Abba icons reveal how their music could finally reach Glastonbury

“I think that's a brilliant idea,” he added, to loud cheers from the 3,000 fans in the venue.

Benny added that “you'd have to ask the band about that,” but seemed impressed by the idea.

He later joked that if the band – who play Abba Voyage every night alongside the Avatars – were to play Glastonbury, “they're going to need an extra keyboard player,” seemingly offering himself up for the job.

Five years ago, Bjorn unfortunately quashed any idea of ​​the band joining forces for Glasto.

Speaking to Radio 2's Zoe Ball Breakfast Show in 2019, when asked if there was any chance of this happening, he said: 'Oh no, it's a straight no.'

'We've recorded some new songs and you'll probably hear them next year, at least one of them, but that's very different from the hassle of rehearsing and – just one show, that would be like doing a whole show. year of touring,” he said.

“It would take ten years of our lives.”

If the original Abba can't be there, at least we might get a chance to see the spectacular Abba Voyage live band, possibly with an appearance by Benny on keyboards.

Abba Voyage broke boundaries when it launched in May 2022 by giving fans the chance to reimagine the Eurovision winners as modern pop stars.

Through their incredibly lifelike avatars and with the help of a 10-piece live band, the 95-minute concert is an extraordinary feat of technology, special visual effects and, of course, some of the greatest music of all time.

Since opening in the purpose-built Abba Arena in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, more than two million fans have come along to see hits like Waterloo, SOS, Dancing Queen and Fernando performed by the hyper-real, eternally youthful versions. from Agnetha, Anni-Fri, Bjorn and Benny.

During the special show on Monday, which saw fans asking questions alongside celebrity guests including Dame Joanna Lumley, Rosamund Pike, Dawn O'Porter, Rick Astley and Matt Lucas, Benny and Bjorn also admitted they sometimes consider putting their avatars on stage to accompany you in London.

When asked by Texas frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri if they've “ever been tempted to sneak on stage,” Bjorn said, “Yes, absolutely.”

He also admitted that it's “hard to emotionally grasp the legacy they have as a band,” that “we wrote these little songs and it gave rise to this and the millions of people we touched.”

'We know it's true, but it's very difficult to understand. Perhaps impossible.'

Benny added: 'I've seen the show so many times and I think we look good there… but I have no idea what it really is that makes people have it in them to want to listen to music that spans 50 years was made ago, 40 years ago, 30 years ago.'