Bjorn Ulvaeus reveals that the Beatles were the “biggest inspiration“ behind ABBA’s 1974 hit “Waterloo.” During an upcoming appearance on Apple Music 1’s Deep Hidden Meaning Radio with host Nile ...

My, my! Fifty years after ABBA's international breakthrough with ‘Waterloo' in the Eurovision Song Contest, Polar Music International celebrates this milestone with a special 50th anniversary reissue, ...

People dressed in costumes take part in a silent disco event outside the Brighton Dome, in Brighton, England, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Fans are celebrating 50 years since ABBA won its first big battle ...

A half-century ago on Saturday, the Swedish quartet triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song, which opens: “My my, at Waterloo, Napoleon did surrender, and I have met my ...

ABBA released Waterloo on March 4, 1974, months before the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Brighton on April 6. But the song was written specifically for the competition the previous December, ...

1974 was a uniquely bonkers year at Eurovision. The previous year's winners, Luxembourg, didn't want to host due to the costs so it was held at the Brighton Dome, hosted by Katie Boyle. A radical, ...

A taxi driver has been recollecting the private rendition Abba gave him of Waterloo after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 50 years ago. The Swedish supergroup stormed to victory at Brighton Dome ...

Today, Saturday 6th April, as part of the 50th anniversary global celebrations of ABBA's historic victory in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with their iconic song 'Waterloo', members of the ...

ABBA’S Waterloo has been voted the best Eurovision song entry of all time, according to research. A study of 2,000 adults found the Swedes’ legendary hit – which also gave the band their first number ...

LONDON — Within strolling distance of the rail station bearing the name of their first international hit, Swedish band ABBA celebrated 40 years of breathtaking success with a party at London's Tate ...