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Film classifiers are taking no chances on Abba: The Movie ­nowadays over references to Agnetha ­Faltskog's (pictured) backside. The singer was described as having the 'sexiest bottom in pop' when the film was made in 1977. But the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has now changed the film's rating from a U to a PG because of its 'mild sex references' and 'language.' It has also produced new parental guidance for the film - 47 years after its release.

SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON: The beginning of the end for me as England team manager was when my agent, Athole Still, and his attorney, Richard Des Voeux, received an inquiry. The idea was for the three of us to fly to Dubai to meet with a sheik who was presented as vice-chairman of the National Football Federation there. It was a matter of developing football in the United Arab Emirates, and some kind of football school. That's how it was first presented.

England fans could have cheered on the World Cup squad in 2002 with a rousing anthem from the superstars of Abba - had Sven-Goran Eriksson got his way. The former manager had a dream that his Swedish countrymen would compose and perform a hit to rally the team at the tournament, he has posthumously revealed. But although the band's Benny Andersson said 'I do, I do, I do, I do, I do' to the idea, Eriksson's bosses at the FA refused to take a chance on the plan, vetoing it on the grounds - ironically enough - that Abba's members were not English. Eriksson - who died of pancreatic cancer in August at the age of 76 - revealed the plan in his soon-to-be published autobiography,

This week, ABBA band member Björn Ulvaeus, 79, tied the knot for a third time in Copenhagen, after splitting from his second wife in 2022. However, his most famous marriage is no doubt his first to ABBA singing sensation Agnetha Fältskog (pictured together, left). After seven successful years in the group together, Agnetha and Björn were divorced in 1979 - leaving fans reeling. Just a year later, fellow band members Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson (pictured centre) divorced. Though the group managed to keep things professional amid their relationship troubles, it quickly got too difficult to perform together and they disbanded in December 1982 after eight albums and almost 20 number-one singles. Pictured right, Gert van der Graaf and Agnetha.

Abba fans were left bitterly disappointed this week as the group revealed the release their latest greatest hits album for an eye-watering sum. On Thursday, The Swedish legends announced that they'll be dropping a 38-track compilation on four vinyl records featuring their biggest tracks from over the years. However, music lovers will have to fork out plenty of money money money as the complication - The Singles - The First Fifty Years - will set them back a whipping £96. 

Abba's Bjorn Ulvaeus has revealed he thinks it is a 'stupid' name and said he and his bandmates - Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - really wanted to call themselves 'the Northern Lights'. Ulvaeus said the Swedish supergroup, who went on to sell more than 385 million records after winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, didn't come up with the name but had it imposed on them. The 79-year-old said he didn't like it at the time and his opinion of it hasn't changed. Ulvaeus added: 'We didn't have a choice in the matter. I thought it was such a stupid name. And it is.'

The Good Morning Britain presenter, 53, was in a relationship with fellow journalist Dominic, 57, between the years of 1998 to 2014, but the pair never married. For his new venture, Dominic formed the 70s tribute bands with friends and has been playing sold out gigs across London. He takes on the role of Bjorn Ulvaeus for the shows as the band belt out their best renditions of ABBA's hits. And it seems the gig is a family affair, as one of Susanna and Dominic's sons had to step in as Benny Andersson for a performance at Off The Cuff in Herne Hill, when a band member was unavailable.

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.

ABBA legends Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson have revealed they could still be heard at Glastonbury, five years after insisting they wouldn't reform for the festival.  In recent years, the band - which also features Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - have been appearing on stage as holograms at the groundbreaking Abba Voyage show in London.  Every night the digital avatars perform their show in front of a 10-piece live 'hero' band. 

KISS are set to follow in ABBA's footsteps by becoming the latest act to be immortalised as holograms. The legendary rock band have been inundated with offers from several Las Vegas casinos to put on their own version of the show. According to The Sun, the band are close to signing a deal which will see holograms of the group performing in their heyday.

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.

In 1974, ABBA, representing Sweden, won the nineteenth Eurovision Song Contest with their song Waterloo. Thus, Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad were launched into superstardom. However, their journey abruptly ended in 1982 after eight albums and almost 20 number-one singles.At times, the personal lives of ABBA's members, once consisting of two married couples, were more famous than the music they released. Now, with reports that the famous four are gearing up for a second reunion , here is a look at the huge events that have transpired in the lives of ABBA.

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

The timeless tune was voted for by tens of thousands of Radio 2 listeners, beating The Winner Takes It All and Thank You For The Music to be crowned the nation's favourite Abba song. Dancing Queen was a global hit and became the band's only number one song in the United States. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2015.

Documentary ABBA: Against The Odds will tell the epic story of the band's domination of the pop charts - as well as the personal relationships that led to its demise. A new trailer of the upcoming documentary, which drops on BBC iPlayer on May 4, includes previously unseen clips of Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. In one clip, Benny and Bjorn are seen rehearsing on stage together before all the lights go out at which point they are left looking concerned. While another hints at some of the tensions felt within the group, as Agnetha is spotted looking annoyed on stage as she appears to shout at one of her bandmates.

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.

Eurovision is preparing a spectacular show to commemorate ABBA's 50th anniversary of triumph, but not as you might expect. Since being named crowned champions of the show's most influential and lucrative exports in April 1974 with their song, Waterloo, the legendary 70s pop group has remained one of the show's most popular and profitable exports. However, despite this year's song competition being held in ABBA's home country, Sweden, Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad have all declined to reunite in May for the show's live final.

Footage of ABBA, which was thought to be 'lost,' will be shown for the first time as part of the band's 50th anniversary of victory in Eurovision. The Swedish band soared to victory at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with their hit song Waterloo, securing their place in history. In early April, the BBC will broadcast a number of programmes for a special Saturday night of ABBA specials, one of which is called More ABBA at the BBC, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the iconic win.

In a recent survey, the Swedish hitmakers' recent venture into London has been discussed in terms of their financial results. In the famous attraction at Stratford's Queen Elizabeth Park, which was previously home to the London 2012 Olympics, the four-piece band is portrayed as digital avatars. According to the latest report, Abba is clearly making "money, oil, and fortune" to quote one of their hits. Each night, glitzy avatars of each member are on display before sell-out crowds.

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.

Agnetha Fältskog, a British ABBA actress, is said to have relaunched her solo career. According to The Sun, the singer, who is 73, has signed a huge BMG contract with pop sensation Kylie Minogue. Agnetha, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad formed the Swedish pop group ABBA in Stockholm in 1972.

It has been reported that ABBA will resurrect the iconic band's victory with Waterloo in next year's Eurovision Song Contest. Following Loreen's achievement as the first woman to win Eurovision twice for the country, the 2024 competition will be held in Sweden. However, viewers said the organisers orchestrated the songstress' triumph so that the Scandinavian country hosts ABBA's anniversary.