Take a chance on this hilarious ABBA and Star Wars mash-up
In case you thought you were having flashbacks to your disco-addled youth, it’s absolutely true – ABBA is back with new music and a digital tour.
We are on our way back! Thank you for waiting.#ABBAVoyage is the concert we've always wanted to perform for our fans. The journey is about to begin!
Pre-order @ABBA’s new album ‘Voyage’, out 5th November, for access to the exclusive ticket pre-sales.https://t.co/erjJHNSIqS pic.twitter.com/xLh6wWL5z7
— ABBA Voyage (@ABBAVoyage) September 2, 2021
Tickets are harder to find than a GB News viewer, and widespread disappointment is the order of the day.
Every so often, I hear sad noises from the kitchen as @petepaphides is rebuffed from the ABBA pre-sale website. It sounds like the child inside him witnessing Santa Claus being shot. It's unbearable.
— Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) September 5, 2021
Obviously, the news has presented joke opportunities, too.
Call me a party pooper if you must, but I’m having serious doubts about the wisdom of this ABBA reunion… 😱#ABBAVoyage pic.twitter.com/VVTP0RFmZi
— Brexit Buster (@BrexitBuster) September 5, 2021
I’m thinking of celebrating the ABBA reunion by opening a chicken restaurant in Paris. I’ll call it Poulet-Vous.
— Simon Harris – #LovelyBitOfSquirrel (@simonharris_mbd) September 3, 2021
When I think about my old ABBA tribute band I wish I’d never been Bjorn
— William Stone (@itswilliamstone) September 3, 2021
Comedian and master of video manipulation, Matt Highton, has produced a mini masterpiece (again) with this ABBA-Star Wars mash-up – and it’s quite frankly essential viewing.
“Aren’t you a little short for a Super Trouper?”
Matt shared the video on Twitter.
R2-D2 plays the ABBA hologram for Luke and Obi-Wan. pic.twitter.com/4A0pi3HeMf
— Matthew Highton (@MattHighton) September 3, 2021
These reactions sum it up.
Alec Guinness's face! Perfect. https://t.co/5PJaLcsF4I
— 🕷️Liza Frank 🇪🇺💙 (@lilithepunk) September 5, 2021
Lovely stuff. https://t.co/FOjF88yejI
— Andrew Pollard (@culturedleftpeg) September 5, 2021
Sheer brilliance! https://t.co/4kKY3tmEAt
— Pers says get a vaccine; wear a mask; 💙; BLM (@Public_Pers) September 5, 2021
Perhaps inevitably, this happened.
Abba the Hut…
— Chris Cairns. (@ComedyCairns) September 3, 2021
Finally!!! I’ve been waiting for someone to make this pun! pic.twitter.com/opebmsP1TB
— Matthew Highton (@MattHighton) September 3, 2021
Altogether now – ♪ R2, R2, R2, R2, R2, R2.♫
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