Category Archives: ABBA

AN ABBAMAZING INTERACTIVE AND OVERACTIVE EXHIBITION AFTER more than 30 years since ABBA’s first live performance in Australia at the Sydney Showgrounds in Moore Park on that wet evening of 3 March 1977, ABBA fans can relive the hormonal, adolescent … Continue reading →

An insider’s account of travelling to the premiere of ABBAWorld in Melbourne with a group of Australia’s most hardcore ABBA fans, who have shared their obsession for more than 30 years. My story is here.

Want to share your love of ABBA? We are looking for volunteers to help enrich visitors’ experience by dramatically recreating highlights of ABBA fandom. Using acting techniques gleaned from your innumerable viewings of ABBA The Movie and The Girl with … Continue reading →

Reward for missing ABBA “Girl with the Golden Hair” wig To celebrate the opening of ABBAWhirl in the Inner West, Sydney, in January 2010, the promoter of this retro interactive ABBA exhibition has posted a reward* to find a missing … Continue reading →

Had a great time at ABBAWorld tonite. It was PACKED! The singers were all great, katie Noonan, Andy Bull and iOTA (who did amazing rock versions of Ring Ring, So Long and SOS). The manager of ABBAWorld spilt red wine … Continue reading →

By Cotton Ward ABBA was the biggest name in music in Australia from 1975 to 1978. By March 1977 the Australian market was saturated with one in three Australian households owning an ABBA record.

An excerpt from an article I wrote in the 1980s about instruments ABBA hired for the concert. During their March 1977 Australian tour, ABBA’s entourage was 40 musicians and 60 film crew who were making ABBA – The Movie.  Scott … Continue reading →

I’m on the float, brief glimpses, with short hair, usually looking away from the camera.

Collect all photos you have of these blue and yellow cat outfits, designed by Owe Sandström. I had the pleasure of meeting him in 1995 and got a pic and autograph. There are lots of costume pics on Facebook that … Continue reading →

There were six of us, Sandra, Louise, James, David, Craig and me at the ABBA fest at my place on Sat arvo. Sandra and Louise arrived early to discuss costume-making, and were decked out in 70s gear, ABBA badges and … Continue reading →