Don't miss out on the headlines from Music. Followed categories will be added to My News. Michael Chugg, now one of Australia’s top promoters, was a freelance tour manager in 1977. Paul Dainty, then ...

It was forty years ago, but Sharon Bencich remembers Abba’s 1977 tour like it was yesterday. She was a fair-haired eight-year-old from Geelong, the youngest of nine children and “lucky” to have a big ...

No ABBA hit list would be complete without Mamma Mia, but a Melbourne icon played a key role in getting the pop track — and the supergroup behind it — onto a world stage. Here’s a look back at ...

MAMMA Mia! It’s been 40 years since ABBA mania swept Australia and the Swedish pop stars were greeted by thousands of fans at the Melbourne Town Hall. The beginnings of the pop craze can be traced ...

Welcome back to our queer film retrospective, “A Gay Old Time.” In this week’s column, we revisit 1977’s ABBA: The Movie, the iconic band’s lesser known “mockumentary” tour movie. For almost fifty ...

Forty years ago, Australia was gripped by ABBA mania. The talented Swedes were mobbed everywhere they went. Young and old lined streets and packed their concerts. We embraced them whole heartedly as ...

ABBA’s first studio LP in 40 years is an immediate hit in Australia, blasting to No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. By Lars Brandle It’s ABBA-Mania once more in the land Down Under, as the reunited pop ...

IT’S been 40 years since ABBA’s Aussie tour where a bomb threat threatened their gig. Molly Meldrum and others take us back in time to the historic moment. Michael Chugg, now one of Australia’s top ...