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2004
Agnetha's new album "My Colouring Book" will be released in March or April. The album is a tribute to all the artists who have inspired Agnetha during her years as an artist. The first single that is going to be released:, "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind," was originally recorded by Cilla Black in the 1969. Agnetha also recorded a song called "Somewhere, Someplace, Sometime", originally performed by Denise van Houten and originally from the musical "Tell Me On A sunday".
2004-03-04 Broadway’s 'Mamma Mia' plays its 1000th performance at the Cadillac Winter Garden Theatre.
2004-03-08 Swedish national radio station Rix FM premieres Agnetha's brand new comeback single "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" on Monday morning at 07.30 CET / 01.30 ET exclusively on Rix FM.
Agnetha Fältskog "My Colouring Book" www.agnetha.se
2. When You Walk In The Room
3. If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind
4. Sealed With A Kiss
5. Love me with all your heart
6. Fly Me To The Moon
7. Past, Present And Future
8. A Fool Am I
9. I Can't Reach Your Heart
10. Sometimes When I'm Dreaming
11. The End Of The World
12. Remember Me
13 What Now My Love
2004-03late Benny and his orchestra pay a visit to the good old Polar Studios. May 1,the legendary Polar Studios are closing down because the company can't pay the rent of more than 2 million SEK per year anymore.
Benny and his orchestra in the Polar
Studios
On April 6, Björn, Benny and Frida
attend the 5th anniversary of the Mamma Mia musical at the Prince
Edward Theatre in London.
On April 7, Agnetha allows a Swedish tv
host on her farm to interview her about her new album.
2 stills from 'If I Thought You'd Ever
Change Your Mind'.
On May 12, ABBA make a small scale
comeback as puppets in the Eurovision Song Contest.
All four former ABBA members make an
appearance in the video.
May 31, a short version of Agnetha's
tv-special premieres on Geman tv-channel Sat 1. Agnetha is
interviewed by Lotta Bromé. She speaks openly about her private
live, her fear of flying and her years in ABBA. The special also
features several video clips of the "My Colouring Book"
album.
June 10, Frida, Björn, HRH Prince
Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles attend the Royal Charity Gala
Performance for the musical "Mamma Mia" at the Prince Of
Wales Theatre. The performance raises £100,000 for the 'Princes
Trust'. The Prince Of Wales officially opens the newly refurbished
venue.
June 23, Benny Anderssons Orkester new
album BAO! is released. Björn submits lyrics to two songs. Benny and
his orchestra will do a summertour in Sweden in August.
July 18, Björn and Frida attend the
Mamma Mia premiere at the Palladium Theater in Stuttgart, Germany.
Mid August, sources report that ex-Deep
Purple/Whitesnake keyboardist and composer Jon Lord has recorded a
song with Frida in July 2004. Frida and Jon are friends since 1999.
The song "The Sun Will Shine Again" will be released on
Jon's album with the Gemini Orchestra "Beyond The Notes" in
September 2004. This album is a mixture between classiscal
compositions and crossover elements. Both Frida and Jon will perform
the song at the gala "Sunday Night Classics" on September
6, in Munich, Germany.The gala will be broadcasted by the ZDF on
September 19.
After leaving Deep Purple in 2002 Jon
turned his attention to classical music and joined Norwegian chamber
orchestra "The Trondheim Soloists". Jon already composed
his first cassical piece "Concerto For Group And Orchestra"
in 1969.
September 9, Frida and Björn attend
the Mamma Mia premiere in Dublin, Ireland.
September 14, the Swedish media reports
that Benny and Björn have finished the English translation for
'Kristina Från Duvemala' and are ready to emigrate the musical to
America.
September 22, Frida and Jon Lord
perform "The Sun Will Shine Again"on the Goldene Henne Gala
in Berlin.
Björn and Frida are in Madrid, Spain
on November 11 to attend the Mamma Mia premiere at the Lope De Vega
Theatre.
On November 22, Jon Lord and Frida
perform "The Sun Will Shine Again" on the German
Adventsshow (ZDF).
