{"id":53011,"date":"2021-09-11T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/?p=53011"},"modified":"2021-09-10T15:10:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T05:10:23","slug":"abbas-benny-andersson-bjorn-ulvaeus-reveal-their-fondest-memories-of-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/entertainment\/music\/abbas-benny-andersson-bjorn-ulvaeus-reveal-their-fondest-memories-of-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"ABBA\u2019s Benny Andersson & Bj\u00f6rn Ulvaeus Reveal Their Fondest Memories Of Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week, ABBA made our year and announced they\u2019re officially back<\/a> – after 39 years – with new music, a new album, and revolutionary hologram concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To celebrate, smoothfm\u2019s very own Richard Wilkins caught up with one half of the legendary pop group – Bj\u00f6rn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson – and we\u2019re so very, very, grateful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benny and Bj\u00f6rn spilled the deets on their new album \u2018Voyage\u2019, revealed how it felt to come together after all this time and commented on the band\u2019s love affair with Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But our favourite part of the chat has to be when Bj\u00f6rn and Benny told Richard their strongest memories from their time in Aus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI remember we were coming into Melbourne and there were people along the roads. There were thousands and thousands and thousands of people because it was \u2018Moomba Day\u2019 not because of us, but we felt it was for us,\u201d <\/em>Benny mentioned.<\/p>

\u201cI remember going to a zoo somewhere, having a snake around my neck. Frid or Agnetha held one of those wombats, someone called from New Zealand – It was Rod Stewart. He and his band were singing in the background \u2018Muddy, Muddy, Muddy\u2019…\u201d <\/em>Bj\u00f6rn said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

You can hear the full interview here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n