Abba announce first album of new music in 39 years and virtual concert | ITV News

Abba have announced their first album in 39 years and debuted two new songs.

The Swedish band – Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Faltskog, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad – also unveiled plans for a high-tech concert show featuring digital versions of themselves.

Both projects will be titled Abba Voyage and the album will consist entirely of new material recorded by the quartet, known for hits such as Dancing Queen, Super Trouper and Waterloo, in Andersson’s studio in Stockholm.

The tracks, I Still Have Faith In You and Don’t Shut Me Down, were played publicly for the first time during a press conference, hosted by Zoe Ball, at the top of the Orbit sculpture at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London, which was also livestreamed to fans.

Attending in person, Ulvaeus and Andersson told how the album had emerged after the quartet reunited to film the digital concert.

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