In December, Agnetha is being
interviewed for Swedish television (TV4)
After 36 years, Agnetha's early work is
finally released on CD. A boxset includes her five Swedish albums and
a bonus CD: Agnetha Fältskog (1968), Agnetha Fältskog Vol. 2
(1969), Som jag är (1970), När en vacker tanke blir en sång
(1971), Elva kvinnor i ett hus (1975). The sixth CD is entitled
'Singlar och andra sidor' (Singles and B-sides). There are 15 tracks
on this bonus CD: När du tar mig i din famn, Tio mil kvar till
Korpilombolo, Vart ska min kärlek föra, En sång om sorg och
glädje, Någonting händer med mig (Duett med Jörgen Edman), Litet
solskensbarn, Så glad som dina ögon, Nu ska du bli stilla, Sjung
denna sång (Duett med Jörgen Edman), Vi har hunnit fram till
refrängen, Here For Your Love, Golliwog, The Queen Of Hearts, Det
var så här det började (Intervjuer och radioinslag, from My Love,
My Life), Borsta tandtrollen bort.
Frida and Jon Lord perform during the
final dress rehearsal prior to the Jose Carreras Gala 2004 at the
Messehalle on December 16, 2004 in Leipzig, Germany.
On 24 December, Frida and Jon Lord
perform on "Alle Jahre Wieder" with 'The Sun Will Shine
Again' and a Christmas medley, "The Christmas Experiment'
written by Jon Lord and sung by Frida.
2005
January:
2005-01-10 In presence of the King
Carl Gustav of Sweden, Benny Andersson performs with his orchestra at
a somber ceremony, at the Stockholm City Hall on 10 January, in
memory of the Asia tsunami victims of the December 26 tragedy that
killed more than 156,000 people. Almost 2,000 Swedes are still
missing after the Asian tsunamis.
2005-02-12 The performances for the Swedish
version of Mamma Mia begin at Cirkus Stockholm.
2005-01-30 Benny and Björn are
interviewed by TV4 at Circus Theatre about the Swedish 'Mamma Mia'.
February:
2005-02-02 'Mamma Mia' press
conference.
2005-02-12 Björn, Benny, Frida AND
Agnetha attend the premiere of the Swedish 'Mamma Mia' at Cirkus
Theatre, Stockholm.
2005-02-13 Tonight's "Sixties"
show on Swedish national Television ends with Benny about John
Sebastian (Lovin' Spoonful) and Gary Brooker (Procol Harum) - with
Gary playing on a screen behind him: "It's incredible that these
guys are still around, working, and enjoying themselves ... you'd
like to get together with them, talk about their songs, play - form a
band!" (smiles) "You can't have too many piano players in a
band, though.".
April:
2005-04-10 Benny and Björn attend the
premiere of comedy-drama 'THE PILLOWMAN', at the Booth Theatre, New
York.
May:
2005-05-02 Frida's solo albums 'Ensam'
(1975) including bonus tracks: Man vill ju leva lite dessemellan, Ska
man skratta eller gråta), 'Something's Going On' (1982) including
bonus tracks : I know there's something going on (single edit), Here
we'll stay (solo version) and 'Shine' including the bonus tracks:
That's tough, Shine (extended mix)(1984) are re-released.
2005-05-17 Mamma Mia International
Tour comes to Brussels (Belgium) at Vorst Nationaal theatre from 17
May - 26 May 2005. Björn is present at tonight's performance.
2005-05-30? Benny and Helen Sjöholm
win the 'Thore Ehrling Bursary' prize at the annual Spring Meeting of
SKAPs (Swedish Conposers of Popular Music).Benny's two sons Peter
Grönvall and Ludvig Andersson, accompanied by grandchildren Felix,
13, and Charlie, 15, perfom the Hepstars-classic "Weddings".
Frida is also present.
June:
2005-07early Björn and Benny are
filmed in Stockholm for a "thank you" message after the
closing performance of "Mamma Mia" in Melbourne on 9 June.
Bjorn standing and Benny sitting at the piano sing the chorus to Vera
Lynn's war hit "We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know
when; but I know we'll meet again, some sunny day". Benny rounds
it off with the closing riff of "Thank You For The Music".
July:
2005-07-16 Björn performs 'Marianne'
with the Hootenany Singers at the at the end of Visfestivalen in
Västervik.
2005-07-22 Frida is interviewed at
Chez Vrony skihütte in Zermatt, Switzerland for her CD/DVD boxset.
