ABBA'S MAMMA MIA MUSICAL OPENS ON BROADWAY
NYP2001101902 - 19 OCTOBER 2001 - NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA: Members of the pop rock Swedish group ABBA composer-lyrcist Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (right) attend the October 18, 2001 New York premiere of their Broadway musical Mamma Mia at the WinterGarden theatre. ep/Ezio Petersen UPI.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The band Abba was not pleased by a Danish far-right party's use of their 1976 hit, "Mamma Mia," and the party has agreed to stop.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Lawyers for Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have warned the conservative Danish People's Party not to use an ABBA song to celebrate their leader.
LONDON, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Swedish musician Benny Andersson of the group ABBA says the pop group will not create music for a sequel to the popular musical and film "Mamma Mia!"
LONDON, July 6 (UPI) -- Swedish songwriters Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have confirmed they will take part in an ABBA tribute concert in London in September.
LONDON, April 7 (UPI) -- The stage musical "Mamma Mia!" celebrated its 10th anniversary in London's West End Monday night.
LONDON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Benny Andersson, a former member of the iconic Swedish pop group ABBA, said there are no plans to make a sequel to the film "Mamma Mia!"
LONDON, July 7 (UPI) -- Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson said their Swedish pop group ABBA has no plans to perform together again.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 23 (UPI) -- Members of the Swedish pop group Abba won their case on the authorship of the musical "Kristina fran Duvemala," the latest event in a 15-year dispute.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Abba singers Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus took their 15-year-old dispute over authorship of the musical "Kristina fran Duvemala" to a Stockholm court.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Academy award winner Meryl Streep has signed on to headline the film adaptation of Swedish pop music group ABBA's musical "Mamma Mia!"
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