tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38184942009-02-21T15:13:42.542+11:00ABBA NEWS from around the world brought to you by ABBAMAIL.Graemenoreply@blogger.comBlogger3947125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818494.post-69670797556518717742008-10-25T11:39:00.004+11:002008-10-25T12:23:25.155+11:00

There's a fabulous new recording of Arrival's "Just A Notion" They had it for sale at the Anaheim ARRIVAL concert I went to last weekend. I got a chance to meet Vicky after the show, she was really nice. She thanked me for my column and made sure to introduce me as Ryan from ABBAMAIL to the other band members. They were really wonderful, it's so great to see that there is a cover band out

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Mamma Mia! is set to become the highest grossing film of all time at the British box officehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3254672/Mamma-Mia-is-set-to-become-the-highest-grossing-film-of-all-time-at-the-British-box-office..htmlMamma Mia!, the feel good film which has provided much-needed relief from the credit crunch, is set to become the highest grossing film of all time at the British box

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Here are the clips from eight of the nine performances from Swedish Idol's ABBA night."The Winner Takes It All" by Johan is especially awful. What a screecher. Your ears will start to bleed! And I'm still trying to work out if Johan is a boy or a girl!Of course, no member of ABBA showed up although Benny did send his regards through one of the judges who is a friend of his.We couldn't put the

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Stockholm Gay Men's Choir sings Du Ar Min Man. You have to see it to believe it!Thanks to ABBAMAILer James O'Brien, Sydney, Australia

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http://www.amazon.com/Mamma-Mia-Deluxe-Edition/dp/B001GV09FS/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1224881470&sr=8-16Looks as though a deluxe edition Mamma Mia! soundtrack is coming..."deluxe" being a relative term if you read the description. *Product Description*The deluxe edition is handsome package made up of a CD, DVD and hardcover booklet featuring song lyrics, never before seen photographs and

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Hello,You often have links to YouTube videos on your news pages and I wanted to alert you to this one:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PdjaF-7B7ZIIt’s one I created (nothing like promoting your own stuff). I have spent many months creating my own Abba sleeves thinking I could do better than some I have seen and also because I come from a Land where single sleeves for Abba didn’t really start until

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http://www.cinemovies.fr/fiche_info-12310-box.html And on the site above, you can follow the Mamma Mia! movie box office in France. The film has now been seen by 1,337,000 people here. Mamma Mia! has been doing very well if you take into account all the new French and American films in recent weeks. Thanks to ABBAMAILer Pascale Ranson, Strasbourg, France

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Here are the charts for the week of 10-17 October 2008. 16 Off, 3 New. A few surprises. UK: ABBA: ABBA GOLD - down 2 to #27 Cast Recording: Mamma Mia! - up 1 to #33 ABBA: 18 Hits - down 8 to #32 ABBA: More ABBA GOLD - up 17 to #82 (Still Non-Canon) Soundtrack: Mamma Mia! - down 2 to #3 (Compilations) ABBA: ABBA GOLD - up 6 to #4 (DVDs) IRELAND: ABBA: ABBA GOLD - down 3 to #26 Cast Recording:

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http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24522941-7485,00.html FILMS about drag queens, World War I Diggers, an ABBA-loving wannabe bride, and a man whose home is his castle have been voted some of Australia's favourite homegrown movies. An online poll by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) to celebrate 50 years of the AFI Awards has found the country's top five films of all time are,

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http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hhFMn-joKl-42Or2xX9ImzY8OA9wMamma Mia! may be best selling DVDDVD sales of Mamma Mia! The Movie are set to copy its box office success, as a retailer predicted that the film could become its biggest-selling ever.The Mamma Mia! DVD, due out on November 24, is set to topple Star Wars Trilogy (Episodes IV - VI) as the best selling DVD before release, according

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1078332/Baz-Bamigboye-possible-Mamma-Mia-sequel-Kate-Winslet-Leonardo-DiCaprio-more.htmlThe name of the game is that the movie Mamma Mia! has taken so much money, money, money (so much, in fact, that you have to say it three times) that a sequel would be like honey, honey.A Hollywood studio chief who has seen the film take more than half a billion

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Well, not surprising - if you're a member of ABBA and you're *not* a tax cheat thesedays you're just so last century!============http://di.se/Nyheter/?page=/Avdelningar/Artikel.aspx%3FMobious%3DY%26ArticleID%3D2008%255C10%255C16%255C306407%26SectionID%3DEttan%26menusection%3DStartsidan%3BHuvudnyheter Millions to pay in tax setback for ABBA-FridaFormer ABBA star Anni-Frid "Frida" Reuss-Lyngstad

