Ian McKellen and Björn Ulvaeus knit Abba Christmas jumpers together
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Abba fans delighted as Ian McKellen and Björn Ulvaeus knit Christmas jumpers together
‘ABBA and Ian McKellen together knitting was not on my card for the 2021 holiday season,’ one fan wrote
Ian McKellen and Björn Ulvaes make Abba Christmas jumpers
Ian McKellen and Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus have teamed up for an unlikely Christmas video together.
In the clip shared to the legendary actor’s Instagram on Sunday (21 November), the pair were seen sat on a sofa while wearing matching fair isle jumpers and blue jeans.
In their hands, they both held knitting needles and Abba-branded Christmas jumpers, which they appeared to be working on making together. As the camera pans out, McKellen and Ulvaeus are shown to be seated beneath a giant Abba banner and surrounded by sewing equipment.
The words: “Merry Christmas from Abba and Ian McKellen” then appear on the screen.
Fans were left delighted – if slightly baffled – by the video, which McKellen captioned: “The most exciting (mostly) silent clip you’ll see this season.”
One commenter wrote: “ABBA and Ian McKellen, together, knitting, was not on my card for the 2021 holiday season. But I’ll happily take it. Well done!”
“What was that?!?!? Just the best video of the whole week already!!” another comment read, while another fan wrote: “Never expected to see this in my life.”
Mamma Mia star Pierce Brosnan also saw the funny side, commenting: “Now that just makes me chuckle.”
Earlier this month, Abba released Voyage, an album containing their first original material in 40 years. You can read The Independent’s five-star review here.
Among the tracks is “Little Things”, a Christmas song from the Swedish pop group which will be released as a single in December.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/abba-ian-mckellen-bjorn-christmas-jumper-b1962051.html
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ABBA’s Björn teams up with Ian McKellen to knit festive jumpers
The Swedish supergroup's first-ever festive release features on their record-breaking ninth album 'Voyage'.
By Retro Pop
November 22, 2021
ABBA have shared a promo for their new holiday merchandise with actor Ian McKellen. The star appears alongside Björn Ulvaeus in the footage, which sees the pair knitting garments in support of the band’s festive single Little Things. The silent video ends with a clip from the song and the message: “Merry Christmas from ABBA and Ian McKellen”.
The jumpers are available to order from the official ABBA online store. Due December 3, Björn says of the track: “Benny (Andersson, co-writer) tells me he didn’t think of it as a Christmas song, but I, the minute I heard it, I said it cannot be anything else. “It is early, early Christmas morning. The stockings are hanging right there and then this couple wakes up.”
He adds in an Apple Music track-by-track: “This could be played for Christmases to come. And that would be great, because we want to own Christmas and New Year’s Eve, like with [1980’s] Happy New Year.” Little Things will be available digitally and as a limited-edition CD single. In a review of the album, Retro Pop called ‘Voyage’ “a fitting closing chapter in the tale of Sweden’s best-loved musical export”.
Actualizada_ 22 Nov, 2021
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