Swedish cult group ABBA, which released an album on Friday for the first time almost 40 years after its disbandment, announced on Wednesday that it was suspending its promotion for 24 hours due to the deaths of two people at a tribute concert in Sweden.
On Tuesday night, in a concert hall in Uppsala, 70 km north of Stockholm, an octogenarian died after falling from seven stories, presumably accidentally, killing another spectator before the eyes of numerous witnesses.
The great room was to house "Thank you for the music", a tribute show to the works of Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, the two male members of ABBA, with some versions of the group.
"Due to the tragic event at a tribute concert in Sweden yesterday (Tuesday) evening, we decided to postpone the publication of the video of our future concert until tomorrow."announced ABBA on social media.
In addition to the launch of their new album announced at the beginning of September, the legendary Swedish band is building a room in London to host from May 2022 a show that includes "avatars" digitized of the four members of the band.
The exact shape of these avatars, designed by a special effects company that worked on the Star Wars films, remains partly mysterious, but the group assures that they will not be simple holograms.
The "ABBAtars" They will represent Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad with their faces in 1979.
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