FORTY years after ABBA triumphed at the Eurovision Song Contest, hit stage show Thank You for the Music is coming to Warrington.
The cast will take live music fans back to 1974, to the night when Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha and Frida arrived as pop music superstars by winning the Eurovision Song Contest with their self-composed song Waterloo.
It catapulted ABBA to worldwide fame – Waterloo was a number one hit in ten countries and even a top ten hit in the States – and it become the first of nine number one hit singles, nine chart-topping albums and 19 top 20 singles in the UK.
In addition to releasing singles and albums that chalked up worldwide sales totalling 370 million, there followed a record-breaking movie, a smash-hit West End musical and now the UK’s number one concert show …Thank You for the Music.
The ultimate tribute concert show revives all of ABBA’s chart topping hits, including Dancing Queen, Super Trouper, Mamma Mia, Thank You for the Music, Take A Chance on Me, The Winner Takes It All, Chiquitita, I Have A Dream, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme and, of course, Waterloo.
Now in their fabba-ulous 21st year, the superb, all-star cast have entertained the nation with Lycra-tight harmonies and superb musicianship for longer than Bjorn, Agnetha, Benny and Frida did during the 70s and 80s, according to show producer Michael Taylor.
In addition to an authentic live tribute to ABBA, Thank You for the Music also features show stealers The Magic of the Bee Gees. The trio, backed by a live band, perform original Bee Gees’ hits like Staying Alive, Massachusetts, Night Fever and How Deep is Your Love as well as million-sellers penned for other artists by the Bee Gees including Islands in the Stream, Heartbreaker and Chain Reaction.
Now recognised as the leading ABBA and Bee Gees concert show – the trade mark for the name Thank You for the Music has been registered by the show’s producers.
Pyramid & Parr Hall
Saturday 15 March 2014 (8pm)
Tickets: £22 / £20
Box office: 01925 442345 / www.pyramidparrhall.co.uk
Thank You for the Music
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Gary Skentelbery
Experienced journalist for more than 40 years. Managing Director of magazine publishing group with three in-house titles and on-line daily newspaper for Warrington. Experienced writer, photographer, PR consultant and media expert having written for local, regional and national newspapers. Specialties: PR, media, social networking, photographer, networking, advertising, sales, media crisis management. Chair of Warrington Healthwatch Director Warrington Chamber of Commerce Patron Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace. Trustee Warrington Disability Partnership. Former Chairman of Warrington Town FC.
