2009 seems to be turning into the year of ABBA. First, Benny Andersson hits London’s Hampstead Heath for a show and turns up all over British television, then rumors abound that the band would be stepping in for Michael Jackson at the O2. Now a host of performers have signed on for an all-star ABBA tribute.
“Thank You For The Music: A Celebration of The Music Of ABBA” will take place in London’s Hyde Park Sept. 13.
The show, which will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2, will serve as kind of a mini-ABBA reunion with both Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus on hand to perform.
Other performers scheduled to pay tribute to the enduring legacy of the band and the music of Andersson and Ulvaeus include Kylie Minogue, Jamie Cullum, Chaka Khan, Lulu, Elaine Paige and the West End cast of “Mamma Mia!”
Tickets are available by phone or at SeeTickets.com.
Here’s a complete list of performers for the two and a half hour show and what they’ll be singing. For additional info, visit BBC.co.uk/radio2.
Kylie Minogue: “Super Trouper,” “When All Is Said And Done”
Benny Andersson and the Orsa Fiddlers: “Rowing On The Serpentine,” “When All Is Said And Done,” “Thank You For the Music”
Christian Jon Billett: “Anthem”
VV Brown: “Ring, Ring”
Capital Voices: “Money, Money, Money;” “Take A Chance On Me”
Jamie Cullum: “My Love My Life”
Jason Donovan: “I Have A Dream”
Kerry Ellis: “You Have To Be There”
The Feeling: “Knowing Me Knowing You,” “Does Your Mother Know”
Chaka Khan: “The Winner Takes It All”
Lulu: “Gimme Gimme Gimme”
Siobhan McCarthy: “I Know Him So Well”
Beth Nielsen Chapman: “Slipping Through My Fingers,” “Fernando”
Elaine Paige: “I Know Him So Well”
Nerina Pallot: “The Name Of The Game”
Marti Pellow: “One Night In Bangkok”
Jodie Prenger: “One Of Us Sir”
Sharleen Spiteri: “SOS”
The cast of “Mamma Mia!” London: “Mamma Mia,” “Waterloo,” “Dancing Queen”