ABBA back after 40 years with new album

ABBA is releasing its first new music in four decades, along with a concert performance that will see the Dancing Queen quartet going entirely digital.

The forthcoming album Voyage, to be released November 5, is a follow-up to 1981 The Visitors, which until now had been the swan song of the Swedish supergroup. A virtual version of the band will begin a series of concerts in London on May 27.

“We took a break in the spring of 1982 and now we’ve decided it’s time to end it,” ABBA said in a statement.

The group has been creating the live show with George Lucas’ special-effects company, Industrial Light & Magic.

Guardians of the Galaxy features Star-Lord’s album

Music was never really a big part of the Guardians of the Galaxy until the first live-action film in 2014. However, Square-Enix’s upcoming video game, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, has its own lore that isn’t tied to the comics or the film.

And in this timeline, Star-Lord wasn’t a nickname for Peter Quill. Instead, it was the name of a 1980s rock band. Audio director Szczepkowski wrote the music for the album and also performs the vocals.

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy will hit PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X & Series S, and PC on October 26.

Elton John’s last performance

Legendry singer and musician, Sir Elton John will play his final London tour date at the BST Hyde Park festival in 2022.

The music icon, 74, announced his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour — The Final Tour in 2018, and has been performing in cities across the world for the final time.

BST Hyde Park will host the London performance of the farewell tour on June 24, 2022. The event has been cancelled for two years in a row due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Sir Elton also announced a new album, The Lockdown Sessions, a collection of 16 songs recorded remotely with other artists over the last 18 months. It features collaborations with Dua Lipa, Gorillaz, Lil Nas X, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Stevie Wonder and Stevie Nicks. The album will be released on October 22.

Published in Dawn, Young World, September 11th, 2021