Entertainment
30 September, 2024
50 fantastic years of ABBA
WATERLOO’S win at Eurovision is celebrating 50 years and tribute band Bjorn Again have the best ABBA party to honour the epic single and the Swedish supergroup with a Cairns show next week at Cairns Performing Arts Centre
In honour of one of the moments that changed music history forever and catapulted the pop group into stardom, tribute band with over 30 years of experience Bjorn Again is coming to CPAC on Friday, October 4 with their ‘Bjorn Again – Waterloo Anniversary Tour’ to take you back to the golden era of disco and through ABBA’s greatest hits.
Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as – “Fabulously flawless” the return of Bjorn Again to Cairns will surely attract ABBA fans from across FNQ for an epic night of classics, 70s outfits and hairdos and even comedy for the whole family to enjoy.
“Fans can expect to hear all the big hits from ABBA. There’s a lot of singing and dancing, costume changes and crowd participation as well as being a very funny show,” said band member Frida Longstockin.
“For this 50th anniversary of Waterloo at Eurovision we’ll be wearing the original costumes from the first Waterloo performance for Eurovision.
“This anniversary is very exciting because it’s a celebration of how incredible ABBA’s music is and it stood the test of time, it never fades, it renews and refreshes with each generation.
“It’s really exciting to see the crowd’s reaction every time we perform, and that it doesn’t get less or stay the same, but continues to grow.
“The biggest highlight of the show is seeing everyone involved and getting the crowd going and singing along, performing the big hits and practically experiencing your own ‘Mamma Mia’ movie. It’s a great experience for the crowd and their families.”
Ms Longstockin said the crowd’s favourite hits were ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)’ and ‘Dancing Queen’.
“My personal favourite is ‘Knowing Me, Knowing You’ because I love a good break up song,” she said.
“But it’s amazing to see people’s reaction when we sing hits like Mamma Mia which is huge with the crowd, Money Money Money and the reaction to Gimme Gimme Gimme which always get new reactions.”
To buy tickets, visit the Ticketlink website.
