50 years ago today since this monumental performance of Dancing Queen at the Royal Swedish Opera. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpWe...

Just a couple of days ago, we received the sad news that ABBA's long-time friend and representative, Görel Hanser, has passed away. I wrote a personal memory of my contact with her over the years. carlmagnuspalm.com/blogs/abba-blog/gorel-hanser

The first copy of ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions 1972–1982 is here! You can still order your copy at carlmagnuspalm.com/abba/abba-books/abba--the-complete-recording-sessions-order-your-copy

NEW! Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus | 60 years abbaomnibus.com/discs/benny-...

I put together a page summarising the basic facts about ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions: carlmagnuspalm.com/blogs/abba-blog/abba--the-complete-recording-sessions--the-basic-f Pre-order your copy here: carlmagnuspalm.com/abba/abba-books/abba--the-complete-recording-sessions-order-your-copy

I have created a new pre-order page for ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions 1972–1982 on my website: carlmagnuspalm.com/abba/abba-books/abba--the-complete-recording-sessions-order-your-copy. As of today, I am no longer accepting orders through Kickstarter.

Deadline today! Order now to secure your author-signed copy of ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions 1972–1982. No copies ordered after 30 April will be signed. www.kickstarter.com/projects/183...

★ Only two days left! 30 April deadline to get an author-signed copy of ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions: kickstarter.com/projects/1832368278/abba-the-complete-recording-sessions-19721982 Books ordered after 30 April will not be signed.

Ian Cole of ABBA Omnibus has just interviewed me about ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions 1972–1982. And don't forget: 30 April is the deadline if you want a signed copy: kickstarter.com/.../abba-the....

★ ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions will be published late June 2026 – if you haven't already placed your order, do so no later than 30 April if you want a signed copy. More info: carlmagnuspalm.com/news/abba--the-complete-recording-sessions-will-be-published-late-june-2026

Today is the greatest day in Swedish music history. On April 6, 1974, #ABBA won the #Eurovision Song Contest and Blue Swede became the first Swedish act to top the #Billboard Hot 100, with "Hooked on a Feeling." www.billboard.com/music/pop/ab...

★ 30 April deadline: pre-order now to get a signed copy of ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions 1972–1982. Read more here: carlmagnuspalm.com/news/pre-order-now-to-get-a-signed-copy-of-abba--the-complete-recording-sessions-19721982

DEADLINE TODAY: Today, Saturday 28 February, is the deadline to place your order for ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions 1972–1982 if you want your name printed in the book as a crowdfunding contributor. www.kickstarter.com/projects/183...

Only 2 days left if you want to be listed as a crowdfunding contributor: Saturday 28 February is the deadline to place your order for ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions 1972–1982 if you want your name printed in the book (if you already placed your order, you will be listed automatically).

PROMOTION I simply can't wait for our next guided tour of ABBA's Stockholm on the weekend of 25–26 April. Come along and see more than 30 places where ABBA lived and worked, and hear my stories about them all. Tickets and more info at toursforfans.com/abba/

Saturday 28 February marks the deadline to place a pre-order of ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions 1972–1982 if you want your name listed in the book as a crowdfunding contributor. Place your order at kickstarter.com/projects/1832368278/abba-the-complete-recording-sessions-19721982

★ Last chance to get your name included as a crowdfunding contributor in the updated edition of ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions 1972–1982. Read more: carlmagnuspalm.com/news/last-chance-to-get-your-name-included-as-a-crowdfunding-contributor-in-abba--the-complete-recording-sessions

Well, what's that to the right in this photo from a Vietnamese bookshop? Only the local edition of my ABBA biography. Spotted last week by an ABBA fan at Alphabooks in Ho Chi Minh City Book Street. carlmagnuspalm.com/news/abba-biography-published-in-vietnam

★ Nearing the end of a fab ABBA project • A milestone reached as the Visitors sessions have been updated for the new edition of ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions. Read the blog post: carlmagnuspalm.com/blogs/abba-blog/nearing-the-end-of-a-fab-abba-project

PROMOTION What are you doing on the weekend of 25–26 April? Why not join us for two days of exploring ABBA's Stockholm. See the places where Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Frida lived and worked! Meet guitarist Finn Sjöberg at the classic Atlantis Studios! More info and tickets: toursforfans.com/abba/

Chuffed that my ABBA biography, Bright Lights Dark Shadows – The Definitive Biography Of ABBA, is just about to be published in Vietnamese, by Alpha Books (fahasa.com/hao-quang-bong-toi-the-real-story-of-abba.html). Its fifth language, after English, German and Croatian.

★ Bringing it together in ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions ● Those Tretow tapes and how they're enhancing the new edition of the book about ABBA's music: carlmagnuspalm.com/blogs/abba-blog/bringing-it-together-in-abba--the-complete-recording-sessions

Everybody else is talking about The Beatles Anthology, so why shouldn't I? News agency story published in a number of Swedish papers today.

