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Abbagirls star with Jack Dee

The Abbagirls make a guest appearance on the UK TV show 'Lead Balloon' which stars comedian Jack Dee. The episode is to be screened on BBC2 on Thursday 2nd November at 9:30pm (GMT).

The girls are members of 'Voulez Voulez Vous' and their manager takes on the role of Benny with another actor taking the role of Bjorn. They appear within the first couple minutes or so of the show and you can't miss the 'obvious question' the group are asked by Jack.

X-Factor pay tribute to ABBA?

ABBA star Bjorn Ulvaeus will be appearing this weekend, Saturday 4th November, on the X-Factor. The contestants will be performing ABBA songs - and finding out they are not that easy to sing!! So it will be practice practice practice for the contestants. - I wonder what Bjorn will really make of it all whilst giving advice to the contestants preparing for the show this week and on performance night itself?

And a peice of trivia. The group 'The Unconventionals' who were voted off in the first week of the X-factor show. Andrew Jaymson (also known as Drew) was a member of the original Mamma Mia! cast in 1999 in the ensemble and understudy for 'Eddie'. He then went on to tour in the show 'Money Money Money - The Real Story of ABBA' along with 3 other previous performers of Mamma Mia! So he would certainly know how to sing ABBA songs if 'The Unconventionals' had remained in the show.

The Web Site.

This is a brand new venture which will grow and grow in popularity. At present we'd love to hear from you as the web site is being tested for accessibility, download time, information, ease of navigation. Changes will be made to the web site over the coming weeks to improve the site. More bands will also be added to the Abba Tribute Band index as bands register. Feedback and comments are always welcome, even if it is to improve on information, access and content.

A Guest Book for the actual web site will be added.
Some of the forms will also need slight amendments made.
The significance of the banner is to show it is a worldwide subject. The microphones represent Agnetha & Frida, the piano keys represent Benny whilst the guitar represents Bjorn. ABBA pictures are not used because the web site is not about the original foursome but bands/artistes who pay tribute to ABBA.
A 'Frequently Asked Question' FAQ page will be added so please send in your questions to be answered.
Will the web site be translated into other languages? Primarily the web site will be English but plans for other languages will be added in the future. At present French, German, Spanish and Swedish will be available and this will happen before Christmas 2006.
The links page. Any links have to be relevant to the subject matter/web site and have to be reciprocal.
More tribute bands will be added to the web site as they register. At present the "Abbagirls", "Andante Andante" & "Arrival" have agreed to take part in the test run of the web site and show how the index works. And if I need to change it then I only have 3 'site areas' to amend rather than a dozen or so and that would be a lot of work! Abba tribute bands links are added as long as they reciprocal with the Abba Tribute Bands Worldwide link. (Thank you to the Abbagirls, Arrival & Andante Andante for their help.)

If there is anything you feel we should add to the web site or if find any of links are broken or you've have difficulty accessing the site please let us know. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please e-mail your comments to: abbatributebandsworldwide@blueyonder.co.uk

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