BEIJING, May 7 -- ABBA tribute band Waterloo will perform at the Majestic Theater in Shanghai on May 20 and 21.

    Waterloo calls it the "ABBA the Show" tour and has performed around the world since starting in 1996 in Stockholm, Sweden.

    Original ABBA member Benny Andersson will send his son Ludvig Andersson to Shanghai for the shows. Ludvig will sing both English and Chinese songs and address the audience with a letter written by his father.

    Xu Feng, manager of Majestic Theater, said Waterloo will explain, in English, what each song is about and added that there will be a multi-media broadcast of actual ABBA shows to heighten the reality of the performance.

    A total of 15 ABBA-hits such as "Waterloo," "Dancing Queen," "King King," "I Have a Dream," "Honey, Honey" and "Mamma Mia" will be presented in the 90-minute show.

    Former ABBA saxophone player, Uffe Andersson, was Waterloo's guest of honor at its very first show in a small club in Stockholm.

    ABBA was one of the most successful groups in Europe during the 1970s and still sells about 2 million records every year.

    ABBA's songs are familiar to people in Shanghai after the all-ABBA musical "Mamma Mia!" was staged last year at Shanghai Grand Theater.

    Tickets for the Waterloo shows are priced from 180 yuan (25.7U.S. dollars) to 800 yuan.

(Source: Shanghai Daily)