News about Agnetha Faltskog

Gert van der Graaf, a former lover-turned-obsessive stalker of ABBA star Agnetha Faltskog, who was deported back to his native Holland 24 years ago, has been spotted back in Sweden.

Gert van der Graaf, a former lover-turned-obsessive stalker of ABBA star Agnetha Faltskog, who was deported back to his native Holland 24 years ago, has been spotted back in Sweden. The news is likely to unsettle the 74-year-old reclusive superstar, who became too scared to leave her own home after van der Graaf bombarded her with chilling letters and followed her movements in the months after she ended their brief relationship in the 1990s. Van der Graaf, a Dutch forklift driver, was convicted of harassing Faltskog, served with a restraining order and deported on two occasions, in 2000 and 2003.

Life in the limelight for global superstar and pop princess Agnetha Faltskog was not all glittering stages and trendy dance numbers. The ABBA singer, 74, rose to international stardom after the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest alongside her bandmates Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and her then-husband Björn Ulvaeus. As the youngest member of one of the best-selling music acts in history, the blonde bombshell won hearts with her catchy tunes and girly on-stage get-up, before it all came crashing down. The Swedish popstar traded sparkly go-go boots for wellies when she fled the spotlight to live as a recluse on a farm, and was thrown into a pit of depression when her mother took her life in 1994 and her father died just a year later. And in the midst of it all, Faltskog became embroiled in a shocking two year affair with her stalker - a man 16 years her junior, before he was thrown behind bars in the early 2000s.

The four members of Swedish pop group ABBA, who triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song 'Waterloo,' have received one of the most prestigious knighthoods in Sweden at a ceremony on Friday.  Agnetha Faltskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad were awarded the royal Order of Vasa as 'Commander of the First Class' for 'very outstanding efforts in Swedish and international music life.' This was the first time in 50 years that the first  Order of the Vasa was handed out.

Since Eurovision 2024 kicked off, rumours that the band would reunite for a performance started to spread as the show prepared to mark 50 years since they won the song contestant with their hit track Waterloo.

They dominated the music scene throughout the 1970s, but after just 10 years - and two divorces - they called it quits in 1983.

In a rare statement, ABBA has thanked supporters for their support during the 50th anniversary of their Eurovision Song Contest win. Since being named crowned champions of April 1974 with their song Waterloo, the legendary 70s pop group, made up of Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Agnetha Faltskog, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, remain the show's most popular and lucrative exports. The company, which later dissolved in 1982, released a joint statement in which they expressed their gratitude for fans''steadfast love and support through the years.'

Can it really be fifty years ago? Please don't tell me a whole half-century has passed since Abba first appeared on stage in Brighton, winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with a song titled Waterloo, then on to conquer the world for the next five decades - and counting. And how to do it. They have sold more than 150 million copies, starting with a string of flawless pop hits that began in the Seventies and have produced international stars of Sweden's Gotham. They were together for only nine years, but their demise as a group was just the start of an incredible period of popular culture that continues to this day.

She shuns the spotlight and spends a substantial portion of her time with her extended family in Stockholm's countryside. However, the Abba Voyage residency in London, where more than a million followers have joined her online 'Abbatar' has undoubtedly revived something in Agnetha Faltskog. The 73-year-old's no longer wears the glitter-encrusted jumpsuits that were a signature of the band's 1970s revival, but she can also act as a shindiger when the fancy takes her. She wondered if it would sound like a modern sheen after hearing one of her old solo hits on the radio. The upshot is A+, a redesigned version of her ballad-heavy 2013 solo album, A+, that does away with the original's middle-of-the-road string stylings and replaces them with sleek dance and electronic pop, bringing the same studio trickery that is not present on a Dua Lipa or Miley Cyrus record.

Agnetha Faltskog has speculated at a potential ABBA reunion ahead of the pop supergroup's 50th anniversary of Eurovision triumph. In the week when the singer, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad appeared to have been in the band, something was wrong. You never know anything about ABBA and when we're going to...' she told The Sun.

