On October 8th, Marga Scheide and her partner, Michiel Gunning attended the release party of Stany Van Wymeersch's latest books about ABBA entitled "The Legacy of ABBA" (Vol. 1 & Vol. 2). This event took part in the Slottsholmen restaurant & hotel in Västervik, Sweden. The other guests were Tomas Lebon (graphic designer), Hans Lõfvenberg (ABBA's assistant tour manager), Anders Hanser (ABBA's official photograph) and Tony Roth (Hootenanny Singers).
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The Legacy of ABBA - Book launch in Västervik (including Marga Scheide and Michiel Gunning)
Last month, ABBA revealed great plans during a worldwide YouTube Livestream:
The release of Voyage, the group's first new album in 40 years, on November 5th, 2021.
The launch of ABBA Voyage, a residence show starting in May 2022 in a purpose-built venue (the ABBA Arena) in London featuring the motion capture digital avatars of the four band members (dubbed 'ABBAtars') alongside a 10-piece live band.
As a foretaste of the Voyage album, two new singles, "I Still Have Faith in You" and "Don't Shut Me Down", came out.
Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson discussing their Voyage projects during their interview on September 2nd, 2021
In the 1970s and early 1980s, the Swedish Fab Four were role models for Luv'. Click here to read an article about ABBA's influence on Luv'.
The Luv' ladies already collaborated with Stany van Wijmeersch. On May 26th, 2016, José Hoebee, Marga Scheide and Ria Thielsch took part in the release party of Stany's previous book 'We all love ABBA" at the Harbour Club in Amsterdam. This publication featured interviews with José, Marga and Michiel Gunning discussing their links with ABBA.
Source: Facebook (Stany van Wijmeersch), Luv' weblog archives