Experience ABBA In Japan for the First Time Only on the Group's Third Concert DVD

Experience ABBA In Japan for the First Time Only on the Group's Third Concert
DVD

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- ABBA, one of the most popular pop music
groups in history, has released only two concert films--until now. Nearly two
hours in length, In Japan (Polar/Polydor/UMe), to be released November 3,
2009, joins ABBA In Concert and ABBA - The Movie as the only DVD venues for
fans to experience the performance phenomenon of ABBAmania.

The DVD's centerpiece is a 54-minute show, "ABBA In Japan," taped for Japanese
television in 1978. Agnetha Faltskog, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and
Ani-Frid Lyngstad perform 14 songs plus a bonus track of the original tape mix
of "If It Wasn't For The Nights." Among the other songs are such global hits
as "Take A Chance On Me," "Money, Money, Money," "SOS," "Dancing Queen,"
"Waterloo," "Fernando," "Knowing Me, Knowing You," "The Name Of The Game" and
"Thank You For The Music."

Extras on In Japan include two exclusive behind-the-scenes documentaries with
TV performances and interviews with press and radio during ABBA's 10-day
visits to Japan in 1978 (24 minutes) and 1980 (37 minutes).

ABBA's recent success has been nothing short of astounding given that the
group disbanded in the early '80s. ABBA has reportedly sold more than 400
million records to date around the world. Fueled partly by the enormous
success of the ABBA-centric Mamma Mia! on stage and screen, sales continue to
soar for releases such as 1992's ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits, six-times U.S.
gold and with more than 26 million copies sold worldwide. In late 2008, the
nine-disc box set ABBA - The Albums, containing all eight original studio
albums plus a bonus disc of B-sides, rarities and other hits, was issued.

But the group's touring tenure was relatively short. ABBA - The Movie,
directed by the award-winning Lasse Hallstrom, documented a frenetic two-week
concert tour of Australia in 1977 and was released in theaters later that
year. In 2006, ABBA - The Movie made its DVD debut and in 2008 premiered in
its Blu-ray version. The other previously released concert film, ABBA In
Concert, captured the foursome on its 1979 swing across North America and
Europe, only ABBA's second major tour, and was released on DVD in 2004.

Now with In Japan, fans can once again enjoy the rarity of ABBA on stage at
the height of ABBAmania.

SOURCE Universal Music Enterprises

Rebecca Posford, +1-310-865-9804, rebecca.posford@umusic.com, or Sujata
Murthy, +1-310-865-7812, sujata.murthy@umusic.com, both of Universal Music
Enterprises