Abba were ‘really moved’ by support during UK shows, says Agnetha Faltskog

Abba star Agnetha Faltskog reflects on how the group were “really moved” by the support they received during their UK shows in a new BBC documentary marking the 50th anniversary of their Eurovision victory.

Their Eurovision success with Waterloo at Brighton Dome’s Concert Hall features commentary by Swedish author Carl Magnus Palm and a UK judge from the 1974 contest, Basil Herwald. “Suddenly the whole world is open to us, the whole world is open, and that was a tremendous feeling.” In an interview from after the show, Ulvaeus says: “We were way more nervous tonight, maybe since the first night in Oslo, because England is the homeland of this type of music.”Another key moment in the programme is their Wembley Arena performance in 1979, when they brought out the Wembley Manor Junior School Choir to perform I Have A Dream, and Sky News host Gillian Joseph recalls the experience as a child in the choir.

“The sheer joy of pop music, its gives people that release where they just forget who they are, they’re just lost in the moment,” he adds. On the group’s gradual split, he adds: “There was a different atmosphere. We had been together since ’71 so that was really the creative lifespan of any group you can think of.The documentary also shows clips from the last time the band were in the UK together, on The Late Late Breakfast Show hosted by Noel Edmonds.

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