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11-28-2006, 11:59 AM
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An ABBA Museum - how FANTASTIC!
How cool is this:
An ABBA museum dedicated to the music, clothing and history of the legendary Swedish pop group and its four members will open in Stockholm in 2008, organizers said Tuesday. The interactive museum will feature original outfits and instruments used by the group, handwritten song lyrics, a display of different awards, and "all other things we can think of and find," said Ulf Westman, an event consultant who is spearheading the project with his wife Ewa Wigenheim-Westman. The museum will also feature a studio where visitors can record their own ABBA songs, and an interactive experience that "will recreate the feeling of being at Wembley stadium and seeing ABBA live with 50,000 others," Westman said. Organizers are still searching for a suitable location for the museum, but said it will open somewhere in central Stockholm during 2008. Wigenheim-Westman said the idea was inspired by the Beatles museum in London, but that it took nearly two years to convince the former ABBA members — Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad — that it was a good idea. "It is nice that someone feels compelled to take on our musical history," the four members said in a joint statement. "We think this will be a fun and swinging museum to visit." The band members will donate the material for the exhibits, but will otherwise not be involved in the project, which will be funded by company sponsors, Westman said. Stockholm's mayor Kristina Axen Olin said the museum — which is expected to draw 500,000 visitors a year — will make the Swedish capital a more popular tourist attraction for the millions of ABBA fans around the world. "As a Stockholmer, this is what you have been missing," Axen Ohlin said at a news conference to unveil the plan. "We are convinced that this is important both for Stockholm citizens and for marketing the city." ABBA is one of the most successful bands in history, having sold more than 370 million albums. While the group has not performed together since 1982, it continues to sell nearly 3 million records a year and the musical "Mamma Mia!" — written by Andersson and Ulvaeus and based on the group's hits — has been seen by more than 27 million people around the world. ps - how GREATcould a similar Fleetwood Mac museum be?????? 
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11-29-2006, 04:56 AM
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11-29-2006, 01:12 PM
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If I'm ever in stockholm, ill be sure to drop by
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11-29-2006, 11:24 PM
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What a great idea. Long overdue
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11-30-2006, 05:44 AM
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11-30-2006, 05:46 AM
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I always thought it would take getting into the Hall of Fame to get them together, but Agnetha won't fly...so there could be an amazing chance all 4 members will get together when this museum opens...
No more ABBA music  ...I'll take solo albums though!!! Loved Djupa Andetag and My Colouring Book.
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11-30-2006, 05:53 AM
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11-30-2006, 06:01 AM
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Again, Frida fan. Aven En Blomma is like my favorite...gooooorgeous. And old school Twist in the Dark.
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11-30-2006, 06:08 AM
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Oh and I agree with you about Aven En Blomma
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11-30-2006, 09:52 AM
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this is awesome. though I'm sure I'll never actually get to Sweden to see it.
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