My Old Kentucky — This weekend, I'll depart for sunny Austin, TX and Fun Fun Fun Fest. I arrive Friday morning and will hit the ground running. A free blogger panel at The Mohawk with notables from Aquarium Drunkard, Idolator, Billboard, Spin, and Austinist/Austin 3... more info

Abeano — A few weeks ago, a friend with impeccable taste played me this wonderful song by Swedish singer El Perro Del Mar, real name Sarah Assbring (hrrrrnk!). Called ‘Change Of Heart’, it’s a real lump-in-throat inducing piece of music. Incredibly... more info

Live Daily — ABBA [ tickets ]'s 1978 performance for Japanese television will be released on DVD Nov. 3, according to a press release. Titled "In Japan," the DVD will feature the band performing its biggest hits during a 54-minute show that included "Take A Chanc... more info

Perez Hilton — Then what is the point? We reported recently that some of the cast members are eager to return to the sequel of Mamma Mia, provided that the catchy tunes of ABBA were involved. Now, we are hearing that we will most likely be getting Mamma Mia 2 but W... more info

Starpulse — Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried are game for a "Mamma Mia!" movie sequel - as long as it includes ABBA duo Bjorn Ulvaeus And Benny Andersson. Seyfried, who played Streep's daughter in the movie[...] Read more! more info

Buffalo News, New York — It's not easy becoming Bjorn Ulvaeus. ¶ When Mark Thomas visits UB's Center for the Arts on Nov. 9, it will take him a solid hour to step into character as the lead singer of the Swedish band ABBA. Thomas, the force behind the group ABBA Mania, must... more info

Perez Hilton — My, my. Do we really need a sequel? Not that we didn't love Meryl Streep the first time around. We just don't think we can handle another musical romp of Abba music. Regardless of what we think, a sequel to Mamma Mia is most likely headed our way, at... more info

The Playlist — Previously on "Mamma Mia 2" Watch (you know you check in all the time as we do), members of Swedish pop group ABBA, said they would not be involved with a sequel because they do not intend to license ABBA's catalog for any further films.Obviously, wo... more info

The Late Greats — If you have been reading Late Greats (The Blog) for a while, you know we champion musicians from Canada. The latest is Ash Koley. A one-time member of a Canadian ABBA tribute band, Ash has a debut album coming next year. Until then, she is tiding us ... more info

411 Mania — …Papa Roach, Pantera and Pearl Jam, Paradise Lost and Pitchshifter, a descent into Pure Pop Perversion (featuring the Beatles, Beach Boys, Abba, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Girls Aloud and many more) and a slight shill for the upcoming Biffy C... more info