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ABBA Australian Tour 1977 Itinerary

ABBA Australian Tour 1977

February 27th - March 13th

ABBA & Management:

Promoter: Paul Dainty

Tour Leader: Michael Barnett

Australian Tour Manager: Michael Chugg

Asst. Tour Manager: Graham Maddigan

Production Manager: Eric Robinson

Publicity: Patti Mostyn

Australian Musical Director: Graeme Lyall

Play Dates:

Thursday March 3rd Sydney Showgrounds 8.30 p.m.

Friday March 4th Sydney Showgrounds 8.30 p.m.

Saturday March 5th Melbourne Sidney Myer Music Bowl 8.30 p.m.

Sunday March 6th Melbourne Sidney Myer Music Bowl 2.30 p.m. & 8.30 p.m.

Tuesday March 8th Adelaide Westlakes F'ball Stadium 8.30 p.m.

Thursday March 10th Perth Entertainment Centre 6.00 p.m. & 9.00 p.m.

Friday March 11th Perth Entertainment Centre 9.00 p.m.

Saturday March 12th Perth Entertainment Centre 2.30 p.m. & 8.30 p.m.

'ABBA' & Management Touring Party

Björn & Agnetha Ulvaeus

Benny & Anni-Frid Andersson/Fredriksson

Peter Grönwall

Hans Fredriksson

Stig Anderson

Paul Dainty

Mr & Mrs Thomas Johansson

Michael Barnett

Bob Jones & Richard Norton (ABBA personal security)

J. Spaulding & C. Broughton

Mr & Mrs Morris Smith (RCA)

'ABBA' & Management - Itinerary

Sunday 27th February Arrive Sydney, Australia

Flight QF 8

Time 9.15 p.m.

Limousines To Hotel

Hotel The Sebel Town House

Elizabeth Bay Road

Elizabeth Bay NSW

Phone (02) 358 3244

Telex: 20067

Monday February 28th

Press conference The Sebel Town House

11.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. New Zealand Radio & Television

12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. 4BC Radio Brisbane

3.30 to 4.00 p.m. Television news & current affairs progs

4.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Press & radio

5.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. Sounds Unlimited & Flashez TV programmes

6.00 p.m. to 6.15 p.m. Daily Mirror newspaper winners

6.15 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. Countdown TV programme

The above is subject to slight alteration

Tuesday March 1st

Limousines 9.30 a.m. to:

'ABBA' life story interview EMI Sound Studios

231 Miller Street,

10.00 a.m. to 12 noon North Sydney

Phone: (02) 922 7866

Interviewer: Trevor Smith

Limousines Back to hotel

Sound rehearsal: Sydney Showgrounds

Driver Avenue, Paddington

Backstage phone: (02) 33 3520

Time: 8.00 p.m.

Depart Hotel 7.30 p.m.

Return to hotel when ready

Wednesday March 2nd

Sound & string rehearsal: Sydney Showgrounds

Return to hotel When ready

Thursday March 3rd

Concert One performance

Venue Sydney Showgrounds

Sound rehearsal: 2.00 p.m.

Depart hotel 1.30 p.m.

Depart hotel 7.00 p.m.

Show time 8.30 p.m.

Friday March 4th

Saturday March 5th Sydney to Melbourne

Luggage in lobby 8.00 a.m.

Depart hotel 8.45 a.m.

Depart Sydney 9.30 a.m.

Flight AN 1065

Arrive Melbourne 10.45 a.m.

Limousines To hotel

Hotel The Old Melbourne Motor Inn

Flemington Road, North Melbourne

Phone (03) 329 9344

Telex: 32057

Town Hall reception: To meet the Lord Mayor

Councillor Donald Osborne

Limousines depart hotel 12.30 p.m.

Reception 12.45 p.m.

Return to Hotel 1.30 p.m. (approx.)

Venue Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Kings Domain, Melbourne

Phone: (02) 63 8547

Sound Rehearsal: 4.00 p.m.

Depart Hotel 3.30 p.m.

Please note: before retiring for the night please put your watches back one

hour as daylight savings finishes on Sunday March 6th at 3.00 a.m.

Sunday March 6th

Concerts Two performances

Sound rehearsal: 12 noon

Depart hotel 11.30 a.m.

Show time (no. 1) 2.30 p.m.

Return to hotel 5.00 p.m. (if required)

Show time (no. 2) 8.30 p.m.

Monday March 7th

Tuesday March 8th Melbourne to Adelaide

Luggage in lobby 12.30 p.m.

