IT was the song that won ABBA the Eurovision Song Contest 50 years ago and helped the group become international superstars. But it turns out Waterloo isn’t a favourite tune for writer Bjorn Ulvaeus five decades on. At a special Q&A at the ABBA Arena, when asked which songs get stuck in his head, Bjorn replied: “Waterloo can be quite painful.
” His bandmate and co-writer Benny Andersson added: “When you’re working with a song, and you go into the studio and you spend days and days and days [in there], before that song is finished, [that’s when] it goes round and round in your head. Once it’s in the can . .
. it’s like it’s not ours any more, it’s yours.” Among the crowd at the event were actress Rosamund Pike, singer Rick Astley , national treasure Joanna Lumley and comic Matt Lucas – who proved his superfan status by wearing an Abba jumper.
Sir Paul McCartney was also spotted watching the avatar show this year, which is going on tour in 2025, with Bjorn explaining he and the former Beatle were close pals. He recalled: “I met Paul in the lounge at Heathrow. “We were going to the same island, Barbados, for a holiday.
“They said they were renting a house and we were staying at Sandy Lane Hotel and they said, ‘Come up and have lunch’, and we did. “We had a lovely day with Paul, Linda and the kids.” While the group don’t get together often, Benny revealed the pair were seeing Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad on Friday.
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