Former ABBA guitarist LASSE WELLANDER is dumbfounded after discovering two of the pop group's hit songs have been axed from the forthcoming MAMMA MIA! film production.
Mamma Mia! The Movie is being directed by Phyllida Lloyd, but the filmmaker is believed to have dropped the popular songs I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do also known as The Wedding Song - and Knowing Me Knowing You from the movie's soundtrack because she is not a fan of those releases.
But Wellander, who played in the Swedish quartet's backing band, is stunned at the news.
He says, "You'll just hear short bursts of (The Wedding Song) at the end, I gather. For some reason, it won't be played in full." The axeman will contribute to the soundtrack for Mamma Mia! The Movie, which is set to star Meryl Streep, Julie Walters and Pierce Brosnan.