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like they have been away. after a 39—year gap, the band recorded a new album in 2021, and returned to the stage last year in london, not in the flesh, but as digital avatars — 2d recreations of themselves from 1979. in a worldwide exclusive interview to mark 12 months of the abba voyage show, i went to the studio of the band in stockholm to talk to bjorn ulvaeus and benny andersson — two of the globe�*s most successful songwriters. it's the one year anniversary of the abba voyage show. it took years to create.
recorded a new album in 2021, and returned to the stage last year in london, not in the flesh, but as digital avatars — 2d recreations of themselves from 1979. in a worldwide exclusive interview to mark 12 months of the abba voyage show, i went to the studio of the band in stockholm to talk to bjorn ulvaeus and benny andersson — two of the globe�*s most successful songwriters. it's the one year anniversary of the abba voyage show. it took years to create. you described it as a risk because you didn't know if people were going to come and see digital recreations of you. is it a gamble that has paid off? most certainly, yes. artistically definitely.
he is in his 70s although he says this is his farewell tour. obviously we would like them to go on forever, that's not going to be possible, but can you see this technology recreating gigs in the future so that generations to come might be able to see bruce springsteen live? i think that's quite possible, and not only like abba voyage but also ai driven, so that they will actually be able to talk to the audience in real time and you will... the illusion will be complete, that's what i think what will happen in the future. part of the joy of the abba voyage show i think is the fact that you are here, we are having this conversation now, and we watch versions of you from 1979, younger versions of you. do you think it will be a different experience if it was amy winehouse or whitney houston or prince? tricky, right? how do you deal with that? everyone knows that they are not around anymore,
they won the eurovision song contest in 1974 and split up around eight years later, but it's never really felt like they have been away. after a 39—year gap, the band recorded a new album in 2021, and returned to the stage last year in london, not in the flesh, but as digital avatars — 2d recreations of themselves from 1979. in a worldwide exclusive interview to mark 12 months of the abba voyage show, i went to the studio of the band in stockholm to talk to bjorn ulvaeus and benny andersson — two of the globe�*s most successful songwriters. it's the one year anniversary of the abba voyage show. it took years to create. you described it as a risk because you didn't know if people were going to come and see digital recreations of you. is it a gamble that has paid off? most certainly, yes.
he is in his 70s although he says this is his farewell tour. obviously we would like them to go on forever, that's not going to be possible, but can you see this technology recreating gigs in the future so that generations to come might be able to see bruce springsteen live? i think that's quite possible, and not only like abba voyage but also ai driven, so that they will actually be able to talk to the audience in real time and you will... the illusion will be complete, that's what i think what will happen in the future. part of the joy of the abba voyage show i think is the fact that you are here, we are having this conversation now, and we watch versions of you from 1979, younger versions of you. do you think it will be a different experience if it was amy winehouse or whitney houston or prince? tricky, right? how do you deal with that?
and 1979, the house select assassinations committee ,they concluded and they saw a lot more documentation and had a lot more witnesses. and the warren commission never ansaw it, concluded that my unc was killed by a conspiracy. and most of the people, for example, schweitzer, who isd the first head of the committee ,publicly said jfk, john and, j, the president, united states was cia was involved in the murder opresidenf the presi united states. and that's a quotation most of the people on that committee at that time believe that it was the cia. >> it was believed certain people in the cia were seven at the time seven or eight, i was i was ten when my uncle was killed. >> i was t when my father was killed. so, you know, and today there is overwhelming evidence. i mean, in fact, one of the reasons to release all of the files on it and let let be transparent, let us see the america you're not
when he moved from birmingham city to nottingham forest in 1979. paris saint—germain have given saudi arabia side al—hilal permission to talk to kylian mbappe after they made a world record bid of £259 million for him. mbappe wants to see out his final year at psg and leave on a free next summer, with real madrid his favoured destination, but psg want to cash in on the 24—year—old and would even be open to a loan move for the season. scotland are hoping to make it four wins from four in the t20 world cup qualifiers. scotland's george muncie scored 131
105,000 people coming to watch the premier league, it feels like we are making an impact, notjust domestically but international scale as well. tributes have been made to britian�*s first million—pound player trevor francis, who's died at the age of 69. the former england striker broke the record with his move from birmingham city to brian clough's nottingham forest in 1979. he went on to win back—to—back european cups with forest and played for his country 52 times. former england captain gary lineker has described him as a "wonderful footballer and lovely man". now to the women's world cup in australia and new zealand. brazil had a comfortable win in their opening match, beating debutants panama 4—0 in adelaide. ary borges was the star of the show, scoring a hat—trick. the pick of the four brazillian goals, though, was the third, scored by bia zaneratto, but the beautiful backheel to set it up came from borges. that puts them top of group f ahead of france and jamaica, who have a point apiece. germany began their world cup campaign in style with a 6—0 win in melbourne, beating another team making a first appearance — morocco.
domestically but international scale as well. tributes have been made to britian�*s first million—pound player trevor francis, who's died at the age of 69. the former england striker broke the record with his move from birmingham city to brian clough's nottingham forest in 1979. he went on to win back—to—back european cups with forest and played for his country 52 times. former england captain gary lineker has described him as a "wonderful footballer and lovely man". now to the women's world cup in australia and new zealand. brazil had a comfortable win in their opening match, beating debutants panama 4—0 in adelaide. ary borges was the star of the show, scoring a hat—trick. the pick of the four brazillian goals, though, was the third, scored by bia zaneratto, but the beautiful backheel to set it up came from borges. that puts them top of group f ahead of france and jamaica, who have a point apiece. germany began their world cup campaign in style with a 6—0 win in melbourne, beating another team making a first appearance — morocco. alexandra popp scored
if anyone's worth that record figure, it's probably mbappe. or is anyone worth that? the death yesterday of trevor francis — wonderful footballer, who back in 1979 became britain's first £1 million footballer when he moved to nottingham forest. in today's prices — that's about 48 trevors. at the time people said £1 million for it but i was ridiculous. —— for a footballer was ridiculous. saudi teams bringing new money to the game. huge fees, huge wages. it is there an appeal beyond the money — is the game in saudi really the level mbappe should be playing at? it is it driving up prices in signing battles without necessarily driving up quality. or are we a bit snobby about opening up the beautiful game across the whole world —