Abba ex-members hint come-back

UK: Swedish pop group Abba could re-form for a one-off performance after years of rejecting calls to take to the stage again, two former members of the band hinted in an interview Friday.

Asked by Britain's Times newspaper whether they would consider regrouping for an intimate show that could be filmed and beamed to audiences across the world, Benny Andersson responded: "Yeah, why not?"

"I don't know if the girls sing anymore," he said, referring to the female ex-members of the quartet, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Faeltskog.

"I know Frida was in the studio."

"It's not a bad idea, actually," he added, in response to the newspaper's suggestion of a performance with only invited guests and families, perhaps accompanied by a small orchestra. Bjoern Ulvaeus, who with Andersson wrote hits including "Dancing Queen" and "Waterloo", joked: "We could sing 'The Way Old Folks Do'." He was referring to the song "The Way Old Friends Do," from the album "Super Trouper." LONDON, Friday, AFP