ABBA's new music 'won't be released until after summer'

ABBA's new music 'won't be released until after summer'

Bang Showbiz

21 January 2019

ABBA





ABBA's business partner Gorel Hanser has claimed the band's new music won't be released until much after summer

ABBA's new music has reportedly been pushed back until after the summer.

The 'Dancing Queen' hitmakers haven't made a studio LP since 1981's 'The Visitors' but Bjorn Ulvaeus and the other three members – Agnetha Faltskog, Benny Andersson and Frida Lyngstad – have recorded two brand new tracks, one of which is titled 'I Still Have Faith In You', for an upcoming BBC documentary, and the other 'Don't Shut Me Down'.

However, spokesperson for the Swedish pop stars, Gorel Hanser, has insisted they will only be releasing the two tracks this year, not a record, and it's likely they may not come out till the latter end of 2019.

According to the Daily Star newspaper, their business partner said: "The songs will definitely not come before the summer, possibly afterwards.

"There will be two songs released. No album."

Though Gorel has shut down the possibility of an album being released, Bjorn previously teased that a full album could come out following the "wonderful" experience the foursome shared in the studio.


Speaking in October, he said: "A new album? Possibly. Or four songs or something like that – that's possible."


However, he was adamant that the band will never tour again and instead fans will have to get their ABBA live fix from their 'Abbatar' holograms which will go on a digital tour either in 2019 or 2020.


Bjorn added: "But for us to perform on stage that's just not going to happen. That's a definite."


Back in July, Bjorn delighted ABBA fanatics everywhere by revealing details of the two fresh tracks.


He said: "One of them is a pop tune, very danceable. The other is more timeless, more reflective, that is all I will say. It is Nordic sad, but happy at the same time."


ABBA's music is once again at the forefront of popular culture because of the 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again' film, which is soundtracked by the group's hits, and was released last year.


https://www.list.co.uk/article/106225-abbas-new-music-wont-be-released-until-after-summer/

--------------------------------------------------------
The arrival of ABBA’s long-awaited new music has been delayed

If you were hoping that 2019 would be the year that ABBA finally made their comeback, then you’d be right – but it still won’t be happening any time soon. The Swedish pop troupe announced last year that they had returned to the studio for the first time in three decades, with two new songs promised.


But for anyone hoping that the singles – titled I Still Have Faith In You and Don’t Shut Me Down – might see the light of day in the coming weeks, we’re sorry to tell you that you’ll have to wait a little bit longer. Görel Hanser, a spokesperson for and business partner of ABBA, has now said that the two tunes will probably come out in the latter part of 2019. ‘The songs will definitely not come before the summer, possibly afterwards,’ she told The Daily Star.


There will be two songs released. No album.’ Way to tell it like it is, Görel. Her words contradict the possibility offered out by ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus back in October, who, when quizzed, didn’t rule out a full body of work emerging from the studio sessions.


‘A new album? Possibly,’ he hinted. ‘Or four songs, or something like that – that’s possible.’

Don’t lie to us now, Bjorn.


And just to complete the triple whammy of bad news, now seems an apt time to also remind you that ABBA don’t ever intend to perform again – not even to celebrate their new material.


‘But for us to perform on stage, that’s just not going to happen,’ Bjorn said last year. ‘That’s a definite.’

Still, you can comfort yourself with the prospect of an ABBA hologram tour which might kick off later this year – just in time for the release of those two new songs, then.


https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/21/the-arrival-of-abbas-long-awaited-new-music-has-been-delayed-8368508/?ito=cbshare

---------------------------------------------------
MÚSICA
Se retrasó el lanzamiento de los nuevos temas de ABBA
Los fanáticos de la banca sueca deberán un poco más para escuchar las novedades que trae la banda
Se retrasó el lanzamiento de los nuevos temas de ABBA
CELEBRITIES
lunes, 21 de enero de 2019 · 17:18
ESTADOS UNIDOS (Redacción) - Los fans de ABBA se alegraron el pasado mes de abril cuando el grupo, que se separó hace 35 años, anunció que había grabado dos nuevas canciones para una experiencia "Virtual Abba" en colaboración con el creador de "American Idol", Simon Fuller.

El proyecto se anunció por primera vez en 2016, y estaba previsto que se estrenara, a través de las versiones digitales de los miembros de la banda, en NBC y ABC a finales del año pasado. Sin embargo, en septiembre el grupo anunció que el proyecto se retrasó hasta 2019, y ahora llega la noticia de que las canciones, que se llaman "I Still Have Faith In You" y "Don't Shut Me Down, pueden retrasarse hasta septiembre.



"No hay estreno antes del verano", dice un representante del grupo a Variety. "Espero que esta primavera". Aunque el representante no respondió a las preguntas sobre la razón del retraso, Benny Andersson dijo recientemente en una entrevista publicada en el sitio de fans llamado IceTheSite que las complicaciones legales habían retrasado la liberación.

"Cuando salió ese comunicado de prensa [sobre el programa de televisión y las grabaciones], todo estaba en marcha y funcionando sin problemas, entonces no funcionó tan bien", dijo. "Todavía estamos tratando de establecer el acuerdo que hay que hacer para poder continuar. Estamos bien. Es el otro lado, todo lo que hay que hacer, todo lo que hay que dibujar. Se ha retrasado. No es culpa nuestra".

https://www.elintra.com.ar/celebrities/2019/1/21/emma-stone-sorprendio-con-un-drastico-cambio-de-look-142054.html

--------------------------------------------------
read more:
No complete album planned

----------------------------------------------------------------------