Depart hotel 1.00 p.m.

Depart Melbourne 1.50 p.m.

Flight AN 204

Arrive Adelaide 2.25 p.m.

Hotel The Parkroyal Motor Inn

South Terrace, Adelaide

Phone: (08) 223 4355

Telex: 81256

Venue West Lakes Football Stadium

Turner Drive, West Lakes

Phone: (08) 268 2088 or 268 2254

Sound rehearsal: 4.00 p.m.

Depart hotel 3.30 p.m.

Wednesday March 9th Adelaide to Perth

Luggage in lobby 10.30 a.m.

Depart hotel 11.15 a.m.

Depart Adelaide 12 noon

Flight AN 6754

Arrive Perth 1.30 p.m. (Perth time)

Hotel The Parmelia

Mill Street, Perth

Phone: (092) 22 3622

Telex: 92365

Thursday March 10th

Venue Perth Entertainment Centre

Wellington Street, Perth

Phone: (092) 22 4766

Sound & string rehearsal: 3.00 p.m.

Depart hotel 2.30 p.m.

Show times 6.00 p.m. & 9.00 p.m.

Limousines available for return to hotel at anytime before, during and after performances

Friday March 11th

Sound check: at artiste's discretion

Depart hotel 8.00 p.m.

Show time 9.00 p.m.

Saturday March 12th

Sound rehearsal: at artiste's discretion

Depart hotel 2.00 p.m.

Show times 3.00 p.m. & 8.30 p.m.

Limousines available to return to hotel at anytime before, during and after performances

Sunday March 13th Perth to London

Luggage in lobby 5.15 p.m.

Depart hotel 5.45 p.m.

Depart Perth 7.30 p.m.

Flight QF 7

Arrive London 7.10 a.m. on Monday March 14th

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During ABBA’s years as an active group, most top-level artists were expected to conduct regular, extensive worldwide tours. Although ABBA didn’t quite play the game according to the rules, they did meet their audience from time to time.

Then, in 1974, the international breakthrough with ’Waterloo’ happened. At the same time the four friends cemented their working relationships and changed their name to ABBA. It was only then that they conducted a tour that took them outside Swedish soil. The original plans for the outing were quite extensive, but it was soon clear that the ’Waterloo’ hit alone would not be enough to sustain a really major tour. Tentative dates in England, Scotland, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Turkey, Israel, Greece, Yugoslavia and Spain were abandoned, and only West Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Nordic countries remained. Agnetha and Björn didn’t want to be away from their one-year-old daughter Linda for too long either, and therefore the itinerary was divided into two parts: Denmark, West Germany, Austria and Switzerland in November (as it turned out, the Switzerland concert was cancelled because of poor ticket sales), with a trek of the Nordic countries following in January 1975. However, except for this last leg of the tour, the venture was only partially successful. Clearly, ABBA had not built up the broad fan base needed to truly attract a non-Scandinavian audience to a concert hall.

During the summer of 1975, Björn, Benny, Agnetha and Frida made their second and last trek of the Swedish folkparks, although it was much less extensive than the outing two years earlier. The folkpark circuit had traditionally been a very modest set-up, where artists were expected to perform two or sometimes three gigs a day – at different venues. They would rush in to the park, set up their gear and storm through a 30-minute show before dashing off to the next engagement. In 1975, ABBA were bona fide pop stars and had altogether different ambitions with their concerts, bringing a quite elaborate show with special effects into the parks. In part, the tour also served to compensate for a cancelled outing planned for the previous summer.

The final shows A further two and a half years elapsed before ABBA went on tour again. In the meantime, Agnetha and Björn had become parents for the second time and then divorced. Agnetha was now more eager than ever to stay home with her children. However, in 1979 the group agreed that it was high time that they did a tour again, and they also wanted to explore the possibility of improving their fortunes in North America, where they had only done television appearances before. In September they set out on a tour of North America and Europe, starting in Canada. The three weeks in North America were followed by a ten-day break before the group ventured out on their tour of Europe. Perhaps the most famous part of this tour was the six nights spent at London’s Wembley Arena, where ABBA’s television special ABBA In Concert was filmed. As it turned out, ABBA In Concert and ABBA – The Movie were to remain the only documents available to show the group live in a bona fide arena concert. In 2004, ABBA In Concert was released on DVD, with rare bonus selections. Read more about ABBA’s tour of North America and Europe in the Articles archive.

