Abba

Ben Elton: ‘I fancied Olivia Newton-John. It’s all right to say that about a third cousin, right?’

The standup talks about tensions behind the scenes of Blackadder, his Wiggles movie that never happened and his opinions on hecklers

Sian Cain

14, Dec, 2024 @11:00 PM

The Book of Abba by Jan Gradvall review – dark backstories and new revelations

From Himmler to herring, a Swedish journalist offers unexpected angles on the 70s supergroup

Alexis Petridis

11, Oct, 2024 @6:30 AM

From Elton John at the piano to Stormzy at Glastonbury and Madonna snogging Britney: 41 era-defining music photos

Icons, rock stars – and divas behaving badly: these photographs of musicians struck a chord around the world

Alexis Petridis, Michael Cragg and Gabrielle Schwarz

28, Sep, 2024 @6:00 AM

Abba demand Trump campaign stop using their music at rallies

Universal Music says footage used in Minnesota featuring Abba songs and videos must be taken down

Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent, and Erum Salam

29, Aug, 2024 @4:11 PM

Thank you for the music: Abba members get Swedish knighthoods

Agnetha, Benny, Björn and Anni-Frid become first Swedes to be knighted by their monarch for almost 50 years

Lanre Bakare

31, May, 2024 @5:15 PM

Eurovision 2024: everything we learned – from the Abba swizz to the UK’s wild unpopularity

Why did Olly Alexander fall flat in the public vote? Why didn’t Abba show up? And how did the trophy get smashed?

Michael Hogan

12, May, 2024 @12:18 PM

When a Eurovision song started a coup | Letters

Letters: Chris Keil on the significance of the Portuguese entry for the 1974 competition. Plus John Lovelock on Abba’s appeal

12, Apr, 2024 @3:42 PM

‘It’s their caution and my optimism’: Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer on working with Björn and Benny

The woman who talked Benny and Bjorn into putting Mamma Mia! on stage 25 years ago this weekend is still ‘having the time of her life’, with a third Abba film possibly in the works

Alex Lawson

06, Apr, 2024 @11:00 AM

Abba, cabaret and smug marionettes: the 1974 Eurovision song contest reviewed!

Fifty years since Abba won with Waterloo, fans are paying tribute to a pop classic. Its status is a far cry from its origins in a celebration of weedy pop and dodgy lyrics – and, whisper it, ‘nul points’ from Britain

Alexis Petridis

05, Apr, 2024 @1:00 PM

The music industry’s over-reliance on TikTok shows how lazy it has become | Shaad D'Souza

Universal’s decision to remove its artists from TikTok has destabilised both companies – and lays bare how record labels have become reliant on random virality

Shaad D'Souza

01, Mar, 2024 @3:28 PM

‘Please let me get what I want’: can artists stop politicians from using their songs?

The Trump-Smiths feud is the latest episode in a story that re-emerges every four years: the war between musicians and politicians over campaign music

Matthew Cantor in Los Angeles

30, Jan, 2024 @9:53 PM