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New Bucks Fizz DVD

New DVD entitled "The Bucks Fizz story" is out.

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New photos and updates in the story of Bucks Fizz 1981/1982

New ABBA 1980 pictures added

Lots of Helena updates

1970s 1980s 2003

ABBA in Brighton 1974 - new related places added. New Helena 2010 pictures and news added.

Updates in ABBA 1979 - focus on... "Greatest Hits Vol. 2"

ABBA on SVT

ABBA will be featured in the Swedish TV (SVT) series "The Seventies" on August 28th. The episode will be devoted to the Swedish artists that became famous internationally.

Brand new interviews with Benny Andersson, Björn Skifs and Kenneth Gärdestad (brother to Ted Gärdestad) are included in the show.

Helena in the project "Celebrities without make-up" - see the real face of the star.

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Learn English with ABBA

Czech newspaper "Dnes" released a textbook and a CD "English in the car with ABBA".

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A new ABBA related place added - the Ussé castle in France where Frida and Daniel Balavoine filmed their video "Belle" in 1983.

More updates:

Helena News

ABBA related places - Frida Belle

ABBA after 1982

Updates in the Björn and Benny section (the Chess period 1984/85)

Benny's new composition "Vilar glad. I din famn" (Resting happy. In your arms) written for the wedding of Princess Victoria of Sweden with Daniel Westerling has been released as a single in Sweden. New Agnetha pictures from 2009 added.

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Agnetha and Benny open ABBAWORLD in Melbourne

Agnetha and Benny represented ABBA this time when the ABBAWORLD exhibition opened in Melbourne (Australia).

In a special video filmed outside Mono Music in Stockholm both send greetings to Australia.

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Updates in Björn and Benny 1966-1975 section. New ABBA pictures from September 1978.

Updates:

ABBA 1976

Lots of new Helena 1971 pictures - the complete "dance" photo session. The making of the ABBA video "One of Us" - tons of new pictures.

New Helena song "Remember Me" go.to/Helena News . Marta News updated.

Updates in Agnetha 1982/83 sections. Focus on... the "Waterloo" album.

Beautiful ABBA pictures from spring 1977 added.

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Abba's Record Company To Sue Over Tribute Act Names

Executives at ABBA's record company Universal Music are threatening to sue 15 tribute acts, demanding they change their names. Legal notices have been sent off to the 15 groups who are basing their acts and monikers on the hit Swedish pop band. Lawyers for Universal allege groups including Abba Mania and Swede Dreamz Abba Tribute are infringing on the band's intellectual property rights. The acts will have to seek new titles to avoid further legal action - although the group's biggest tribute act, Bjorn Again, will not be affected by the clampdown.
Abba Queens' singer Anneli Stockwell has been left devastated by the action, saying, "We worked our way up from pubs to theatres. If we have to change the name we'll lose all that business and reputation."

About Björn Ulvaeus' money in Sunday's "Aftonbladet"

"We should always have 20 million on the account '

Bjorn Ulvaeus has written a new marriage contract with his wife. Many people have a minimum amount on their bank account to meet emergency expenses. Even the former ABBA star Bjorn Ulvaeus has it: SEK 20 million. Bjorn Ulvaeus, 65, belongs to the country's absolute richest circuit after decades as one of the world's most successful composers.
Recently he signed a new marriage contract with his wife Lena. The documents reveal that he still has parts of his assets in an endowment in the tax heaven Isle of Man. Together with his wife, he has an account at The Royal Bank of Canada in London. "The minimum amount of this account may never be less than the equivalent of 20 million SEK, except when we jointly purchase other property for common use" write the spouses in their marriage contract.

Bjorn Ulvaeus and Lena own a luxury villa in the exclusive suburb of Stockholm Djursholm and a summer house on Viggö. The broker Tor Ingemar Ehn estimates that the villa in Djursholm is worth between 35 and 40 million SEK.
- It is a rough estimate based on the assessed value as I have not seen the property, "he says.
Summer House on Viggo thinks Ehn has a market capitalization of about eight million SEK.

The couple has signed a five previous marriage contracts since they married in 1981. Why they choose to do one more Bjorn Ulvaeus does not comment.
- It's for personal reasons, he says.
Last year, Björn Ulvaeus took out a salary of just over SEK 1.4 million. In addition, he estimated the private wealth of 4.7 million. But the star's private purse represents only a fraction of his total assets. Most of his wealth to be found in a number of companies.

The parent company Kopparnäset AB reporters assets of just over SEK 109 million as per to the latest annual report. The largest gold mine is the musical "Mamma Mia" which he wrote with Benny Andersson. Ulvaeus owns 25 percent of the company, Little Star Ltd which is responsible for all international productions of the musical. A year ago the show was recorded over 12 billion SEK.

Updates and new photos:

Frida 1968-1975 & Helena 1978/79

New pictures from ABBA's stay in Hamburg in May 1975. The big Helena birthday gala concert - read more in Helena News.

The Voulez-Vous celebration time on raffem.com continues...

new alternative shots from the Voulez-Vous photo session added

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Voulez-Vous Deluxe edition - out now

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ABBA in Düsseldorf - May 1978 - lots of new pictures added.

New Björn & Benny pictures added. Updates and new pictures in ABBA 1976 and ABBA 1979 sections.

The new stunning Bucks Fizz single out now

The new Bucks Fizz single featuring "I Hear Talk" and "Everlasting Love" (live 2009) is available as download in most of the internet shops. Both "I Hear Talk" (with Cheryl's leadvocal) and "Everlasting Love" (performed by Jay) are absolutely stunning. Now we are waiting for the new album and the Live DVD.