After returning home from the tour of Europe in November 1979, ABBA took a break, then started writing and recording what was to become the Super Trouper album. But in March 1980, they put on their stage costumes again, embarking on what was to be their very last tour as they spent three weeks visiting the arenas of Japan. After the Japanese venture, ABBA’s public profile became lower than ever, with a minimum amount of television performances as their only public outings. In early 1981, Benny and Frida announced their divorce, killing the last vestiges of romance in the ABBA image and further increasing the emotional distance between the four friends. At the end of 1982, the group finally called it a day. The ABBA era was over.

ABBA tour dates This list of live concerts covers the tours conducted during the period 1974–1980, when the group operated under the name ABBA. It lists only concerts actually played, not dates that were cancelled or prematurely announced. Furthermore, it is limited to concerts played as part of an official tour, not one-off club gigs.

1974 Tour of Europe November 17. Copenhagen, Denmark: Falkonercentret November 18. Hanover, West Germany: Kuppelsaal November 19. Munich, West Germany: Deutsches Museum November 21. Frankfurt, West Germany: Jahrhunderthalle November 22. Berlin, West Germany: Hochschule für Musik November 23. Nuremberg, West Germany: Meistersingerhalle November 25. Innsbruck, Austria: Kongresshaus November 27. Vienna, Austria: Stadthalle November 29. Bremen, West Germany: Glocke November 30. Hamburg, West Germany: Musikhalle

1975 Tour of the Nordic countries January 10. Oslo, Norway: Chateau Neuf January 11. Stockholm, Sweden: Konserthuset January 12. Lund, Sweden: Olympen January 17. Copenhagen, Denmark: Tivolis konsertsal January 18. Gothenburg, Sweden: Scandinavium January 20. Helsinki, Finland: Finlandiatalo January 22. Umeå, Sweden: Universum

1975 Tour of the Swedish folkparks June 21. Skellefteå, Sweden: the local folkpark June 22. Sunderbyn, Sweden: Sunderby loge June 25. Hudiksvall, Sweden: Köpmanberget June 26. Björneborg, Sweden: the local folkpark June 27. Borlänge, Sweden: the local folkpark June 28. Eskilstuna, Sweden: the local folkpark June 30. Stockholm, Sweden: Gröna Lund July 3. Malmö, Sweden: the local folkpark July 4. Storebro, Sweden: the local folkpark July 5. Kristianopel, Sweden: Masten July 6. Gothenburg, Sweden: Liseberg July 7. Borgholm, Sweden: Slottsruinen July 8. Linköping, Sweden: the local folkpark July 9. Gamleby, Sweden: the local folkpark

1977 European and Australian Tour January 28. Oslo, Norway: Ekebergshallen January 29. Gothenburg, Sweden: Scandinavium January 30. Gothenburg, Sweden: Scandinavium January 31. Copenhagen, Denmark: Brøndbyhallen February 1. Copenhagen, Denmark: Brøndbyhallen February 2. Berlin, West Germany: Berliner Deutschlandhalle February 3. Cologne, West Germany: Sporthalle February 4. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Jaap Eden hal February 5. Antwerp, Belgium: Arenahal February 6. Essen, West Germany: Grugahalle February 7. Hanover, West Germany: Ellenfriedehalle February 8. Hamburg, West Germany: C.C.H. February 10. Birmingham, England: Odeon February 11. Manchester, England: Free Trade Hall February 12. Glasgow, Scotland: Apollo Theatre February 14. London, England: Royal Albert Hall (two concerts) March 3. Sydney, Australia: Sydney Showgrounds March 4. Sydney, Australia: Sydney Showgrounds March 5. Melbourne, Australia: Sidney Myer Music Bowl March 6. Melbourne, Australia: Sidney Myer Music Bowl (two concerts) March 8. Adelaide, Australia: West Lakes Football Stadium March 10. Perth, Australia: Perth Entertainment Centre (two concerts) March 11. Perth, Australia: Perth Entertainment Centre March 12. Perth, Australia: Perth Entertainment Centre (two concerts)

