The band recorded a new album in 2021, and returned to the stage last year in london, not in the flesh, but as digital avatars 2d recreations of themselves from 1979. In a worldwide exclusive interview to mark 12 months of the abba voyage show, i went to the studio of the band in stockholm to talk to Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson two of the globe s most successful songwriters. Its the one Year Anniversary of the abba voyage show. It took years to create. You described it as a risk because you didnt know if people were going to come and see Digital Recreations of you. Is it a gamble that has paid off . Most certainly, yes. Artistically definitely. Why do you say artistically definitely . Because we achieved more than we could ever hope for. Seeing this happening after four or five years of work in different areas, coming there, seeing the first preview and realising that the audience actually connected to what was on there, not like they were watching a movie, but is if we were actu
And returned to the stage last year in london, not in the flesh, but as digital avatars 2d recreations of themselves from 1979. In a worldwide exclusive interview to mark 12 months of the Abba Voyage Show, i went to the studio of the band in stockholm to talk to Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson two of the globe s most successful songwriters. Its the one Year Anniversary of the Abba Voyage Show. It took years to create. You described it as a risk because you didnt know if people were going to come and see digital to come and see Digital Recreations of you. Is it a gamble that has paid off . Most certainly, yes. Artistically, definitely. Why do you say artistically definitely . Because we achieved more than we could ever hope for. Seeing this happening after four or five years of work in different areas, coming there, seeing the first preview and realising that the audience actually connected to what was on there, not like they were watching a movie, but is if we were actually there, wh
and it s going to be a hot and humid weekend, but without heat and humidity there is a chance of some thunderstorms and what you get those thunderstorms and what you get those thunderstorms there could be quite nasty. they will bring all the details the programme. good morning. it s saturday the 10th june. borisjohnson has quit as an mp after he received the commons report into whether he misled parliament over lockdown parties at downing street. the former prime minister is accused of damaging parliament s integrity, but mrjohnson claims he s been forced out. his resignation now triggers a by election. 0ur political correspondent ione wells reports. his own conduct made him resign as prime minister. his own conduct making him now resign as an mp. borisjohnson was being investigated by parliament s privileges committee into whether he d misled mps about covid lockdown parties in downing street. if a possible suspension and even by election if they found him guilty. their bomb
and that will not be until the judge starts talking. our correspondent. at the moment, no cameras. when the camera feed doesn t switch on, we will cut straight to it, we doing, talking about, so we don t miss it. but because judith is about, so we don t miss it. but becausejudith is inside, she is feeding us some details about what is happening. in a courtroom number one, she says, waiting for the hearing to begin. olivia s family are here, she says they are wearing pink in her memory. cheryl is holding a memory teddy bear, with fabric from olivia s pyjamas. a certain amount of emotion there already. the court room is extremely quiet, dude is going on to say, live your s family, the prosecute barristers, for example, all in position, but as of a couple of moments ago, thomas cashman is yet to appear in the dock. the defence team not in court yet. it is the latest from inside the courtroom, judith morris is there. that is on a life page as well. life page. i will keep th
are not around anymore, so what would they say themselves about doing this? we can say yes or no to everything, which we have. so the audience know that we are behind this, we are in this, totally. so there is an ethical question there, for you? there would be an ethical question for whoever did this, if you would do it with someone who is actually dead, but i m sure it will be done. i ve read that you have turned down multiple lucrative offers to get back together, to reform. i read you turned down $1 billion. so did we! i read that too! is it not true then? i don t know. we don t know. 0k, well this is to do with the 100 shows at the turn of the millennium, but i wonder if you always said no to that because you had a fear or anxiety about audiences coming to see you as older artists? no, i don t think so, because we have been on the road since the mid 605.