ABBA have thanked their followers for displaying “steadfast loyalty and help” as they celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their Eurovision Tune Contest win.
ABBA are celebrating 50 years since profitable Eurovision
The enduring Swedish band – comprising of Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad – shot to fame after they triumphed within the contest with ‘Waterloo’ in Brighton in April 1974 and have described it as “deeply humbling” that thousands and thousands have adored the group within the subsequent half a century.
Within the message, ABBA mentioned: “It’s barely dizzying and deeply humbling to suppose that thousands and thousands of you who noticed us for the primary time within the Eurovision last 1974 have handed our music on not solely to 1 era, however to a number of. We see proof of that each time considered one of us visits Abba Voyage in London, and it’s due to this we are able to rejoice the fiftieth anniversary of that occasion within the data that our songs nonetheless resonate around the globe.”
The ‘SOS’ hitmakers discover it “tough to grasp” that fifty years have handed since their Eurovision success and the quartet say that their desires have been “surpassed” as they’ve gone on to turn out to be some of the common teams in music historical past.
The group added: “So what have been our desires throughout these suspenseful moments or within the chaos within the aftermath of the victory we had secured with the smallest margin in Eurovision historical past? 4 completely different desires, little doubt, however no matter they have been, nevertheless grand, actuality has surpassed them, that’s for certain.
“Lots of you have been there from the very begin and have adopted us ever since – for over half a century! Music you uncover and study to like whenever you develop up and even later in life has a approach of staying with you perpetually. We share that have with you and to know that our music has turn out to be a relentless in your lives is a superb factor.”
The assertion concluded: “All through the years now we have been blessed with the outpouring of affection from you, our followers. We really feel it and we wish to know that hardly a day goes by after we’re not reminded of it. To say thanks for what you’re giving us with out sounding trivial shouldn’t be simple and this isn’t a second of triviality. It’s a glad and, on the similar time, solemn second and we are able to solely hope that you simply perceive how deeply grateful we’re for an extended, profitable profession and in your steadfast loyalty and help by the years. Thanks!”