ABBA’s 1974 Eurovision Song Contest outfits to go on display
May 24th, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANIMelbourne, May 24 (ANI): Swedish pop group ABBA’s fans will now be able to view two stage outfits worn by members of the band when they won the April 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Waterloo’.
Abbaworld, at Federation Square, will open on June 19, and Agnetha Faltskog’s midnight blue tunic and knitted cap alongside Frida Lyngstad’s folkloric shirt and skirt, will be displayed.
“To me, the Abba costumes are works of art,” the Herald Sun quoted Abbaworld project manager Judith Penrose as saying.
Abba’s Eurovision success is a legendary pop story. In 1973, Agnetha and Frida joined band mates Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson in presenting ‘Ring, Ring’ as a Swedish entry for the competition.
A year later, the four were known as Abba, an acronym of their first names, and they took over the competition at Brighton with their song ‘Waterloo’.
This infectious song shot to No. 1 around the world and an album of the same name paved the way for Abba fever.
“For some, Waterloo was a defeat, but for Abba, it was the beginning of an empire,” the group’s costume designer Owe Sandstrom added. (ANI)
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