The original Australian ABBA homage show, with more than 5,800 performances across 78 countries, celebrates the music and fashion of the 1970s.
Björn Again are back at Vaillant Live on Friday 19 March, bringing their ABBA homage to Derby. It's a show that's been running for a long time — more than 5,800 performances across 78 countries over 39 years — and it's built around the music and fashion of the 1970s.
It started in Melbourne in 1988, put together by Rod Stephen. Before that, he'd worked in metallurgical research, and he took inspiration from the New Zealand band Split Enz to build the show as a rocked-up, light-hearted, satirical ABBA spoof. It's that spoofy, slightly off-kilter approach that sets it apart from a straight tribute act.
Björn Ulvaeus himself has acknowledged it as the show that single-handedly initiated the ABBA revival of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which paved the way for ABBA Gold, Muriel's Wedding and Mamma Mia!. Over the years, it's played Buckingham Palace for Queen Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh, toured with Cher and Shania Twain, and headlined Wembley Arena, London's Royal Albert Hall, the London Palladium and Hyde Park.
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On the night, it's the same thing: the ABBA songs you know, played with that same satirical edge and 70s fashion. Doors open at 6.30pm, and the show starts at 7.30pm. Vaillant Live is at 2 Colyear Street, Derby DE1 1LA.
