The Royal Albert Hall at 150: 'It's the Holy Grail for musicians'

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The Royal Albert Hall at 150: 'It's the Holy Grail for musicians'

Interviews by Michael Segalov

Mon 29 Mar 2021

It’s hosted opera greats, suffragette rallies, Hitchcock films, sports events, sci-fi conventions – and, of course, the Proms and countless rock gigs. Artists from Led Zeppelin to Abba recall their moments on the hallowed stage

Bjorn Ulvaeus

I have faint but fond memories of performing at the hall in 1977, the last shows in the European leg of our tour. The shows were sold out. I’m told tickets were available only by mail application, and apparently the box office received 3.5 million requests for tickets, enough to fill the venue 580 times over. Back then I said I’d never forget the crowd’s reaction when we sang Fernando – they joined in so loudly.

I felt a real fondness for the venue when we returned many years later. In 2010, Benny Andersson and I played a concert version of a Swedish musical we wrote: Kristina från Duvemåla. The Abba years were so hectic I don’t remember much, but I’ll never forget the buzz of taking my bows after that performance.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/mar/29/the-royal-albert-hall-at-150-its-the-holy-grail-for-musicians

Björn: "I´m in the middle of project work with digital copies of ABBA"

Björn participated in an international online symposium organized by JASRAC and APMA. The topic was the challenges associated with copyright. During the talk, Björn said: " I´m in the middle of project work with digital copies of ABBA... " Date: March 25th, 2021 ☺

 

 

 

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Bjorn will restore Hasselbacken

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Bjorn will restore Hasselbacken. Hasselbacken is Hotel in Djurgarden ( it is in front of ABBA The Museum).

 

 

"This is POP" Stockholm Syndrome

 

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This is Pop Stockholm Syndrome from abbaregistroallvideos on Vimeo.

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Benny at The Bakery kedvi Bröd

 

Benny at The Bakery kedvi Bröd Inauguration of Skedvi Bread on December 4th, 2014. Benny Andersson, offered accordion music together with fiddlers on harp and violin. It was also he who symbolically baked the first cake 

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxKuFVDv7ds

 

Bjorn at Abba The Museum

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March, 3 rd 2021

Bjorn !! Abba The Museum

Björn was interviewed by John Wilson The Price Of Song on BBC Sounds

 

NEWS Björn was interviewed by John Wilson The Price Of Song on BBC Sounds. Released On: 02 Mar 2021 

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Björn talked briefly about being a songwriter The context of this interview: "Amid the boom in music streaming, John Wilson investigates the value of the songs that provide the soundtracks to our lives. COVID lockdowns have seen a huge surge in streaming, with 155 million premium subscribers to Spotify alone, a 25% increase on the previous year. Record companies have enjoyed huge profits. But with musicians unable to play live for over a year, the iniquities of the streaming royalties system have been exposed. The people who actually create the music have realised they are getting a raw deal. Meanwhile, seasoned songwriters are queuing up to sell the publishing rights to their lyrics and compositions for huge sums. Universal recently paid a reported $300m for Bob Dylan’s songwriting catalogue".