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ABBA return with new album after 40-year hiatus
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The new ABBA album (AFP/Jonathan Nackstrand)
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wedish pop sensation ABBA made a comeback on Friday with their new album Voyage, nearly 40 years after they split up, with a digital avatar concert planned in London.
Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and Anni-Frid -- forming the acronym ABBA -- have not released any new music since their split in 1982, a year after their last album The Visitors.
Voyage went live at midnight Thursday in various time zones, to the delight of longtime fans worldwide.
"We are just in disbelief... that it's something that we could experience again in our lifetimes," longtime ABBA fan Jeffrey de Hart, 62, said at a listening party in Stockholm for the Swedish band's much-anticipated release.
After years of speculation and several dropped hints, the group finally announced the reunion and new album in September, and released the singles "I still have faith in you" and "Don't shut me down".
The 10-track Voyage is not all the group will be releasing.
They will also unveil digital avatars -- dubbed "ABBAtars" -- at a concert in London in May, resembling their 1979 selves.
