ABBA will not be reuniting next year at Eurovision 2024 in the disco group’s home country, 50 years after the group won the famous contest, two of its members told the BBC on Thursday, expressing the opinion of fans. speculation ends, reports AFP and Agerpres.

“I don’t want to. And if I don’t want to, the others won’t either. It’s the same for all four. If someone says no, it’s no,” Benny Andersson told Newsnight magazine in an interview that will be broadcast Thursday night on the BBC.

There is “no chance” ABBA will perform next year or even appear on stage, he said in excerpts of the interview published by the BBC.

“We can celebrate ABBA’s 50th anniversary without going on stage,” Björn Ulvaeus said, putting an end to speculation after Swedish singer Lorin won the Eurovision Song Contest with “Tattoo” on May 13.

Under competition rules, the winning country hosts the next edition of the contest, and Laurin’s victory, widely celebrated in Sweden, has raised hopes that the legendary band, with hundreds of millions of albums sold worldwide, will reunite for the next edition in 50 years. years after her victory with the hit “Waterloo”.

After nearly four decades of silence and de facto separation, ABBA released a new album (Voyage) in late 2021, and since last year, fans of their worldwide hits such as “Mamma Mia,” “Gimme! Give me! Give me! (The Man After Midnight)” or “The Queen of Dancing” could be present in London for a performance by a quartet represented by digital avatars broadcast in hologram.

As a result of its success, the show has been expanded and there are plans to export it to other parts of the world.

But the success did not convince the band members to continue together, and both Andersson and Ulvaeus announced shortly after the release of Voyage that “this was it”.