August:
2005-08-14 Release of remastered
Agnetha's solo albums:
'Nu tändas tusen juleljus' (1981),
'Wrap Your Arms Around Me (1983) with
the following bonus tracks: 'Never Again', 'It’s So Nice To Be
Rich', 'P&B', 'The Heat Is On (Super Dance Music Mix)' and 'Ya
Nunca Más'
'Eyes Of A Woman' (1985) with the
following bonus tracks: 'You’re There', 'Turn The World Around', 'I
Won’t Let You Go' (Extended Version) 'The Way You Are' and 'Fly
Like The Eagle'.
September:
2005-09 Madonna's new single
'Hung Up' samples ABBA's 'Gimme Gimme Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)'.
2005-09-22 DVD release of 'ABBA - The
Movie'.
2005-09-22 Frida attends a charity gala
performance of 'Mamma Mia' at Circus Stockholm
October:
2005-10-17 Madonna's new single 'Hung
Up' with ABBA's 'Gimme, Gimme, Gimme' sample premieres on radio
stations worldwide.
Madonna reveals that she had to write a
grovelling letter to the ABBA songwriters asking if she could use
their music on her new single. `I had to send my emissary to
Stockholm with a letter and the record begging them and imploring
them and telling them how much I worship their music, telling them it
was an homage to them, which is all true.`
`And they had to think about it, Benny
and Björn. They didn`t say yes straight away. They never let anyone
sample their music. They could have said no. Thank God they didn`t.`
Benny said: `We get so many requests
from people wanting to use our tracks but we normally say no. This is
only the second time we have given permission.`
`We said yes this time because we
admire Madonna so much and always have done. She has got guts and has
been around for 21 years. That is not bad going. If it wasn`t any
good we wouldn`t have said yes. It is a wonderful track, 100% solid
pop music.`
The Fugees used a sample from ABBA`s
The Name Of The Game on their 1996 track 'Rumble In The Jungle'.
2005-10-22 In Copenhagen (Denmark),
the classic ABBA hit 'Waterloo' is voted the best song in the 50-year
history of the Eurovision Songcontest.
2005-10-25 In a private ceremony Björn
and Benny receive the prize. It is presented to them by Mårten
Aglander, Managing Director of Universal Music Sweden, who attended
the live broadcast in Copenhagen and received the prize on behalf of
ABBA.
November:
2005-11-07 Release of the box set
containing ABBA's complete studio-recorded output, plus two DVDs, one
of which features a previously unavailable live concert
2005-11-18 Benny records a mobile
ringtone for Red Cross: 'Red Christmas'
December:
2005-12-08 Agnetha visits Club Plaza
in Stockholm with Bertil Nordström (61), a friend.
2005-12-05 Frida's 60th birthday is
celebrated with a CD and DVD box set containing her four solo albums
'Ensam', 'Something's Going On', 'Shine' and 'Djupa Andetag'. The DVD
contains over three hours of clips from Swedish television
appearances as well as videos spanning Frida’s career, and her work
with Phil Collins and other international stars. Follow Frida from
her 1967 debut and breakthrough in Hylands hörna to her favorite
club in Zermatt in the summer of 2005.
2006
February:
2006-02-03 Agnetha (with Thomas Ledin)
is spotted in Stockholm's nightlife.
March:
2006-03-18 Benny Andersson's orchestra
BAO (with Helen Sjöholm and Tommy Korberg) performs at the Sheraton
Bloomington Hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota (USA) at a dinner party
hosted by the American Swedish Institute:
2006-03-19 Benny's BAO performs at the
Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis.
2006-03-30 Björn and Benny are in
Antwerp (Belgium) to attend a Mamma Mia performance.
2006-03-30 An interview with B &
B for Dutch Tros 'TV Show' is recorded today.
April:
2006-04-19 Hollywood newspaper 'Daily
Variety' says that actor and producer Tom Hanks is to produce a film
of 'Mamma Mia' next year along with the ABBA songwriters Björn
Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson.
Björn, representing his company
Stagepool, hands scholarships to two future musical stars in Hamburg
(Germany)
2006-04-21 French authors Jean-Marie
Potiez (ABBA - The Book) and Philippe Elan (co-writer of Potiez'
newest release " A Tribute To Frida"
http://atributetofrida.online.fr/ meet Frida in Stockholm.
