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...flavor, Abba-Zaba comes in two other varieties: sour apple (with peanut butter inside green apple taffy) and chocolate. Among Abba-Zaba addicts, some favorite ways to eat the candy are by freezing it overnight, cutting it into small bite-sized pieces, or squeezing...
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Serious Eats
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HYANNIS — The Swedish pop music group ABBA stopped singing in the 1980s but its music lives on, and on, and on.
Last night the band and its music was channeled by the Swedish band Waterloo, whose generous 20-song performance at the Cape Cod Melody Tent
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Cape Cod Online
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...that this undue utilisation uses the value surrounded by the positive image that the general public has regarding the name ABBA which, for a period of three decades, has been created globally.” It concludes by asking the band to stop using its current title...
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The Stage
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...the role of common man in the times, when it is more of an infra-dig, Boman Irani's picturization of the role of Abba is a role of an average Indian, who is honest to the core, but at the back of the heart is aware that at some point of time he may have to...
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GlamSham.com
http://www.glamsham.com/movies/features/10/mar/26-well-done-abba-a-reality-check-of-rural-development-in-the-country-031008.asp
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...alongside a shirtless Iggy Pop. Benny Andersson played piano while Grammy winner Faith Hill made a guest appearance to sing Abba hit The Winner Takes it All. But the Swedish super-group stopped short of a reunion, as did Genesis, whose original lead singer...
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NEWS.com.au
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,26861646-7484,00.html?from=public_rss
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...pay attention at the time, was also there. The audience at the Waldorf and watching on the Fuse TV network got one-fourth of ABBA on stage. Andersson played piano as country star Faith Hill sang "The Winner Takes It All." Backstage, Lyngstad feigned anger...
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Albany Times-Union
http://timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=912132&LinkFrom=RSS
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AFP - An eclectic batch ranging from Swedish pop group Abba to punk pioneers the Stooges entered the rock star firmament Monday on being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Jamaican reggae legend Jimmy Cliff and Britain's Genesis and The
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France 24
http://www.france24.com/en/20100316-abba-genesis-join-eclectic-rock-hall-fame
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DAVID BAUDER, AP Entertainment Writer | - AP David Geffen, one of the winners of the Ahmet Ertegun Award, talks to the media in the press room at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Monday, March 15, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Peter
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San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/15/abba-hollies-genesis-enter-rock-hall-in-nyc-bash/
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...smash Mamma Mia! "We were never tempted" to revisit the group, Andersson explains, "because we've been so busy doing other things." ABBA has been eligible for induction since 1999, 25 years after its first U.S.-released album, Waterloo. The writing team that...
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USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-03-12-abba12_ST_N.htm?csp=34
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...I have thousands of albums at home. Unlike most pop music critics, I don’t have any ABBA. This isn’t because I don’t like ABBA; I’ll boogie to the Swedes’ Dancing Queen as much as the next groomsman. It’s just that I love AC/DC more. And in my alphabetized...
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TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times
http://blogs.tampabay.com/popmusic/2010/03/my-abba-problem-or-i-have-issues.html
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...forgotten within a week." said Bjorn Ulvaeus, one of the four members of ABBA. But thanks to their music they live. "Timeless, ABBA songs are timeless, they'll be around forever," an enthralled ABBA fan told ABC News. ABBA Fans Have Their Own New World The...
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ABC News
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...came in 1974, when the band was the surprise winner of the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo" — a song that brought ABBA's mix of bouncy pop melodies, multilayered harmonies and slightly silly lyrics to the world. The members of ABBA drifted apart...
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The San Jose Mercury News
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...and early 1980s, has enjoyed a revival in the past decade since the success of the musical Mamma Mia! which uses their hits. Abba's worldwide success started when their song Waterloo won the Eurovision Song Contest held in Brighton in 1974. The Abba World...
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The Telegraph
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced their 2010 inductees, and one of them will definitely spark debates among fans who consider their music too pop.
This year's class includes Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, The Hollies and The Stooges. The surprise
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2501879/abba_in_the_rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame.html
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...seen here in 1979, clearly belongs in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images) The most interesting thing about the minor dust-up over ABBA's induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is that I had no idea anyone still cared about...
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NPR
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...and Agnetha Faltskog (Anna). Anni-Frid and Benny were a married couple, as were Bjorn and Agnetha, who later got divorced. ABBA is the first group from Europe to have achieved outstanding success worldwide. The group topped charts worldwide from 1972 to 1982...
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24x7updates
http://www.24x7updates.com/20091216/articles/abba-enters-us-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-614185.html
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...he said. "Being a foreigner from the North Pole, this feels really good." They have been absent from the stage since 1983, but Abba are unlikely to come together at the ceremony in New York. Singer Agnetha Fältskog does not fly, and the Swedish act have already...
