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Post by madonnabba on Mar 30, 2018 11:21:07 GMT
My 1st was when the original Bjorn Again played a small intimate venue, King Tuts Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow around 1992. The advertisement showed them in the Arrival inner sleeve pose with the heading ....They are back or are they? I had to look twice. It was part of their first tour of the Uk. It held about 200 people. Such was the demand they had to play 2 concerts. They were fab and as I missed out on the real thing I was in heaven. They returned to play bigger and bigger venues each time they returned. One of my favourites was at the Kings theatre where they teased the fans all night with the intro to Dancing Queen only to play it at the encore as the audience chanted Dancing Queen until they reappeared to perform it. They brought the house down. To me they were the original and best tribute band. Loved the erasureish video and the Santa Clause is coming to town video. When was your first tribute experience and do you have a favourite?!Voulez Vous tribute good too.
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Post by foreverfan on Aug 22, 2023 19:02:29 GMT
I was. Really unsure of where to post this or start another thread....
That all said, I was out for a walk on Saturday in Lymington ( Hampshire) which happened to be New Forest Pride day....So the following is very cliche...
I heard Voulez Vous being sang, which I followed to a park , where a surprisingly good tribute act was performing they are called " A Twist of Abba " anyone heard of them?
All very predictable but of course , finishing with DQ and encore of TYFTM ... but as said surprisingly good if you like that sort of thing.
Just two girls, no boys and they have been around for years...( google )
Are any ABBA tribute acts worth it ?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2023 14:00:57 GMT
Are any ABBA tribute acts worth it ? I'm mildly obsessed with ABBA tribute acts these days. The guys I've seen the most and always thoroughly enjoyed are called 21st Century ABBA. I've seen them wow a festival as well as whip up crowds at theatre and club venues into a state of near-hysteria. I also caught an outfit called ABBA Forever a few months ago and they were pretty good - 'Frida' had some good, carefully researched Frida moves - although they insisted on delivering slightly truncated versions of some songs (e.g. Eagle) which - for an ABBA purist - ain't great. |
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Post by mymamasaid on Nov 12, 2023 20:36:48 GMT
Like @thisboycries I've also seen 21st Century ABBA, though not as many times as him. I saw them at Bunkfest in 2022 and they were superb. It was towards the end of the writing process for our book on ABBA and I can't adequately convey level of anticipation before they came on. And when the show started with the original commentary to Eurovision 1974, well, it was a golden touch. There's a band called ABBAesque in Ireland who do very well, though I've never managed to catch them.
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