Where is agnetha from abba

The announcement was live-streamed across the globe yesterday, confirming that all four stars had reunited in the recording studio after 38 years to produce an entire album of completely new music.

Tracks from the album ABBA Voyage will feature alongside all their greatest hits in an extraordinary show of the same name which will launch in London next May. But why weren't Agnetha and Frida there? Bjorn himself commented that the new album was inspired by the bonds between them: " I just knew it had to be about us. To release a new album after 40 years and still be the best of friends and enjoying each other's company When the band split in , it followed the high-profile collapse of both marriages among the bandmembers and a clear desire for everyone to reclaim their individual spaces and careers.

Everyone went into their roles First, there was just two songs and then we thought maybe we should do some more and said, 'What do you think girls? He said: "It was so joyful to be in the studio together again.

It is a privilege to hear them sing your music and words. She hopes to meet Barlow on a forthcoming promotional trip to the UK, but says there are currently "no plans" for them to perform the song together live. Tornado trauma. Faltskog's trip to the UK may come as a surprise to some seasoned Abba-watchers. During the band's heyday, she had a rule that she would never leave home for more than two weeks at a time, so she wouldn't be separated from her children both born in the midst of Abbamania.

A nervous flyer, she arranged to travel separately from Ulvaeus for the sake of the children, in case anything should happen to either of them in mid-air. Faltskog boarded a chartered jet, which previously belonged to millionaire aviator Howard Hughes, and flew straight into the middle of a tornado which forced Boston's airfield to close.

Running out of fuel, in a pitch black sky, the pilot performed an emergency landing in Manchester, New Hampshire. The first attempt was aborted at the last minute, pulling up just before the wheels hit the runway. Fortunately, the plane touched down on the second try. Since then, she has largely avoided flying - even coming to the UK "by bus once" for a promotional trip. It works. It helps, at least. The year-old says she's looking forward to coming back to the UK, and speaks fondly of Abba's seven-day residency in London's Wembley Arena in She enjoys the memories of Abba, and has donated costumes and memorabilia to the Abba Museum which will open in Sweden in May "it is very strange to have a museum in your honour!

For now, she is concentrating on the new record - one she thought she might never make, and one which could be her last. But I don't close any doors. I'm very open for what comes up. At the moment, we are so happy with this one. I really hope people will like it as much as we do.

Her album, A, follows later this year. Abba museum to open in Stockholm. Agnetha was 16 when she started singing in a dance band called Bernt Enghardts. This debut record became a number one hit on the Swedish charts. The following few years were followed by several singles, albums and even a number of German-language recordings released in West Germany.

Her second international solo album, Eyes Of A Woman, was released in The producer was Eric Stewart. The album entered the Swedish charts at number one. After that, Agnetha withdrew from public life. In Agnetha made a comeback as a recording artist with a brand new CD, My Colouring Book, consisting of cover versions of some of her favourite songs.