2006-04-22 Frida attends the Amaranter
Orden Ball in Stockholm. Frida is elected "Stormästarinna"
of the year. Official website:
http://www.amarantherorden.com/index.asp
2006-04-28 Frida is interviewed for
the German ZDF tv-special "Majestät" about the Swedish
Royal Family.
2006-04-29 Frida is guest at a private
dinner celebration party of Sweden's Carl Gustaf's 60th birthday,
wearing a dress by Italian fashion-designer Emilio Pucci.
May:
2006-05-04 Agnetha seen at Club Plaza
again with the same man she dated in December 2005
2006-05-19 Re-release of Björn and
Benny's album "Lycka" with 14 bonus tracks in Austria,
Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and UK.
2006-05-22 Björn and Benny (absent)
win the Cubus Oeuvre Award 2006 (€ 12,500) at the Dutch Musical
Awards Gala.
2006-05-22 Frida attends the Polar
Music Prize 2006 event in Stockholm.
2006-05-23 Frida attends the
"Protecting Our Children" gala dinner and auction at the
Natural History Museum in London held by the Mentor Foundation. The
Mentor Foundation (Mentor) is a non-profit, non-government
organization with a mission to prevent drug abuse and promote the
health and well-being of children and young people. Princess
Anni-Frid Reuss (Frida) is member of the Mentor Foundation Gala
Steering Committee
September:
2006-09-14 Frida attends the Sunflower
Jam charity event in London on 14 September
http://www.thesunflowerjam.com/
2006-09-25 Björn visits the Russan
cast of Mamma Mia in Moscow.
October:
2006-10 Release of Arrival Deluxe
Edition CD and DVD with previously unreleased tv-footage.
More information:
http://www.abbasite.com/news/index.php?ret=/news/index.php&id=1546&flash=yes
2006-10-14 The Russian version of
Mamma Mia premieres in Moscow today. Björn and Frida are present.
2006-10-18 Björn attends the 5th
anniversary performance of Mamma Mia on Broadway, New York.
2006-10-30 Broadway actress Alice
Ripley performs a US Kristina song in concert: 'You Have To Be There'
(Du Måste Finnas). Listen to a sample
November:
2006-11-04 Björn is special guest
star on UK X Factor show. The X Factor finalists are singing ABBA
songs with help from Björn. Watch this video with Björn on You Tube
Video of Eton Road: "Does Your
Mother Know", with Björn's comments
2007
January:
2007-01-07 Benny, Björn and Agnetha
attend the Swedish 'Mamma Mia' closing performance at Cirkus in
Stockholm.
2007-01-30 Benny Anderssons Orkester
(BAO!) wins the Swedish Grammy award 2007 'Best Dance Band':
http://www.grammis.se/?page=46
March:
2007-03-06 Benny and Björn at the
opening session of a court case over a copyright dispute on the
manuscript of the musical "Kristina from Duvemala"
2007-03-06 Pierce Brosnan signs up for
Mamma Mia! The Movie. He will play Sam, one of the three fathers.
2007-03-26 Benny Anderssons Orkester
(BAO) will include a 28 year old ABBA song called "Crush On You"
on their forthcoming album. Björn and Benny worked on the song in
1979 but ABBA never recorded it. Source:
http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/noje/story/0,2789,1031070,00.html
May:
2007-05-08 Björn opens Mamma Mia! at
the Colosseum theatre in Essen Germany.
2007-05-09 Benny attends the Mamma
Mia! premiere in Gothenburg, Sweden.
2007-05-28 Agnetha and Per Gessle
(Roxette are given an honorary membership of the Union
Musikerförbundet.
June:
2007-06-08 Frida attends the opening
of restaurant Rüsterei at the Sihlcity shopping centre in Zürich
with her friend, architect Heinz Julen. He designed the interior of
the restaurant.
2007-06 Frida enjoying herself with
Heinz Jülen at the re-opening of restaurant Heimberg in Zermatt.
2007-06late First shooting for 'Mamma
Mia! The Movie' begins in London and Greece.
Meryl Streep will play mother Donna,
Pierce Brosnan father Sam.
Colin Firth has been confirmed to play
'Harry',
Christine Baranski will play 'Tanya',
Stellan Skarsgard as 'Bill' in the
MAMMA MIA! movie with:
Julie Walters as 'Rosie',
Amanda Seyfried in the role of
'Sophie'.