Agnetha & Frida in ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions: new blog post. carlmagnuspalm.com/blogs/abba-blog/agnetha--frida-in-abba--the-complete-recording-sessions

Joe Matera's fab book about the 1975 ABBA album, for which I wrote the foreword, is now available in the UK, Sweden, France and perhaps elsewhere as well. More info and convenient ordering links here: bit.ly/43Nw9Bx

★ ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions: new discoveries • Adding more to the book than I thought I would. New blog post: bit.ly/3KOV8Ol

Last week I was interviewed on Swedish radio station P4 Sjuhärad, in conjunction with an ABBA lecture I gave in the town of Kinna. The interview starts at circa 02:15:10 and ends, somewhat unusually, with the French version of Waterloo! sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/2659566

New blog post: questions & answers about ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions 1972-1982 - Second Revised and Updated Edition abbaomnibus.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/a...

I understand that many ABBA fans are wondering why they should support the new edition of ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions (shorturl.at/E2Knd), so I put together a blog post to explain why I'm eager to get this book off the ground: bit.ly/3UUw6iq

Kickstarter has selected ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions as a Project We Love! It is their way of "highlighting brilliant examples of creativity". How cool! Help make this new revised and expanded edition a reality at Kickstarter: shorturl.at/E2Knd #ProjectWeLove

ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions marked the first time that the world learned when the recording of Dancing Queen began. It was, in fact, 50 years ago today! This article, very much based on my book, marks the occasion: bit.ly/4ojISER

PROMOTION Where am I? Something important in ABBA's early career happened here, but the location is not widely known. One of the more unusual spots we visit on our guided tour of ABBA's Stockholm. Next tour: weekend of 20–21 September. Tickets and more info: toursforfans.com/abba/

Look who will be appearing on the '70s Rock & Romance Cruise, 21–28 March 2026! Yours truly, that's who, giving a presentation about the ABBA story. Not too late in life for new experiences. Really looking forward to this. rockandromancecruise.com

The crowdfunding campaign for ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions 1972–1982 (shorturl.at/E2Knd) started less than 24 hours ago, and it's going well! But there's still a long way to go, so please make your pledge (i.e., pre-order a copy of the book). Thanks for your support!

I'm excited to announce that the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the second revised and expanded edition of ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions 1972–1982 is now live! It will go on for a month, ending on 31 August. Place your order here: shorturl.at/E2Knd

Crowdfunding for the second revised and expanded edition of ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions will start Thursday 31 July. Today I'm announcing the prices for a signed copy, including shipping: shorturl.at/HEzzT

On the weekend of 20–21 September, we'll be taking a new group of fans on a tour of ABBA's Stockholm. Here's the story of what happened on our most recent outing: bit.ly/3UyXkuS

PROMOTION Tickets are now available for our third tour of ABBA's Stockholm, taking place on the weekend of 20–21 September. The tour is so much fun and I simply can't wait to do this again. Tickets and more info: toursforfans.com/abba/

It seems I have written a whopping 10 ABBA books over the past 31 years. Insane! In attempt at sorting out which book is which, I've put together this page: bit.ly/40b6XU0

So exciting! The tickets for our guided tour of The Beatles' Stockholm on 30 August are now available. Among the many fab locations we'll visit is the theatre where the group's appearance on the Drop In TV programme was filmed in October 1963. I simply can't wait. Book your tickets: bit.ly/44rmdOY

This summer it's 50 years ago since I recorded four songs on a children's album. I did it in the studio where the backing track for Bang-A-Boomerang was recorded, and ABBA's main drummer, Ola Brunkert, was my drummer as well. bit.ly/3Ims7s2

The Hot And Bothered podcast devotes two episodes in their current series about romance movies to Mamma Mia! I'm interviewed in one of the episodes, at circa 43:00. This link is for Spotify, but I'm sure you can find it wherever you get your podcasts. bit.ly/3SB9OkY

ABBA On Record book – 10% off in June! Hailed by reviewers as "a complete triumph" and "a vital, vibrant addition to any ABBA bookshelf", the hardcover edition is available at a 10% price reduction throughout the month of June 2025! Place your order: bit.ly/3Zd17AR

Queen, Herbie Hancock and Barbara Hannigan were honored at the 2025 #PolarMusicPrize. My #Billboard report: www.billboard.com/music/awards...

A man on a mission! We had so much fun on our first guided tour of ABBA's Stockholm recently. Here I am shepherding my flock, en route to the next fab ABBA-related location. We'll be doing it again on the weekend of 5–6 July. www.toursforfans.com/abba-tour/ ADVERTISEMENT

Chris Charlesworth, my former editor at Omnibus Press, has written about Michael B. Tretow in his Just Backdated blog. justbackdated.blogspot.com/2025/05/michael-tretow.html

Radio Sweden has interviewed me about Michael B. Tretow. Listen here: sverigesradio.se/artikel/michael-b-tretow-abbas-legendary-sound-engineer-has-died

My tribute to Michael B. Tretow, who passed away yesterday. carlmagnuspalm.com/blogs/abba-blog/michael-b.-tretow--a-tribute

Last week's two-day tour of ABBA's Stockholm was a great success, not least thanks to everyone who came along and made the tour come alive. I've just published a blog post about it. And don't miss the next trip, on 5–6 July! bit.ly/4mhvEqX (Photo by Urban Dahlén).

The ABBA Live 1973 book and the series of books about ABBA's live concerts have been cancelled. There simply wasn't enough interest. Thanks to everyone who wanted to support the project. Pre-order refunds will be issued over the next few days. Read more: bit.ly/42C7os2