Eurovision 2024: ABBA will not appear at the contest!

Despite intense speculation, ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson have confirmed the legendary Swedish band will not appear at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

Speaking to BBC Newsnight to mark the first anniversary of ABBA Voyage, their virtual concert residency in London, the pair said “we can celebrate 50 years of Abba without us being on stage.”

Although Bjorn made a brief cameo appearance before the voting sequence at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, he and bandmate Benny also dismissed the idea of composing Sweden’s entry next year.

In 2024 we will also have the 50th anniversary of the band’s historic victory with the song “Waterloo” but it seems that the members of ABBA are negative about a joint appearance on the stage of the competition as well as a joint tour!

Watch ABBA’s legendary win with “Waterloo” from the 1974 contest:

source: BBC