The band were so excited to go to the ABBA MUSEUM in STOCKHOLM ahead of their performance at the TYROL THEATRE (next door).
During their visit, the band were asked to give an impromptu performance of Dancing Queen on Benny Andersson’s White Piano – of course they happily obliged!
A fantastic afternoon, looking at all of the ABBA memorabilia before rocking out to a SOLD OUT crowd in the theatre.
As dates are constantly changing and updating, all of show’s public / theatre tour dates will now be listed on our social media pages (see the above links).
To find out when we are visiting a town or country near you, please like the pages and follow us for all the latest information.
Note: The band also perform at many private / corporate events throughout each year. Out of respect for our clients privacy, we do not publicly advertise these events.
The show will be busy throughout December performing at corporate and private Christmas events.
If you or your company are interested in the band performing at your Christmas event, the show only has a few dates left available in December.
Please contact us via the enquiry form on the contact page, we will be happy to help make your event be a great success.
Here we go again, a great year of summer European festivals!
It was nice to add Switzerland to the list this year. Thanks to all who helped make it a great summer.
9th OCT – THE ANVIL, BASINGSTOKE – Great to be back performing at the Anvil once again, another great night at one of our favourite UK venues.
1st NOV – EDEN COURT, INVERNESS – Totally SOLD OUT again, as was our 2013 show! We love you Inverness, see you in 2015
5th DEC – THE APEX, BURY ST EDMUNDS – Our 1st time at The Apex, a great venue and the show was SOLD OUT. The crowd went crazy, see you in 2015
JUNE – UK PUBLIC SHOWS:
Ferneham Hall, Hampshire
Civic Hall, Grays
Beck Theatre, Hayes
Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar
Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe
The shows ever-growing popularity throughout Scandinavia led the band to perform their first tour of Finland in March 2012.
27th Mar – Sibelius hall Lahti, Finland
28th Mar – Konserthuset Tammerfors, Finland
30th Mar – Savoy Teater Helsingfors, Finland
31st Mar – Konserthuset Åbo, Finland
Some great pics on the facebook page from some of the shows.
The 1974 Show is set to appear at the prestigious Straumedagane Festival in Norway in a few weeks time.
This fantastic event will be lots of fun for the whole family, you can catch them headlining on saturday night and performing in the afternoon on Sunday.
Dates: 18th & 19th June 2011
Event: Straumedagane Festival 2011, Bergen, Norway
Website: http://www.straumedagane.no/?cid=2
The 1974 show is set to make an incredible return to Sweden in November following their completely sold out tour in 2010!
Get your tickets early to avoid dissapointment.
16th Nov – Sweden Tour, ABBA Östersund folkets Hus
17th Nov – Sweden Tour, ABBA SUNDSVALLS FOLKETS HUS
18th Nov – Sweden Tour, ABBA CHRISTMAS SHOW UMEÅ
19th Nov – Sweden Tour, ABBA CHRISTMAS SHOW ÖVIK
20th Nov – Sweden Tour, TBC
23rd Nov – Sweden Tour, ABBA CHRISTMAS SHOW Gävle
24th Nov – Sweden Tour, ABBA CHRISTMAS SHOW Norrköping
23rd Nov – Sweden Tour, ABBA julshow Västerås konserthus
23rd Nov – Sweden Tour, ABBA Julshow Eskilstuna Lokomotivet
The 1974 abba tribute show stopped off in a very cold and wintery Sweden to perform some fantastic public shows to sold out crowds.
“It’s such a compliment for the Swedish people to be so welcoming and enthusiastic for our show – Thank you everyone and look forward to seeing you again soon.”
Look closely at the pictures ……can you spot Benny Andersson?
TJ bumped into some of Rock&Roll’s most famous faces backstage whilst singing at the 2010 Brighton Music Awards.
Led Zeppelin star Jimmy Page and The Who’s Roger Daltrey were just some of the big names attending the ceremony, which was held in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.
“It was so amazing to meet some of Rock’s Royalty, Jimmy Page was so lovely!”
