I just got a 9:30 e-mail with "W 6/18 & Th 6/19 ABBA - The Tour."
Is this, like 'THE' Abba?
WTF?
Is this, like 'THE' Abba?
WTF?
ABBA - The Tour?
Yeah, we will probably see them at Vfest, right Seth????
it's a glorified cover band with some of the original members in the background:
Swedish vocal and instrumental group ABBA gained enormous success during the 1970s throughout Europe and the United States. Although the four original front members no longer tour, the groupâ??s music is still as popular as ever, selling approximately two million records a year.
â??ABBA The Tourâ? consists of the Swedish group Arrival and some of ABBAâ??s original musicians. They perform in identical clothes, have identical voices and create the right sound, motion and feeling. Arrival does everything possible to re-create a show as identical to ABBA as possible.
Arrival has toured in Sweden and all over the world including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Austria, Turkey, Australia, USA, Vietnam, China, Jamaica, Spain, France, Germany, Greece and many others. The band has performed on TV shows in many countries and held a large TV-recorded concert together with Robert Wells and his â??Rhapsody in Rock,â? viewed to approximately 500 million people.
Arrival has been given permission to perform and record an unreleased ABBA song directly from Björn and Benny of ABBA.
The band also collaborates with ABBAâ??s clothing-designer to create exact copies of ABBAâ??s original clothing and is the only group in the world who has permission to copy the original clothing.
http://www.palacenet.com/default.asp?event=717
if this was the original band, you can be assured they'd be playing a much, much larger venue than the 930 club.
Swedish vocal and instrumental group ABBA gained enormous success during the 1970s throughout Europe and the United States. Although the four original front members no longer tour, the groupâ??s music is still as popular as ever, selling approximately two million records a year.
â??ABBA The Tourâ? consists of the Swedish group Arrival and some of ABBAâ??s original musicians. They perform in identical clothes, have identical voices and create the right sound, motion and feeling. Arrival does everything possible to re-create a show as identical to ABBA as possible.
Arrival has toured in Sweden and all over the world including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Austria, Turkey, Australia, USA, Vietnam, China, Jamaica, Spain, France, Germany, Greece and many others. The band has performed on TV shows in many countries and held a large TV-recorded concert together with Robert Wells and his â??Rhapsody in Rock,â? viewed to approximately 500 million people.
Arrival has been given permission to perform and record an unreleased ABBA song directly from Björn and Benny of ABBA.
The band also collaborates with ABBAâ??s clothing-designer to create exact copies of ABBAâ??s original clothing and is the only group in the world who has permission to copy the original clothing.
http://www.palacenet.com/default.asp?event=717
if this was the original band, you can be assured they'd be playing a much, much larger venue than the 930 club.
Ace of Base
Wow. That's pretty sad when you have to resort to playing in your own cover band.
Originally posted by Jaguar:Yep. Sad indeed. I did see a Kiss cover band once though in my small hometown. People were acting like they were the real thing. Pathetic.
Wow. That's pretty sad when you have to resort to playing in your own cover band.
Moon Unit should start a Zappa/Beefheart cover band. The Magic band have already played without Don and I'm sure Frank wouldn't mind. Some things never cease to amaze me. Kinda like seeing The Doors without Morrison. No thanks. :roll: :eek:
Originally posted by SPARX:Dweezil's already got that covered.
Moon Unit should start a Zappa/Beefheart cover band. The Magic band have already played without Don and I'm sure Frank wouldn't mind.
Originally posted by Jaguar:This is the post of the year!! Excellent!
Wow. That's pretty sad when you have to resort to playing in your own cover band.
Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:Yes, but that's JUST Zappa tunes. He was at his best collaborating with Don IMHO. Bongo Fury, with songs like Man with the Woman Head. Genius.Sheer genius! Moon Unit in the role of Mr. Beefheart. Now there's a cover band reunion for you if ya ask me.
Originally posted by SPARX:Dweezil's already got that covered.
Moon Unit should start a Zappa/Beefheart cover band. The Magic band have already played without Don and I'm sure Frank wouldn't mind.
Grateful dead members have been doing it since 1996 and the hippies still continue to eat it up.
Originally posted by Jaguar:
Wow. That's pretty sad when you have to resort to playing in your own cover band.
Grateful dead members have been doing it since 1996 and the hippies still continue to eat it up.
Originally posted by Jaguar:
Wow. That's pretty sad when you have to resort to playing in your own cover band.
Originally posted by azaghal1981:Quite surprising. Grateful Dead enthusiasts aren't normally fanatical like that ;) :p
Grateful dead members have been doing it since 1996 and the hippies still continue to eat it up.
Originally posted by Jaguar:
Wow. That's pretty sad when you have to resort to playing in your own cover band.
They just don't know they're dead yet.
Stoners. Gotta love 'em if you have a good sense of humor. My favorites are the Canadian stoners. Nobody does stoner like a good Canadian stoner!
Econo, are you Canadian? :D
Stoners. Gotta love 'em if you have a good sense of humor. My favorites are the Canadian stoners. Nobody does stoner like a good Canadian stoner!
Econo, are you Canadian? :D
I bet
this show would be right up your alley.
this show would be right up your alley.
Originally posted by Jaguar:
They just don't know they're dead yet.
Stoners. Gotta love 'em if you have a good sense of humor. My favorites are the Canadian stoners. Nobody does stoner like a good Canadian stoner!
Econo, are you Canadian? :D
Originally posted by azaghal1981:Not familiar with it. I thought it would lead to Trailer Park Boys which I love.
I bet
this show would be right up your alley.
Brilliant show with incredible writing. A lot of it focuses on the Canadian pot trade which makes for countless great stoner scenes that serve as comic relief.
I've been hearing good things about Trailer Park Boys for years now but have still yet to get around to it.
I've been hearing good things about Trailer Park Boys for years now but have still yet to get around to it.
Kind of. My Grandfather's from Ontario.
Originally posted by Jaguar:
They just don't know they're dead yet.
Stoners. Gotta love 'em if you have a good sense of humor. My favorites are the Canadian stoners. Nobody does stoner like a good Canadian stoner!
Econo, are you Canadian? :D
Frank Zappa? Wow, you must be as old as my father in law.
Originally posted by SPARX:
Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:Yes, but that's JUST Zappa tunes. He was at his best collaborating with Don IMHO. Bongo Fury, with songs like Man with the Woman Head. Genius.Sheer genius! Moon Unit in the role of Mr. Beefheart. Now there's a cover band reunion for you if ya ask me.
Originally posted by SPARX:Dweezil's already got that covered.
Moon Unit should start a Zappa/Beefheart cover band. The Magic band have already played without Don and I'm sure Frank wouldn't mind.
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:I am your father in law. Your wife just doesn't know it. ;) :p
Frank Zappa? Wow, you must be as old as my father in law.
Originally posted by SPARX:
Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:Yes, but that's JUST Zappa tunes. He was at his best collaborating with Don IMHO. Bongo Fury, with songs like Man with the Woman Head. Genius.Sheer genius! Moon Unit in the role of Mr. Beefheart. Now there's a cover band reunion for you if ya ask me.
Originally posted by SPARX:Dweezil's already got that covered.
Moon Unit should start a Zappa/Beefheart cover band. The Magic band have already played without Don and I'm sure Frank wouldn't mind.