ABBAFanatic: August 2021

Tuesday, 31 August 2021

ABBA On TikTok - ABBA Voyage 2021

SWEDISH PRESS RELEASE FROM TIKTOK

30 AUGUST 2021

Following rumors of new music - ABBA joins TikTok.

Today, millions of fans around the world say "Thank you for the music" when the legends Agnetha, Benny, Björn and Anni-Frid announce that they are joining TikTok. ABBA's music catalog, Sweden's largest music export of all time, will now be available on TikTok and the group will also start an account on the platform. Björn confirmed earlier this year that the band will meet in the studio to record new songs and on ABBA's TikTok account, fans will be able to follow the latest news.

ABBA's greatness internationally does not need to be explained, especially not here in Sweden. Their beloved hits that have dominated the charts around the world are now available for all TikTok users to use in videos on the popular platform.

Of the music groups that are not on TikTok, ABBA has been the most sought after on the platform and their songs have been the most in demand. Until now, fans on TikTok have instead been allowed to sing ABBA's music themselves, and earlier this year the hashtag #DancingQueenChallenge, where users challenged each other to sing the immensely popular song, became a success with over 160 million video views. Iconic songs such as "Slipping Through My Fingers" and "Chiquitita" have also inspired TikTok trends with millions of video views around the world.

As of today, ABBA's music is available on TikTok's audio page and an official ABBA hashtag is launched for all fans, both old and new, to gather around. TikTok users can now use classic songs like "Dancing Queen", "Take a Chance on Me" and "The Winner Taked it All" in their videos. The band's official TikTok account @ABBA is now also live, where the first video is a piano version of "Dancing Queen".

The fact that ABBA joins TikTok and that their music catalog will be available on the platform is a first step in a larger collaboration between TikTok and ABBA, which has previously indicated that they have something very big going on. Fans can now follow ABBA on TikTok to take part in exciting news in the future.

- TikTok, and myself as a Swede, are so proud to welcome Agnetha, Benny, Björn and Anni-Frid to the platform and to offer Sweden's largest music export of all time to fans all over the world. Our users have already shown us with all their videos that this is the music they have been waiting for and it will now be very exciting to see how ABBA can inspire a new generation of fans and initiate a new wave of creativity with the songs that have so long defined pop music, says Farhad Zand, Head of Music Partnerships at TikTok.

ABBA Voyage on TikTok

https://www.tiktok.com/@abbavoyage?fbclid=IwAR1RF7Gn1bL3pdkJ-j4ZDxQyX9oTUPE1y67Deir-P4sjfyafGSi9_JIMO3Y&lang=en

ABBA on TikTok

https://www.tiktok.com/@abba?lang=en

Friday, 27 August 2021

ABBA Worlwide Events For ABBA Voyage !

There are events happening in various places around the world for the launch of ABBA Voyage.

I will add more here as they pop up.

What I want to know is, what about Australia ? May be a bit hard at the moment with whole states in lockdown 😥

NEW YORK

BERLIN

LONDON - Benny's son Ludwig

STOCKHOLM - of course 😃

"Live from Stockholm, the event "ABBA Voyage" will be presented all over the world at the same time. In cooperation with Universal Music, this unique event can be seen in Austria at the Film Festival."

Thursday, 26 August 2021

ABBA Worldwide Event ! September 2021

Oh how I wish I was in Europe !!

There is going to be a world wide ABBA - Voyage event on September 2nd!

Historic ABBA evening at the Film Festival on Vienna's Rathausplatz.

Worldwide broadcast: The future of ABBA will be heralded on September 2nd!

Vienna (OTS) - When music history is made on September 2, 2021, the Film Festival on Vienna's Rathausplatz will be there live: after almost four decades, the Swedish pop group ABBA invites you to a historic evening.

Live from Stockholm, the event "ABBA Voyage" will be presented all over the world at the same time. In cooperation with Universal Music, this unique event can be seen in Austria at the Film Festival.

All fans and friends of the timeless pop icons are invited to Vienna's Rathausplatz to celebrate the future of ABBA together.

On this special occasion, the Film Festival will open its doors to ABBA fans from young to old on September 2nd at 4:00 p.m. From 6 p.m. a live DJ will also provide musical accompaniment for the evening and get the film festival audience to dance with the most beautiful songs from ABBA. The worldwide broadcast of "ABBA Voyage" starts at 6:45 pm!

At around 8:30 pm, ABBA fans can look forward to the recording "ABBA in Concert", in which the band can be seen on one of their legendary tours and also in 1979 in London's Wembley Arena. The band's greatest hits can be experienced up close on the big screen at this unforgettable concert highlight: from “Waterloo” to “Dancing Queen” everything that makes the hearts of pop lovers beat faster.

As before, visitors must be tested, recovered or vaccinated and register for the event with their contact details. For organizational reasons, you are asked to complete your registration online at https://registrierung.filmfestival-rathausplatz.at/ before visiting.

Please note that from September 1st, PCR tests are only valid for 48 hours from collection (for children under 12: 72 hours), antigen tests by designated facilities are valid for 24 hours. As usual, entry is free.

https://www.tourismuspresse.at/presseaussendung/TPT_20210826_TPT0004/historischer-abba-abend-beim-film-festival-auf-dem-wiener-rathausplatz?fbclid=IwAR2WJ0NblC666lf4fs1iyooh6vUel4mYDU4-s0JT7Psv3YFvqU4PKJPprcs