Dominic Cooper will play 'Sky'.
July:
2007-07late Björn is being
interviewed by Expressen:
2007-07 Frida with King Karl XI in
Snapphaneland.
August:
2007-08-03 Frida attends the 60th
birthday party of Swedish millionaire Noppe Lewenhaupt. The Swedish
King is also among the invited guests.
2007-08-26 Frida is spotted in her
Bentley in Torekov, Sweden.
2007-08-29 From 29 to 31 August, the
harbour of Skiathos is a location for a few scenes with Pierce
Brosnan and Colin Firth.
September:
2007-09-12 'Mamma Mia -The Movie' star
actress Meryl Streep meets Benny in Stockholm.
2007-09-20 Benny partying with the
Mamma Mia The Movie cast.
2007-09-20 Frida attends the annual
'Sunflower Jam' charity event in London.
October:
2007-10-07 Björn appears on Swedish
TV show 'Wolodarski' to talk about his views about religion and
politics. Only a few words on ABBA towards the end of the interview.
2007-10-16 Frida attends the Mentor
Gala with Queen Silvia in Stockholm at the Grand Hotel.
2007-10-15 Release of ABBA - The Album
- Deluxe Edition CD/ DVD
Disc 01:CD Bonus tracks:
10. Eagle (Single Edit)
11. Take A Chance On Me (Live Version;
Alternate Mix)
12. Thank You For The Music (Doris Day
Version)
13. Al Andar (Spanish Version of Move
On)
14. I Wonder (Departure) (Live Version)
15. Gracias Por La Música (Spanish
Version of Thank You For The Music)
DISC 02:DVD
1. Eagle/Thank You For The Music (Star
Parade, ZDF)
2. Take A Chance On Me (Am Laufenden
Band, Radio Bremen)
3. The Name Of The Game (ABBA Special,
TBS)
4. Thank You For The Music (Mike
Yarwood’s Christmas Show, BBC)
5. Take A Chance On Me (Star Parade,
ZDF)
6. ABBA on tour in 1977 (Rapport, SVT)
7. Recording ABBA – The Album
(Gomorron Sverige, SVT)
8. ABBA in London, February 1978 (Blue
Peter, BBC)
9. ABBA in America, May 1978 (Rapport,
SVT)
10. ABBA – The Album Television
Commercial I (UK)
11. ABBA – The Album Television
Commercial II (AUSTRALIA)
12. International Sleeve Gallery
007-10-20 Frida and Björn arrive in
Berlin to attend the premiere of Mamma Mia at the Potzdamer Platz
theatre. The two former ABBA members stay at the Hyatt-Hotel.
2007-10-24 Release of BAO3 (Benny
Anderssons Orkester), with never recorded ABBA song "Crush on
You".
2007-11-23 Agnetha attends TV3 / TV6's
20th celebration party in Stockholm. ABBA coverband Björn Again
performs at the party. Agnetha does not pose in front of the press,
but there is a picture of her with the Björn Again bandmembers.
2007-11-29 Benny attends the Mamma Mia
premiere in Barcelona, Spain
2007-12-16 British paper The Mail on
Sunday report an extramarital affair between British Security
Minister Sir Alan West and Frida Lyngstad. Frida denies this and
speaks of a friendship. The two met at a charity function in London
in the spring of 2006.
2008
January:
2008-01-09 Benny attends the premiere
of 'Charlie Wilson's War', at the Empire Cinema at Leicester Square
in London.
February:
2008-02-16 Agnetha is seen in night
club "Village" with her friend Max Lagerbäck of TV3
2008-02-18 Björn attends the 'Mamma
Mia' reception at the Hilton Hotel, Athens, Greece
March:
2008-03-03 Benny appears on SVT's
program Korbra. Benny's plays a snippet of Meryl Streep's 'The Winner
Takes It Al'l and 'Super Trouper' on the computer.
2008-03-23 Frida appears on French
television show "Vivement Dimanche" interviewed by Michel
Drucker.
April:
2008-04-10 Frida and Jon Lord (Deep
Purple) meet in Zermatt at the Zermatt Unplugged festival.