The not so Swedish Superstars are heading back to the mother land of Abba (SWEDEN) for some public shows & Christmas parties on their Scandinavian Autumn Tour 2010
Everyone is looking forward to performing in Scandinavia, especially in Sweden again.
The guys recall…
“Last time we were in Stockholm, we had the honour of meeting the lovely Agnetha Fältskog of Abba….it was very special but surreal to perform Dancing Queen with one of the original Abba members dancing in front of us!”
Robin recently featured as Musical Director working with the new female vocal group The Harmonies, the voices of the Womens Institute signed to Universal Records.
As well as arranging most of the songs on the album, Robin also wrote many of the complex vocal harmony parts & featured as a musician on the album playing piano, keyboards & horn.
So far, the group have appeared on several BBC TV programmes and also performed at Clarence House for Prince Charles.
1974 are pleased to be performing at this years Wimbledon Common Cannizaro Festival, The festival is situated in the charming Italian Gardens of Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon, in central London. Other acts on the festival include: Comedian – Rufus Hound, Soul Sensation – Mica Paris & F1 pundit – Eddie Jordan with an all star band.
1974 will be performing the festival’s final night concert on the 17th July. Tickets vary from an uncovered Picnic Area, a seated covered grandstand to a complete VIP Hospitality Package, Gates open at 6 pm,
Visit the website for more details: www.cannizaroparkfestival.com. For bookings, call Ambassador Tickets on 0844 871 7671
1974 joined X-Factor stars Olly Murs, Jamie Archer & Lucie Jones at one of Guinness Premiership’s most exciting events of the year, ‘The Big Game 2’ which was held at Twickenham Stadium London, on 27th Dec 09.
1974 ‘kicked off’ the days action with a great performance in the middle of the pitch to a crowd of 80,000 people and joining them were the LV Love Girls, getting everyone in the party mood before the game with the Harlequins v Wasps began.
‘Many thanks to all for a great day…what a great game!’
Check out the gallery and media pages for memories of the day.
Aileen & Jules were excited to meet Benny Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus backstage at Hyde Park, London. The ‘THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC’ concert was organised by Benny & Björn, a unique night celebrating the wonderful music of Abba, inviting artistes such as Kylie Minogue, Chaka Khan, Elaine Paige and many others to perform some classic Abba songs.
‘As long time admirers of Abba’s music, it was great to finally meet Benny & Björn. We were introduced to Benny’s son Ludwig, who mid conversation dashed off to bring his dad over to meet us. (Wow!) Benny was lovely, a very sweet man, and it was great to chat to him. We also got to meet some of the original musicians who worked with Abba.
To round off this special evening, we were all treated to a private performance of some Swedish folk music by Benny & the Orsla Fiddlers.’
Check out the Gallery page for some photos from the show.
TJ was honoured to sing with Motown legend Smokey Robinson, at a private show for Virgin boss Richard Branson in New York. The event was the 25 year celebration for Virgin Atlantic. Guests include many stars such as Samuel.L.Jackson.
Tj was at the event singing with the Sway Allstar Orchestra. Smokey joined them on stage where he sang a duet with her. Denise Williams and Ashford & Simpson also got up to sing with the orchestra.
‘What a legend….wow!’
Aileen was excited to be working once again with the legendary Sir Tom Jones, she was thrilled to be a part of his 2009 ’24 Hours’ Tour.
Robin & Jules were most fortunate to meet Agnetha Falskog (of Abba) at a TV Awards Ceremony in Stockholm. The boys were performing at the event with Björn Again, and to everyone’s surprise Agnetha was attending as a guest. She came backstage and they met her before their performance. She was both charming and beautiful.
‘It was truly amazing, not only to meet Agnetha in person but to perform on stage in front of her…How exciting!! Definately a once in a life time experience!’
Following the success of Mamma Mia the movie, worldwide publishing giants ‘Music Sales Group’ planned to release an official ‘Mamma Mia’ songbook and album. We were asked to record all of the vocals for this project.
Aileen bumped into Mats Ronander backstage at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Mats was one of the original musicians that worked with Abba. He was invited by Benny & Bjorn to perform with ABBA on their world tour in 1979 when they needed a guitar player that could sing, as well as play.
