Former ABBA couple skipping hall of fame induction

Detroit: Don`t hold your breath for a reunion performance by ABBA at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony next Monday.Two of the members of the Swedish pop quartet are skipping the event, and country singer Faith Hill is slated to sing some ABBA songs instead.

Benny Andersson will attend the black-tie bash at New York`s Waldorf Astoria Hotel with ex-wife Frida (Anni-Frid Lyngstad), while former couple Agnetha Faltskog, who doesn`t fly, and his songwriting partner Bjorn Ulvaeus will be absent. Still, Andersson said he would be willing to perform at the ceremony. "If someone asks me to, yeah, I will," he told Billboard.com. "I`ll see if I can play something from the old catalog." ABBA, which broke up in 1982 after ruling the world`s pop charts for almost a decade with hits like "Mamma Mia" and "Dancing Queen," will be inducted by surviving Bee Gees Barry and Robin Gibb. Bureau Report