Following the announcement that Agnetha Faltiful's new solo album appeared on the radio for the first time, fans were left feeling empathetic on Thursday. Agnetha, the lead singer with Anni-Frid Lyngstad of the immensely popular Swedish pop band, released her last solo album a decade ago. Joining Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2, the singer relaunched her solo career at the age of 73 with Where Do We Go From Here.

Agnetha Faltskog, an ABBA actress, has revealed that she will debut a new single on Thursday, relaunching her solo career at the age of 73. Agnetha, the lead singer with the Swedish pop band Anni-Frid Lyngstad, dropped her last solo album a decade ago. Making the announcement on her newly launched Instagram account on Tuesday night, the singer posted: 'World Premiere of 'Where Do We Go From Here? For the Bbcradio2 with @zoetheball, tune in on Thursday, September 31st, BST).'

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A balding man emerges from his red-brick terraced house in a rarely visited village in north-western Holland's peatlands, a forklift truck driver. It's impossible to imagine that he once slept next to the pop star of countless red-blooded male fantasies by clambering into his car. In ABBA, the Swedish siren was universally known as 'the blonde one'. Agnetha Faltskog (right and inset) sang the Dancing Queen's seductively inviting words, but she certainly wasn't imagining herself waltzing away with a corpulent Dutchman who works at a water-pump factory. But Gert van der Graaf (left), who lived an incredible interlude 25 years ago, did exactly that. He started out as an obsessive fan and followed Agnetha with ferocious zeal until, eventually, when she was at her lowest ebb in her continually ill life, he became her devoted boyfriend.

Gert van der Graaf stalked Agnetha Faltskog with ferocious enthusiasm until finally, when she was at her lowest ebb in her often ill lifestyle, she became her uninhibited boyfriend.

ABBA, one of the most influential music groups in recent history, has come a long way since first forming in 1972. Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad's original line-up became Sweden's first Eurovision champions in 1974, with their hit 'Waterloo'. ABBA was one of the most adored bands of all time after a decade of fame and triumph. The group's catalogue of hits include karaoke favourites such as 'Dancing Queen', 'Mamma Mia' and 'Gimme!Gimme! Gimme (A Man After Midnight)'

Since Lasse Wellander died at the age of 70 last week, ABBA paid tribute to their long-time guitarist. The Swedish musician appeared on some of the popular pop bands' biggest hits in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as their latest Voyage album, which was released in 2021. Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Agnetha Faltskog, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad gushed that Lasse was a 'dear friend, a great guy, and a great guitarist who will be greatly missed' in a tweet shared on Monday.

Abba were the epitome of 1970s cool, with their sequins, bell bottoms, and vertiginous platform boots. However, fans wanting to get into the spirit of the period have been forbidden from wearing so-called disco wigs because they are 'culturally insensitive,' according to The Mail on Sunday. Audience members of the Abba Voyage shows, which feature holograms performing the band's best hits, have been told not to wear the Afro-style hairpieces because they are 'not appropriate.' 'Many of our guests will want to get into the spirit of the performance by dressing up for their visit,' according to a ticket holder.' [But] Please do not wear so-called "Afro" wigs.

According to reports, ABBA has chosen London for their 'ABBA Voyage' concert to demonstrate their love for the UK following Brexit. According to avatar show creator Svana Gisla, the Swedish pop stars wanted to represent the country that has won them a lot of success following their departure from the European Union in 2020. 'There were a lot of companies moving, there was a lot of uncertainty about the UK at the time, and it was ABBA that decided, 'No, we want to come in.' They may be leaving, but we want to come in because ABBA has been incredibly well-loved in the United Kingdom.'

Following the overwhelming demand for tickets, pop stars ABBA are apparently extending their smash hit Voyage residency, with shows selling out months in advance. The 90-minute performance in a purpose-built London arena at Queen Elizabeth's Olympic park is currently fully booked until next year, with the show's promoters now extending the run as part of the show's wider tour until 2026. According to The Sun, the state of the art show, which opened in May and features the Swedish foursome as avatars, will now be updated with "new songs already shot by the group."