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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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.
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.
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!"
Swedish songwriters Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have confirmed they will take part in an ABBA tribute concert in London in September.
The stage musical "Mamma Mia!" celebrated its 10th anniversary in London's West End Monday night.
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!"
Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson said their Swedish pop group ABBA has no plans to perform together again.
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.
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.
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