and Bryn Terfel are doing a concert in Stockholm. It is broadcast on Swedish television (this coming Saturday on SVT1 at 9pm local time), and you can watch it by going to this link.

03 January 2009 News Moved to Archive
Not to worry, we have not deleted the 2009 news, we have just moved it to the news archive 2009.

01 January New year wishes from ABBA
You can have a look at the new year wishes from ABBA to us.