CELEBRATING the 40th anniversary of ABBA’s Eurovision triumph, hit stage show Thank You for the Music is coming to the Grand Opera House in York this weekend.
The cast will take 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.
The winning song was to be 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 show revives all of ABBA’s chart-topping hits, including Dancing Queen, Super Trouper, Mamma Mia and, of course, Waterloo.
Now in its 21st year, the all-star cast has entertained the nation with harmonies and musicianship for longer than Bjorn, Agnetha, Benny and Frida did during the 1970s and 1980s, according to show producer Michael Taylor.
In addition to an authentic live tribute to ABBA, Thank You for the Music also features The Magic of the Bee Gees.
The trio, backed by a live band, perform original Bee Gees’ hits such as 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.
Michael said: “Seen the record-breaking movie, taken in the smash-hit West End musical and bought the chart topping albums and singles?
“Now experience the UK’s No1 concert show Thank You for the Music.”
Thank You for the Music is at the Grand Opera House on Saturday, at 7.30pm. Tickets are available from the box office on 0844 871 3024 or visit atgtickets.com/Yorkeasytheatres.com
Win tickets
The Gazette & Herald has two pairs of tickets to see Thank You for the Music at the Grand Opera House York.
To be in with a chance of winning, just email the answer to the following question and send it, along with your name, address and daytime phone number, to gazette@gazetteherald.co.uk by 9am on Friday, November 21.
Question: How many years is it since ABBA won the Eurovision song contest?
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