Band member quashes hopes of Abba reform
Abba will never reform, one of the Swedish band's songwriters and former members has said.
Bjorn Ulvaeus said the band would not follow other acts by regrouping, as their "creativity" together had gone.
He said: "We felt that the energy was running out towards the end of the 1970s. We decided, why should we do a Rolling Stones or a Queen?"
Abba were one of the most successful pop groups of that decade, with hits such as Waterloo and Dancing Queen.
He and songwriting partner Benny Andersson wrote the band's songs, selling more than 100 million albums worldwide.
Bjorn Ulvaeus said he considered Madonna's recent sampling of Abba hit 'Gimme Gimme Gimme' on her number one single Hung Up to be "a tribute".
He explained that they have loads of offers like that but never say yes, "but in this case it was so cleverly done", that they gave their permission for the song to be used.
