Abba to release previously unheard song

YEREVAN, JANUARY 26, ARMENPRESS: For the first time in 18 years, Abba are giving us a new song. The Swedish pop group will release a previously unheard track, From a Twinkling Star to a Passing Angel, recorded in 1981, Armenpress reports citing The Guardian.

The song will be included on the forthcoming reissue of The Visitors, due on 23 April. This was Abba's final studio album, including the singles One of Us and Head Over Heels. From a Twinkling Star ... was intended for that record, but although the group recorded a "demo medley" version, they left the track on the studio floor.

Abba fans haven't had a treat like this since 1994, when they released a trove of previously unheard material on the Thank You for the Music box set. Despite years of rumours, Abba's leaders, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, have remained staunchly opposed to a reunion.

"We would like people to remember us as we were," Ulvaeus said in 2008. "Young, exuberant, full of energy and ambition." They did not responded publicly to last year's suggestion by bandmate Agnetha Fältskog that the group "meet, chat about the old days and perhaps perform together".

The Visitors reissue will include one CD of bonus songs and a DVD of rare video, including footage of Abba on the BBC's The Late Late Breakfast Show.