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Blur's Alex James suggests ABBA-style avatar show as he talks future of Britpop legends

Alex James has two ideas for the future of Britpop legends Blur.

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The song voted the UK’s favourite – for the seventh year running

It was crowned the winner of Smooth Radio’s All Time Top 500 poll

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George Michael’s Careless Whisper voted nation’s favourite for seventh year

The track was voted top of Smooth Radio’s All Time Top 500, an annual list of the UK’s best-loved songs, for the seventh year in a row.

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10 of the best Eurovision looks throughout the years

Here’s a look back at some of Eurovision’s most memorable performances…

The Independent UK

The top 10 underrated ABBA songs you might not know

ABBA are one of the most successful pop groups in the world, but some of their songs remain lesser-known gems compared to hits such as ‘Waterloo’ and ‘Dancing Queen’. Freya Ingram runs through the 10 you need to listen to

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ABBA: Against the Odds documentary airs tonight on The CW

The music doc ABBA: Against the Odds chronicles the Swedish singing group's journey from the Eurovision Song Contest to becoming a global pop phenomenon

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ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus insists 'money doesn't matter'

ABBA star Bjorn Ulvaeus has declared "money doesn't matter" to him but he's glad his millions have given him the "freedom" not to worry about paying his bills.

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Bjorn Ulvaeus was drunk when he wrote The Winner Takes It All

ABBA star Bjorn Ulvaeus was drunk when he wrote the band's hit track 'The Winner Takes It All'

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Bjorn Ulvaeus admits he was ‘troubled’ by age gap between him and wife Christina Sas

Swedish musician and composer said it was ‘love at first sight’ when he met Sas, 28 years his junior, in 2021

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ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus had 'severe problems' with age gap romance

ABBA star Bjorn Ulvaeus experienced "love at first sight" when he met his wife Christina Sas but he also had "severe problems" with their age gap romance.

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"Abba were in matching white fur coats, looking like polar bears. Sid went running over. ‘Abba!’ Then he vomited. They were horrified." John Lydon on the day Abba met the Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols were huge fans of Abba. Abba may not have been huge fans of the Sex Pistols

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Sharon Osbourne teases Black Sabbath hologram show after final gig

Sharon Osbourne has insisted she would consider working on a Black Sabbath hologram show after this summer's 'Back To The Beginning' farewell show.

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Abba ‘adding a little something’ to avatar arena shows for third anniversary

ABBA Voyage is booking until January 2026.

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ABBA Voyage setlist to change in honour of third anniversary

The 'ABBA Voyage' setlist is to change for the first time in the show's history, three yers after it opened in a purpose-built arena in London.

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"When we did Live Aid, we could barely play. Queen were in the middle of a tour, walked out there, took the whole thing, and turned it into an advert for themselves": Pete Townshend says that The Who invented stadium rock and then gave it away

He also prefers ABBA to Queen

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"And the winners are": Queen, Herbie Hancock and Barbara Hannigan just won 1 million krona each in 2025's Polar Music Prize

The awards, best known for rewarding long-standing rock royalty with cold hard cash, just made its annual pick of the best of the best

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“He noticed that the studio had a marimba sitting in the corner, and the rest is history”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind ABBA's Mamma Mia

On Mamma Mia's 50th birthday, our resident music prof puts ABBA's infectiously catchy karaoke staple under the musical microscope

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Did Amanda Seyfried Just Confirm Mamma Mia! 3? ‘Oh, It’s Happening’

Actress Amanda Seyfried has seemingly confirmed the future of 'Mamma Mia! 3', stating that it's "happening".

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"A ninth album would have been about riffs - interestingly constructed riffs and hypnotic music": Jimmy Page looks back on the tests and turmoil of Led Zeppelin's final albums

The man who led Zeppelin looks back on Presence, In Through The Out Door and Coda

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“It didn’t feel that good. There was nothing special about it, other than it had belonged to Kurt Cobain.” Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt wasn’t impressed when he got to play the Nirvana frontman’s guitar

The Opeth mainman admits he wasn’t that wowed when he recently got his hands on Kurt Cobain’s “haunted” guitar

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"After shaking her hand, I went out and had like five cigarettes in a row just to calm myself down. I get starstruck easily": Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt on the time he met ABBA's Agnetha Fältskog and had dinner with her

Mikael Åkerfeldt looks back on the time he was starstruck after meeting fellow Swedish legend, Agnetha Fältskog from ABBA

Louder

Mogwai's new single Fanzine Made of Flesh sounds like "ABBA meets Kraftwerk" according to guitarist Stuart Braithwaite

Scottish post-rock quartet Mogwai will release their brand new studio album The Bad Fire in January

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“I could be listening to Abba one minute and then Morbid Angel. It doesn’t seem strange to me”: How Porcupine Tree reinvented progressive rock for the 21st century metal generation

Porcupine Tree’s 2010 album The Incident capped their rise from cult psychedelicists to prog metal giants

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"Most of my favourite bands, their fourteenth album was shit": Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt on ABBA, nearly buying a record shop, and their awesome 14th album

When ABBA-mad Opeth leader Mikael Åkerfeldt met one of their singers, he “lost it”. She didn’t sing on their new concept album, but some other, perhaps unlikely, big names did

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Michael Fassbender finally 'understood' ABBA after scary brush with death

Michael Fassbender developed a new appreciation for ABBA following a near-death experience during a late night boat trip to Ibiza.

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