2008-04-12 Björn talks about the Bee
Gees and the Beatles in the 3-part SVT tv documentary 'Sixties'
2008-04-24 Frida visits 'Mamma Mia!'
on Broadway at the Wintergarden Theater New York City.
2008-04-28 Björn is in Oslo, Norway,
to meet the press and to attend the Mamma Mia! auditions on April 29.
June:
2008-06-19 Agnetha is at a summer
party arranged by Carl Adam "Noppe" Lewenhaupt at
restaurant Berns in Stockholm. Agnetha arrived with Bertil Nordstrom,
close friend to Noppe and King Carl Gustaf.
2008-06-28 Björn and Benny and cast
members of 'Mamma Mia! The Movie', Meryl Streep, Colin Firth ,Amanda
Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan , Stellan Skarsgard pose for photographers
in Lagonisi resort, outside Athens, Greece.
2008-06-30 Björn, Benny and Frida
join the cast members at the Mamma Mia! The Movie world premiere at
the Odeon Cinema at Leicester Square in London.
July:
2008-07-02 Mamma Mia! The Movie
premiere in Amsterdam.
2008-07-03 'ABBA: The Mamma Mia!
Story' airs on ITV at 9.00 pm with exclusive interviews with the
stars of the feature film including: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan,
Colin Firth and Julie Walters alongside clips from the film and
behind the scenes footage.
2008-07-03 The cast members and Björn
and Benny attend a private party on Skeppsholmen the evening before
the Swedish premiere of Mamma Mia! The Movie
2008-07-04 Mamma Mia! The Movie premiere in Stockholm. Björn, Benny, Frida and Agnetha attend this event.
2008-07-16 Mamma Mia! The Movie
premiere in New York in attendance of Björn and Benny.
Cast:
Meryl Streep as Donna Sheridan,
Sophie's mother.
Christine Baranski as Tanya, Donna's
friend.
Julie Walters as Rosie, Donna's friend.
Amanda Seyfried as Sophie Sheridan,
Donna's daughter and Sky's fiancée.
Dominic Cooper as Sky, Sophie's
fiancée.
Pierce Brosnan as Sam Carmichael,
Sophie's possible dad 1
Colin Firth as Harry Bright, Sophie's
possible dad 2.
Stellan Skarsgård as Bill Anderson,
Sophie's possible dad 3.
Confirmed songs:
I Have A Dream - Sophie
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After
Midnight) [instrumental]
Honey, Honey - Sophie
Money, Money, Money - Donna
Mamma Mia - Donna
Dancing Queen - Donna, Tanya, Rosie
Our Last Summer - Sophie, Sam, Harry,
Bill
Lay All Your Love On Me - Sophie, Sky
Super Trouper - Donna, Tanya, Rosie
Super Trouper – Donna, Tanya, and
Rosie
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After
Midnight) - cast
The Name Of The Game - Sophie, Bill
Voulez-Vous - cast
SOS - Sam,
Does Your Mother Know - Tanya, Pepper
Slipping Through My Fingers - Donna,
Sophie
The Winner Takes It All - Donna
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do - cast
When All Is Said And Done - Sam, cast
Take A Chance On Me - Rosie, Bill
Mamma Mia - cast
I Have A Dream - Sophie
Dancing Queen - cast
Waterloo - cast
Thank You For The Music - Sophie
August:
2008-08-28 Frida attends Polar Music
Prize 2008 in Stockholm.
September:
2008-09-05 Björn, Benny, Catherine
Johnson, Judy Cramer and Phyllida Lloyd attend the opening ceremony
of the 34th US Film Festival in Deauville, Franc
2008-09-06 Björn has a photocall
after the screening of their film 'Mamma Mia', for the opening of the
34th International Film Festival of Deauville.
2008-09-08 Björn attends the National
Movie Awards held at the Royal Festival Hall in Central London.
2009-09-13 Björn and Benny attend the
My Fair Lady Premiere in Stockholm.
2009-09-26 Benny is appointed honorary
doctor during an academic ceremony in the City Hall of Stockholm.
November:
2008-11-03 Björn and Benny attend the
Music Industry Trusts' Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park
Lane, London.
December:
2008-12-12 Björn and Benny receive a
quintuplet platinum disc for the record sale, 500 000 ex, of the film
musical Mamma Mia! on DVD in Sweden and Norway