ABBA announces 1st new album in 40 years
All you dancing queens -- and kings -- get ready to feel the beat, because ABBA is officially back.
The group will release their first new album in 40 years, "Voyage," on Nov. 5. Two songs from the record, "I Still Have Faith In You" and "Don't Shut Me Down," are available now.
The new music was created in tandem with a concert experience that will see digital avatars of Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid perform digitally with a live, 10-piece band in a purpose-built, 3,000-person capacity arena in London. The video for "I Still Have Faith In You" gives you your first look at those avatars.
"We're truly sailing in uncharted waters. With the help of our younger selves, we travel into the future. It's not easy to explain but then it hasn't been done before," ABBA's Benny said of the concert experience.
"Such joy it was to work with the group again," Anni-Frid, aka Frida, added. "I am so happy with what we have made, and I dearly hope our fans feel the same."
The digital avatars were created by months of motion capture of the four band members by an 850-person team at top special effects company Industrial Light & Magic.
The "Voyage" shows premiere May 27, 2022, with pre-registration for tickets starting at 6 p.m. Thursday night. Fans who pre-register can get tickets starting at 10 a.m. Sept. 6; the general public on sale date is 10 a.m. Sept. 7.
"The Voyage project has injected new life into us in more ways than one," Björn declared. "So, again, thanks for waiting! ... It's not an exaggeration to say that we're back."
