Who is touring as abba?

Answer 1

One of their first ventures as a group was a tour of Swedish restaurants in late 1970 in an act called 'Festfolk'. Each performed a few solo hits as well as skits and 'comedy' numbers. Later in the run, after Bjorn and Benny scored a massive hit with it, the song Hej Gamle Man was included in the set. The tour was not a success.

As Bjorn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid, they conducted a short folkpark tour of Sweden in 1973. Loads of photos from this tour still exist, but little is known of the concerts' content. They definitely performed their Swedish hits up till then (Hej Gamle Man, People Need Love, He Is Your Brother and Ring Ring), a cover of The Beach Boys' I Get Around and a few numbers from their respective solo careers.

A European tour was conducted in two legs in November 1974 and January 1975, covering Scandinavia, Austria and West Germany. The set included songs from Ring Ring and Waterloo, and a few from the then upcoming Abba album, released in April 1975. A bootleg recording of the Eskilstuna 1975 concert has been widely circulated.

Their first major tour was undertaken in 1977, when they toured Europe and Australia. The set mainly consisted of songs from the recently released Arrival and their 1975 album. A few brand new songs were also included, including the playfully autobiographical (read mortifyingly mawkish) I Am An A, and the four song 'mini musical' The Girl With Golden Hair. In retrospect, The Girl With Golden Hair is a huge hit with fans, especially the closer, the never-recorded Get On The Carousel. At the time, audiences were not really won over when their heroes baflled them with a string of songs they'd never heard before that basically told them how rubbish being famous is. You can see some great footage of the Australian leg in Abba: The Movie, and a small number of bootleg recordings are in circulation.

In 1979, they took on the USA before revisiting Europe. Once again, the setlist was dominated by their most recent release, Voulez Vous, although some of their earlier songs remained. Clearly not keen to tour again, the performances on this tour were not nearly as energetic as they had been on previous tours. You can see footage from the Wembley Arena concert on the DVD Abba In Concert. In 1980, the same concert was taken to Japan. Apart from a few lines of I Have a Dream sung in Japanese, a couple of costume alterations were the only changes made. Quite a few bootlegs from the USA, Europe and Japan are circulating. Milwaukee is by far the best one.

So, to sum up, Abba's tours were in 1970, 1973, 1974/75, 1977 and 1979/80.

Answer 2

No one is touring as ABBA today. The band has not performed together in public since December, 1982. There are several Abba tribute and cover acts. The most notable are probably Bjorn Again, which is one of the longest-running cover bands around, and Abba: The Show. Bjorn Again is more of a parody act while Abba: The Show is a more serious act that always includes at least one or two former members of Abba's original backing band.

Answer 3

Possibly, but hell will have to freeze over first. The members of ABBA have no desire to return to that time in their lives. They have all moved on to new things and don't spend a lot of time looking back.

Answer 4

No. They split up in 1983 and they said they wouldn't reform.

Answer 5

ABBA has not been a group since late 1982. They have been offered large amounts of money for a reunion tour but none of the four are even remotely interested in going back to their ABBA days.