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Agnetha's 2CD compilation hits album enters the Swedish album charts at #4 this week. It sold enough to qualify for Gold status on the first day of release.Thanks to ABBAMAILer Harry Ehler, Austria

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The thing that has us most excited at ABBAMAIL HQ this week is...Adam Bowes!Check out our special Adam Bowes page to find out about this amazing, inspiration teenager...http://www.abbamail.com/2008_adambowes.htm

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http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/maim-that-tune-video-karaoke-at-home-961123.htmlMaim that tune: video karaoke at homeIt's simple, it's noisy – and it's loads of fun. Little wonder that Sony's singalong video game has become a bestseller.By Sophie MorrisSunday nights during my late teens were spent at Griff's Karaoke in the Ram's Head pub. Whatever song we chose,

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Sansa SlotMusic Player: Hot Product Or This Year's Betamax?Betting that music on physical media isn't going the way of the dodo bird, SanDisk Wednesday began shipping its Sansa slotMusic Player, a portable device that plays MP3 music stored on microSD cards. The product, with a $19.99 price tag, will be sold at Wal-Mart and Best Buy, among other retailers.SanDisk, a manufacturer of MP3 players

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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/10/16/mammamia/2290080&sec=mammamiaMamma Mia! cast members here in KLKUALA LUMPUR: Four cast members of the West End musical Mamma Mia! arrived here from London yesterday to officially launch the show which is slated to be staged this Decem­ber.Helen Hobson, Hannah Robertson, Lucy Miller and Claire Cassidy all expressed their excitement at

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From www.aftonbladet.se comes the story that Björn won his court appeal against the Swedish tax authorities. Björn will be given back 85,000,000 SEK.The story appears here as well:http://ap.google.com:80/article/ALeqM5jv0n3BOAA3RwwXp4kBXtjZBMkrAAD93QDF7G6STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - A former member of ABBA can cash in 85 million kronor (US$12million) after winning a court case against the national

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also in Aftonbladet this week:http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesliv/tv/dokusapa/bondesokerfru/article3530498.abTV-Farmer saved Agnetha FältskogOne of the contestants in the Swedish "Farmer seeks wife" (homosexual Peter Gustafson, 35) used to work at a nightclub before he became a farmer. And one night he had Agnetha Fältskog as a guest at his night club. Apparently some guy was lurking around

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Hello ABBA fans and/or friendsWe found out there is already a "video" made of our ABBA tribute track "Hey You Ring Me Tonight" (written by Clive Jones of Black Widow and friends)Our own video for the song (for the final version of the song ) is in progressPatrik /The Airwaves/ www.theairwaves.sewww.riverside-records.sewww.myspace.com/theairwaves

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http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Mamma_Mia_Offers_a_Blu-ray_First/3561Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release the $140 million box office hit Mamma Mia! The Movie December 16 on Blu-ray Disc, day-and-date with DVD.Mamma Mia! will be presented in widescreen 1080p video and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio.A new twist is being put on commentaries with a Blu-ray exclusive sure to turn heads. With

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Mamma Mia! crosses $500 million worldwidehttp://www.rediff.com//movies/2008/oct/06mamma.htmArthur J Pais The biggest hit of the year so far The Dark Knight is slowly approaching the $1 billion milestone worldwide but it is the continuing success of Mamma Mia! that is astounding Hollywood. For the film, which cost just about $60 million (one third the budget of The Dark Knight) crossed $500

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http://www.fakenhamtimes.co.uk/content/fakenhamtimes/news/story.aspx?brand=FAKOnline&category=news&tBrand=fakonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED10%20Oct%202008%2017%3A39%3A30%3A933Mamma Mia! What a hit!KATHRYN CROSSThank you for the music . . . and thank you for lifting us out of the gloom.While the global economy plunges into new depths there appears to be one way Norfolk people have been lifting

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Niklas Andersson from the Swedish production of "Kristina från Duvemåla" has released a new album of songs from musicals including "Vinneren tar allt" (from the Swedish Mamma Mia). At his official site you can hear snippets from all the song, including 45 seconds of "Vinneren tar allt" as well as two songs from Chess and one from Kristina.The music player is at the top of the page and you can

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http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/3423869/Mamma-Mia-/Product.htmlPlay.com still have this interview with Björn to promote the DVD sales of Mamma Mia! The MovieThanks to ABBAMAILer Walter Veldman, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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