1979 North American and European Tour September 13. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Edmonton Sports Arena September 15. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Pacific National Exhibition September 17. Seattle, Washington, USA: Seattle Arena September 18. Portland, Oregon, USA: Paramount Theatre September 19. Concord (Bay Area), California, USA: Concord Pavillion September 21. Los Angeles/Anaheim, California, USA: Anaheim Convention Center September 22. San Diego, California, USA: San Diego Sports Arena September 23. Tempe (Phoenix), Arizona, USA: The Active Center September 24. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: Performing Arts Theater, Aladdin Hotel September 26. Omaha, Nebraska, USA: Civic Auditorium September 27. Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, USA: St. Paul Civic September 29. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA: Auditorium September 30. Chicago, Illinois, USA: Auditorium Theater October 2. New York, New York, USA: Radio City Music Hall October 3. Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Music Hall October 6. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Forum October 7. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Maple Leaf Gardens October 19. Gothenburg, Sweden: Scandinavium October 20. Stockholm, Sweden: Isstadion October 21. Copenhagen, Denmark: Falkonerteatret October 23. Paris, France: Pavillion de Paris October 24. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Ahoy Sportpaleis October 25. Dortmund, West Germany: Westfalenhalle October 27. Munich, West Germany: Olympiahalle October 28. Zurich, Switzerland: Hallenstadion October 29. Vienna, Austria: Stadthalle October 30. Stuttgart, West Germany: Sporthalle Böblingen November 1. Bremen, West Germany: Stadthalle November 2. Frankfurt, West Germany: Festhalle November 3. Brussells, Belgium: Forest National November 5. London, England: Wembley Arena November 6. London, England: Wembley Arena November 7. London, England: Wembley Arena November 8. London, England: Wembley Arena November 9. London, England: Wembley Arena November 10. London, England: Wembley Arena November 11. Stafford, England: Bingley Hall November 12. Stafford, England: Bingley Hall November 13. Glasgow, Scotland: Apollo Theatre November 15. Dublin, Ireland: R.D.S. Main Hall

1980 Tour of Japan March 12. Tokyo, Japan: Budokan March 13. Tokyo, Japan: Budokan March 14. Kohriyama, Japan: Sogo Tai-iku-kan March 17. Tokyo, Japan: Budokan March 18. Tokyo, Japan: Budokan March 20. Fukuoko, Japan: Kyu Den Tai-iku-kan March 21. Osaka, Japan: Festival Hall March 22. Osaka, Japan: Festival Hall March 24. Nagoya, Japan: Aichi-ken Tai-iku-kan March 26. Tokyo, Japan: Budokan March 27. Tokyo, Japan: Budokan

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Everything abba for everyone | abbaomnibus.com abbaomnibus.net, 1977 tour preliminary setlist.

Setlist Venues Musicians Full Australian tour itinerary European tour programme Australian tour programme Preliminary setlist

2. That’s Me

3. Waterloo

4. He Is Your Brother

6. Sitting In The Palmtree

7. Money, Money, Money

8. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

9. Dum Dum Diddle

10. When I Kissed The Teacher

11. Knowing Me, Knowing You

12. Rock Me

12. I’ve Been Waiting For You

13. Mamma Mia

14. Fernando

15. Why Did It Have To Be Me

16. The Girl With The Golden Hair a. Thank You For The Music b. So Simple [unconfirmed possible title] c. I’m A Marionette d. Get On The Carousel

17. Dancing Queen

18. So Long

Rehearsal recorded 6 January 1977. Detailed in ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions , 2017

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• Tiger Play Video
• That's Me Play Video
• Waterloo Play Video
• SOS Play Video
• Sitting in the Palmtree Play Video
• Money, Money, Money Play Video
• He Is Your Brother Play Video
• I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do Play Video
• Dum Dum Diddle Play Video
• When I Kissed the Teacher Play Video
• Knowing Me, Knowing You Play Video
• Rock Me Play Video
• I Am an A Play Video
• I've Been Waiting for You Play Video
• Mamma Mia Play Video
• Fernando Play Video
• Why Did It Have to Be Me? Play Video
• Intermezzo No. 1 Play Video
• The Girl With the Golden Hair
• Thank You for the Music Play Video
• I Wonder (Departure) Play Video
• I'm a Marionette Play Video
• Get on the Carousel Play Video
• So Long Play Video
• Dancing Queen Play Video
• Thank You for the Music ( Reprise ) Play Video

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• Dancing Queen
• Dum Dum Diddle
• Knowing Me, Knowing You
• Money, Money, Money
• That's Me
• When I Kissed the Teacher
• Why Did It Have to Be Me?
• I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
• I've Been Waiting for You
• Intermezzo No. 1
• Thank You for the Music (2)
• I Wonder (Departure)
• I'm a Marionette
• Sitting in the Palmtree
• Get on the Carousel
• He Is Your Brother

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