Andersson is always asked if the band is going to reunite. But a reunion is extremely unlikely I dont see anything good coming out of it, he said.Andersson, 63, is the only ABBA member still publicly performing. Ulvaeus is semiretired but still writing lyrics. Anderssons ex-wife Anni-Frid Frida Lyngstad and Ulvaeus former spouse Agnetha Faltskog havent made any new solo recordings since 2004.I think pop music should be done by young people, said Andersson, whose shoulder-length hair and beard is flecked with gray When youre younger, youre really with whats happening in the world I dont know whats going on in the contemporary scene at all.

Swift wasnt the only star pressing the flesh before and during the four-day CMA Music Festival, which draws fans from around the world.Tim McGraw, signing for the first time since 2000, gave out 3,000 autographs in two hours. The Zac Brown Band put out food created by Chef Rusty Hamlin, the Smyrna, Ga., restaurateur who feeds the band and fans at every tour stop.Martina McBride had lunch with party attendees and let them make their own CDs at Blackbird Studios Carrie Underwood played a game where she sang snatches of lyrics and challenged fans to finish up And Rascal Flatts made the day of several hundred fans with its first signing since 2002 and a two-song performance.

The band has performed only a handful of concerts outside Sweden, where in the summers they perform at outdoor venues, bringing along their own dance floor.People are dancing, enjoying themselves, said Andersson. Its like a good exchange of energy. We on the stage deliver energy with our music and they give it back by dancing. Thats what music originally was for.Most of Anderssons tunes on Story of a Heart are instrumentals, such as the supercharged polka Jehu and Trolska with its traditional Swedish fiddle music.

Holy crap, STP hasnt been gone THAT long! Their music is everywhere video games, movies, TV especially ESPN as of late, and they are a staple of most rock and pop radio stations. To confuse them with The Rolling Stones is to confuse The Sex Pistols with Green Day.Two words sum up the production of Wagners Die Walkuere currently on view at the San Francisco Opera Women rule!Actually, two women in particular Swedish soprano Nina Stemme, who sang the title role of Bruennhilde in this opera for the first time ever on Thursday night and Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek, who debuted here as Sieglinde, a role she has performed to great acclaim in Europe.