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Benny Andersson and The Script

Zoe chats to ABBA's Benny Andersson plus The Script perform live from the 大象传媒's Maida Vale studios, with songs from their upcoming greatest hits collection, Tales From The Script.

Benny Andersson chats to Zoe about the return of ABBA! With nearly 400 million albums sold worldwide, 17 number 1 hits and over 16 million weekly global streams, ABBA are one of the world鈥檚 most successful music acts of all time. Now, for the first time in 40 years they are back, with a revolutionary new concert that will see Agnetha, Bj枚rn, Benny and Anni-Frid performing digitally with a live 10-piece band, in a purpose-built arena in London from 27th May 2022, and a brand new studio album. Recorded together at Benny鈥檚 studio Riksmixningsverket in Stockholm, Voyage will be released worldwide on 5th November.

Plus The Script perform live from the 大象传媒's Maida Vale studios, with songs from their upcoming greatest hits collection, Tales From The Script. The band are celebrating a journey so far that has included five UK number one albums, six billion streams, and over two million ticket sales with their new career-spanning album. Tales From The Script compiles all of their biggest hits from the trio鈥檚 catalogue, featuring the number smash Hall of Fame and the Top 10 hits The Man Who Can鈥檛 Be Moved, For The First Time and Superheroes.

Along with Clare Runacres on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Mike Williams on sport, Zoe and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners and more music than you can shake a glitterball at!

There's also a Pause For Thought from the Reverend Kate Bottley and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 3 Sep 2021 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Lionel Richie

    Dancing on the Ceiling

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Camila Cabello

    Don't Go Yet

    • Familia.
    • Epic.

  • Starship

    Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Ronan Keating

    Life Is A Rollercoaster

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Nancy Sinatra

    These Boots Are Made for Walkin'

    • The Greatest Hits Of Nancy Sinatra.
    • Boulevard.

  • Alison Moyet

    Is This Love?

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.
    • 8.

  • Whitney Houston

    So Emotional

    • Whitney Houston - Whitney.
    • Arista.

  • Anne-Marie & Little Mix

    Kiss My (Uh-Oh)

    • Therapy.
    • Atlantic.

  • Cornershop

    Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)

    Remix Artist: Norman Cook.
    • The 1999 Brit Awards (Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • Joel Corry & MNEK

    Head & Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Perfect Havoc.

  • Ottawan

    D.I.S.C.O.

    • The Best Party In The World.. Ever! (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Britney Spears

    Stronger

    • Now That's What I Call Music 48.
    • NOW.
    • 3.

  • Boney M.

    Rasputin

    • The Magic Of Boney M.
    • Sony BMG.
    • 13.

  • PSY

    Gangnam Style

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 44 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Rag鈥檔鈥橞one Man

    Alone

    • Life By Misadventure.
    • Columbia.

  • Diana Ross

    If The World Just Danced

    • Thank You.
    • Decca.

  • Ben E. King

    Stand By Me

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Westlife

    World of Our Own

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG/RCA.

  • Eurythmics

    There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • ABBA

    Don't Shut Me Down

    • Voyage.
    • Polar.

  • ABBA

    I Still Have Faith In You

  • Fine Young Cannibals

    Good Thing

    • The Raw & The Cooked.
    • London.

  • The Script

    I Want It All (Radio 2 Session, 03 Sept 2021)

  • The Script

    Dancing In The Dark (Radio 2 Session, 03 Sept 2021)

  • Lola Lennox

    Love Like That

    • (CD Single).
    • Humble Angel Records.

  • Jamiroquai

    Canned Heat

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • The Chemical Brothers

    Hey Boy Hey Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Bomfunk MC鈥檚

    Freestyler

    • Fresh Hits Volume 1 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Groove Armada

    Superstylin'

    • Pepper.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Visiting Hours

    • = Equals.
    • Atlantic.

  • The Script

    The Man Who Can't Be Moved (Radio 2 Session, 03 Sept 2021)

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

There鈥檚 a saying where I鈥檓 from that goes: 鈥榶our bladder鈥檚 near your eye鈥� and it means, you鈥檒l pretty much cry at anything. That used to be true of me until I went off to train at vicar school.聽 聽You see in my line of work, if I cried every time something sad, or happy happened, I wouldn鈥檛 look very professional.聽 So, I learnt to control my tears.

Of course, Zoe, from time to time it backfires.

Last Saturday night I was, as usual in Salford, staying over ahead of my early Sunday morning show here on Radio 2, hubby Graham was with me and as we ventured out to dinner realised he鈥檇 left something in the room, so I took a seat in the reception area of the hotel to wait for him. I sat there and watched the world go by, folk in fancy frocks, new heels and hair dos, and taxis pulling up outside.聽 And then I realised where I was, sat on a sofa that for the last 18 months had been entirely absent, rightly taken away when the hotel stayed open only for essential workers and mixing of any sort with others was, rightly so, redistricted. The hotel was a very different and lonely place back then. The sofa, without ceremony or proclamation was back. And it got me. I cried so loud and so hard that a member of the bar staff came over to check that I was ok.聽

Tears are the most human of emotions and have healing powers and heaven knows we all need time for that. The shortest verse in the bible is just two words, John 11; 35 鈥楯esus wept.鈥� and this little verse reminds me not only of the humanity of the Saviour I believe in, but that if having a good roer was enough for the Son of God, it鈥檚 probably good enough for this daughter of Yorkshire.

Things aren鈥檛 normal yet, and we still must be very, very careful, but I鈥檓 so glad I had my cry on the sofa last Saturday, and let myself feel what I鈥檓 feeling. Of course now I鈥檝e let the tears come they keep coming, but that鈥檚 ok, I鈥檒l let myself, in fact, you鈥檒l have to excuse me Zoe because I can feel myself welling up right now.

Broadcast

  • Fri 3 Sep 2021 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2