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“ essential reading for anyone wondering
what the pop world looked like in the 1970s”
Mojo magazine
Bright Lights Dark Shadows is the definitive
biography of Abba, the world’s greatest
pop band whose hit musical Mamma Mia! has
become the most successful stage show
and UK film MUSICAL of all time.
As generations of new fans discover Abba’s
timeless music, Frida, Agnetha, Benny and
Björn remain rather shadowy, secretive figures.
Their marriages, personal break-ups and
superficial biographical details are well known…
but who exactly are Abba?
• How did Norwegian orphan Anni-Frid become a real-life princess?
•H
ow did folksy Benny and Björn become an international pop
force to rival Lennon & McCartney?
•W
hat happened to blonde Agnetha who smiled a lot but never
really looked happy?
• And how many billions have Abba been offered to reform?
World renowned Abba expert Carl Magnus Palm’s acute understanding of the
culture of his native Sweden offers a unique insight into the group, and their
sometimes dark personal stories.
Bright Lights Dark Shadows: The Real Story of Abba is the ultimate account
of the rise and fall of a legendary group and a biography of rare perception.
“ compelling and incredibly detailed ”
Mojo magazine
THE
REAL
STORY
OF
ABBA
This new edition of the best-selling Abba book
has been updated to include details of Mamma
Mia!’s extraordinary success and the ongoing
lives of Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson,
Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog, their
music and their personal lives. It has also been
substantially revised throughout.
BRIGHT
LIGHTS
DARK
SHADOWS
THE REAL STORY OF
ABBA
BRIGHT LIGHTS DARK SHADOWS
“achieves the difficult feat of capturing
the multiple layers of Abba... with a
deftness unusual in a rock biography ”
Sunday Times
CARL
MAGNUS
PALM
www.omnibuspress.com
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Cover designed by Fresh Lemon
Front cover photograph by Michael Ochs Archives / Stringer
Back cover photograph by Rex Features
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CARL MAGNUS PALM
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