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The Guardian Music
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/dec/16/hall-of-fame-abba-genesis
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...Eastern Europe, Ulf Andersson, explained his original connection with Abba, and how Abba – The Show came into being. “I joined Abba for recording work in 1975 and the song ‘I Do I Do I Do’ means a lot to me as it was the first song I played on. “I played a...
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Wales Online
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/theatre-in-wales/2009/12/14/abba-the-show-hits-cardiff-with-original-musicians-91466-25382632/
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...Earls Court on 27 January. Frida Lyngstad said: "On behalf of Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and I, we are delighted to be part of Abbaworld and to have the opportunity to share our amazing experiences with our fans." As part of the interactive experience, visitors...
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OH NO THEY DIDN'T
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/41601143.html
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The critically acclaimed ABBA tribute show BJöRN AGAIN is an electrifying concert re-creation of the ABBA phenomenon. Both visually and through the remarkably accurate reflection of ABBA's stage look, their catchy sound, dance steps and humor, this is
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Broadway World
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BJORN_AGAIN_THE_ABBA_EXPERIENCE_Plays_The_Spencer_Theater_1114_20091113
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The Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra learned that its market has a sweet tooth for that pop confection known as ABBA.
Set for Thursday at Merrillville's Star Plaza Theatre, "The Music of ABBA" is turning out to be the commercial gem of the
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Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune
http://www.post-trib.com/lifestyles/1867128,Symphony-ABBA-1106.article
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...In Japan include two exclusive behind-the-scenes documentaries with TV performances and interviews with press and radio during ABBA's 10-day visits to Japan in 1978 (24 minutes) and 1980 (37 minutes). ABBA's recent success has been nothing short of astounding...
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YubaNet
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Given the choice of either a stack of hot, steaming pancakes slathered in butter, brown sugar, and maple syrup or a six-pack of Fanta, we know which we'd choose. So, perhaps its proof of robots' continued subservience to man that the offerings from ABB
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Engadget
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...MANIA is not only for life long, die hard ABBA fans but for the new generation of fans, who never had the opportunity to see ABBA live. Hit after hit include ‘Dancing Queen', ‘Waterloo', ‘Mamma Mia', ‘The Winner Takes it All', ‘Super Trouper', ‘Fernando',...
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Broadway World
http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=75114
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Mary Negrete, a local photographer and teacher who takes photographs while traveling the country and the world.
ANTIOCH — El Campanil Children's Theatre will present William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker" Oct. 16-18 at the El Campanil Theatre, 602 W.
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Inside Bay Area
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Canberra - An original jumpsuit from the Swedish group ABBA, worn by Agnetha Faltskog, has been stolen in Australia and sold for a song at a garage sale, prompting the
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News24
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Mamma Mia .... Kylie left fans gasping in this racy dress.
Find out how you can be the first to see the boys perform again.
Get the full story.
She took the stage overnight for a duet with ABBA's Benny
Andersson, but Kylie Minogue had fans saying
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Sydney Morning Herald
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Review | 'Mamma Mia' By ROBERT TRUSSELL The Kansas City Star Rachel Tyler (center) plays Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia! at Starlight Theatre. More News A determined audience endured a steady drizzle that eventually turned to rain for the opening-night
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KansasCity.com
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John-Michael Zuerlein, like many theater people, is a nomad.But it has been to the benefit of local directors, not to mention audiences, that he has spent the last five years in Kansas City. He has appeared at the Unicorn, Kansas City Repertory
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KansasCity.com
http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/robert_trussell/story/1419064.html
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Napoleon costumes, Lycra, Blonde Wigs, Platform Shoes and False Beards…Yes its time to SING-A-LONG-A ABBA! For the playstation generation, this is Singstar for REAL! The producers of the international smash hit Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music present
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Huliq.com
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Scarborough Evening News
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Familiar faces dominate the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts pop music and pop culture lineup for the 2009-10 season, headlined by fan favorite Tony Bennett (Jan. 10, $110).
The iconic crooner, whose career has spanned six decades, brings a
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Naples Daily News
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/jul/22/philharmonics-coming-season-pop/?partner=RSS
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If rap at Harry O's isn't your idea of fun, there are actually some diverse music choices tonight -- and don't forget, Kenny Chesney is Thursday!
