ABBA are relaunching their avatar concert spectacle with extra hits, after more than three million fans flocked to see it.
The Swedish superstars say they will be making “some additions and small changes” to their London residency to mark its third anniversary.
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It is believed that Super Trouper, Take A Chance On Me and Money, Money, Money have been added to the set-list for the ABBA Voyage show.
In a statement accompanied by a new picture of the band last night, the quartet said: “When we first opened we never imagined that we’d still be in London three years on.
“We’re very grateful that so many of you have joined us.
“Of course, the reason for us being able to sustain our concert for so long is because of our incredible audience.
“As we say in Sweden, Vilken resa! (What a trip!)
“So, to celebrate we’ll be adding a little something to our concert from the 27th of May to thank you for your love and support.
“We hope you enjoy it!”
The band members — Björn Ulvaeus, 79, Agnetha Fältskog, 74, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, 79, and Benny Andersson, 78 — spent three weeks at Ealing Studios in West London in September 2020 filming in motion capture suits for ABBA Voyage.
They are thought to have shot the three extra songs then.
Fans will be hoping rumours are true that the hits will be added to the extravaganza for May’s relaunch which will follow a two-week break during which the new material will be tested.
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The state-of-the-art show, which is booking until January 2026, sees digital versions of the group, dubbed ABBAtars, perform with a live ten-piece band.
It is held at the purpose-built ABBA Arena at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London, where it contributed £1.4billion in turnover to the UK economy in its first two years.
The group were not seen together for decades after their 1982 split but were all at the ABBA Voyage launch in May 2022.
They released a ninth studio album in 2021 to provide new songs for the show but said it would be their final project.
In October that year, Benny said: “This is it. It’s got to be. I didn’t actually say ‘this is it’ in 1982. I never said myself that ABBA was never going to happen again. But I can tell you now: this is it.”
However, the next month Frida said of another album: “I’ve learned to never say never.
“We’ve probably said this must be the last thing we do — think of our ages.
“We are not young any longer.
“But you never know.”
The band also got together last May to receive the Royal Order of Vasa, Sweden’s highest honour, from the nation’s King and Queen.
