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NEWS 2010

ABBA MEMBER BJÖRN ULVAEUS RELEASES BOOK FOR ABBAWORLD!

2010/03/04

Following the opening of ABBAWORLD at Earls Court in London, the former ABBA member Björn Ulvaeus has released a book, a H. C. Andersen tinted fairy tale titled The Little White Piano, sold exclusively at the exhibition, Björns royalty going to Nordhoff Robbins - music therapy charity.

The story is centered around the piano, now on display at ABBAWORLD, that was used for writing so many of ABBAs hit songs. Ulvaeus found the inspiration for the book when visiting the writing hut that he and Benny Andersson used to share in the Stockholm archipelago during the ABBA years.

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The Little White Piano



ABBAWORLD GOES DOWN UNDER!

2010/02/22

AUSTRALIA´S CHANCE TO RELIVE THE MEMORIES AND MAGIC OF ABBA WITH A THRILLING AND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE ...

ABBAWORLD OPENS AT MELBOURNE´S FEDERATION SQUARE JUNE 2010

Dainty Consolidated Entertainment in conjunction with Touring Exhibitions is delighted to announce that they will be bringing ABBAWORLD to Melbourne in June 2010.

Melbourne´s Federation Square will be transformed into a world of sequins, platforms, singing and dancing!

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ABBAWORLD GOES DOWN UNDER!



SPECTACULAR GRAND OPENING OF ABBAWORLD

2010/01/27

It truly was an evening of music, memories and magic when ABBAWORLD welcomed ABBA fans and special guests from all around the world to its spectacular grand opening at Earls Court on Tuesday, celebrating the Swedish supergroup all around. To get an idea of how spectacular the evening was, look at the video clip "Grand opening" on the front page of www.abbaworld.com.

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Anni-Frid and Bjorn



DREAMS COME TRUE AT ABBAWORLD - PERFORM
LIVE WITH ABBA ON STAGE!

2010/01/25

In what promises to be one of the most exciting and spectacular features of the upcoming ABBAWORLD exhibition, the audience will be able to sing and dance together with the Swedish supergroup ABBA on stage. With the high definition holographic video system Eyeliner, ABBA returns to the stage through a holographic illusion of the group for the visitor to interact with. Senior director of production Mats Daleskog of Touring Exhibitions, the company behind ABBAWORLD, says, We were very impressed with the Eyeliner system when it was presented to us by Musion Systems, and we immediately knew that this was something we had to incorporate into ABBAWORLD. Its an amazing, seemingly magical technology, and Musion Systems have really excelled themselves when it comes to this one.

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Photo credits: Fanny Oldenburg



NEW TECHNOLOGY GUIDES VISITORS AT ABBAWORLD!

2010/01/22

A newly developed audio guide, TXP (Touring Exhibitions Player) will serve as an interface between the audience and the highly interactive environment of the upcoming ABBAWORLD exhibition that premieres in London the 27th of January. Having researched the market for audio guide systems, Touring Exhibitions, the company behind ABBAWORLD, decided to forgo the existing systems and develop their own audio guide, the TXP, from scratch.

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TXP



GIMME! GIMME! GIMME!- FRIDA AND BJORN!

2010/01/21

ABBA IN ATTENDANCE AT WORLD PREMIERE OF ABBAWORLD, LONDON

London, 20 January 2010: ABBA Mania will hit London next week with the highly anticipated ‘Arrival’ of ABBAWORLD at Earls Court. To add to the excitement, band members and living legends, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Björn Ulvaeus will start the celebrations off in style as they step onto the red carpet and into ABBAWORLD, at the world premiere, Earls Court, Tuesday 26 January 2010.

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ABBAWORLD