NME — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reportedly flew UK ABBA tribute act Bjorn Again to Moscow to perform a concert especially for him. more info

The Independent — Vladimir Putin was declared a closet Abba fan today as a UK tribute band claimed they secretly performed for the hardman Russian prime minister. more info

CNN Showbiz — Vladimir Putin spent the Russian New Year boogying to the hits of ABBA after spending $30,000 to fly a tribute band to a lake town north of Moscow. more info

Totally Fuzzy — jeffen said...The Doughboys - Whatever (1987)http://musicruinedmylife.blogspot.comMr. Jones said...To wrap up the week, 30 Days Out revisits one of most popular posts: a look back at the long-lost 1974 double-LP "Close Up The Honky Tonks" from the Fl... more info

She is the face of Sweden's biggest pop act since Abba, but Nina Persson says fame turned her into a love-starved 'machine'. more info

Allmusic Blog — In 1974, ABBA won the Eurovision contest for Sweden with "Waterloo." During the California Jam in Ontario, CA, ELP's Keith Emerson attached himself to a piano and spun in mid air (while playing the instrument and chewing gum). Billboard began treatin... more info

NME — Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad of legendary Swedish pop group ABBA have said in an interview that they are not the bitter, arch-enemies that they have been portrayed as. more info

Topix — The two women members of 1970s hit group ABBA have rejected long-standing rumors that they are bitter enemies. more info

Yahoo! Music — E! Online - When it comes to putting up with rumors of a feud, the female half of ABBA has been nothing but super troupers. more info

E! Online — When it comes to putting up with rumors of a feud, the female half of ABBA has been nothing but super troupers. Until, that is, last night, when Swedish songbirds Agnetha... more info