Josh Ritter (above)The Idaho folk singer-songwriter, who was inspired to write music after hearing Johnny
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Salt Lake Tribune
http://blogs.sltrib.com/burger/index.php?p=1802&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
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2009-07-22 11:39:06 -
and working with these masterpiece videos now, in 2009, makes me realize that ABBA's music has stood the test of time,’’ says Åkerlund. ‘‘Their music is as relevant and strong today as ever and that is what I want to
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/touring-exhibitions-sweden-jonas-kerlund-r1401826.htm
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MAMMA MIA! — A huge success onstage, the musical inspired by the songs of the Swedish pop group ABBA also makes a very entertaining movie, enhanced by lovely Greek locations. Amanda Seyfried plays a young bride-to-be who wants to know her father's
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NorthJersey.com
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To the tune of some strange ABBA cover a used Durex condom package floats past several people igniting their passion and magically putting them in the mood for some saucy action. Of course, the commercial ends with a scenario insuring Durex has covered
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Adrants
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...back again. We love coming back and playing the songs we love. We get to play ABBA songs but we've never stopped being fans of ABBA." The most commercially successful band of the '70s was akin to a pop music factory, which churned out one hook-laden anthemic...
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Asbury Park Press
http://www.app.com/article/20090711/ENT/907110302/1031/ENT&source=rss
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It's the theatrical equivalent of Prozac, a neon-infused slumber party with a few hundred of
your closest friends.
The tunes - a 22-song catalog featuring the hits of Swedish pop group ABBA - meld conveniently
(and infectiously) into a campy paternity
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Columbus Dispatch
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/07/07/mama_mia.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101
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For Joan Shaffer and millions of others worldwide, something irresistible is found in dancing
queens and super troupers, a friend named Fernando and a Waterloo surrender.
• will open Tuesday and continue through next Sunday in the Ohio Theatre, 39 E.
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Columbus Dispatch
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Hot Air
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Protect Our Waves campaign action
Surfers Against Sewage’s (SAS) new campaign Protect Our Waves (POW) had it’s first action this month, The Gathering, a mass paddle out, in collaboration with local campaign group Access BroadBench Association (ABBA).
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Extreme Horizon Surf Blog
http://extremehorizon.blogspot.com/2009/06/is-reef-break-best-place-to-drop-bombs.html
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Sad that June is over? Here's some musical events going on in July in the great city of Sandy -- and this list doesn't even include the Kenny Chesney concert at Rio Tinto in late July. Here's the press release:
The summer of fun continues at the Sandy
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Salt Lake Tribune
http://blogs.sltrib.com/burger/index.php?p=1232&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
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...Highland Park in Chicago and The Royal Albert Hall in London, officially cementing Waterloo's position as the most celebrated ABBA tribute band to date. The original band ABBA was formed in 1970 by engaged couples Agnetha Fältskogand Björn Ulvaeus, and Anni-Frid...
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Broadway World
http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=57677
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STOCKHOLM — There are museums devoted to many things, from barbed wire (Kansas) to toilets (New Delhi) to dog collars (Kent, England). But it seems the world will have to get by for now without a permanent museum dedicated to Abba, the 1970s super band
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The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/world/europe/25iht-abba.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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ABBA is back - kind of: 35 years after the band first rocked the world with Eurovision smash Waterloo, Abba mania is set to sweep Australia.
Songwriters Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, the sexagenarian duo behind Abba's hits, have surprised fans
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PerthNow
http://news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21498,25682693-5005368,00.html?from=public_rss
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The Q&A below got its start when I first heard Cheap Ain’t Cheap, the opening song on Scott Miller’s new album For Crying Out Loud. It has a little chord progression that sounded like a roots rock tip to ABBA’s Mamma Mia (the song). Over an e-mail
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Houston Chronicle
http://feeds.chron.com/~r/houstonchronicle/entmus/~3/PKONQfEsxOg/6487223.html
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Just the facts
WHAT: Rajaton and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Let me begin with a question: How long is it since you sang a song? Another question: What was the song you sang?"
That was late Canadian literary icon Robertson Davies
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Toronto Star
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ABBA The Music, “the best ABBA tribute show in the world,” according to ABBA’s Official International Fanclub, and the wildly popular Neil Diamond tribute band, Super Diamond, return to The Hollywood Bowl for an encore to their 2004 performance,
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Broadway World
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ALL those years ago, when you were only 17, Abba hit the dance floor and it was the time of your life. Thirty years on and the queue waiting patiently outside the Corn Exchange for Scotland's first ever "Abba Fest" on Saturday night wasn't so much
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Edinburgh Daily News
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/reviews/Abba-Fest-Platinum-Abba-Corn.5320711.jp
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Michelle Dawson says you needn't love ABBA to have a blast at "Mama Mia!"
"Once you've seen it, you become an ABBA fan," said Dawson who stars in the touring production of the musical, opening Tuesday at the Pioneer Center. "I mean the songs are
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Reno Gazette-Journal
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