Abbagirls Band/Duo The original and first Abba tribute band from the UK established in 1995.
Such is our success that we have performed all over the world, over 4500 gigs! From large outdoor concerts (biggest audience 80,000) Live TV work, turned on Christmas lights, Radio jingles the list really is endless.
Las Vegas: “Abbagirls are the first Abba tribute act in the world to perform in Las Vegas.…..The Stage Newspaper April 2004. Re-booked every year from 2004.
In March 2008 we become the first Abba tribute band to tour Korea. One of our shows went out on live KBS prime time Saturday night TV, an audience of over 6 million. Again re-booked every year.
Abbagirls have performed in 40 countries world wide: USA, all over Europe, Asia, UAE, 5 of the 7 continents. Truly an International act.
Abbagirls is our full time professional job. We take pride and although tongue in cheek work we do take our show very seriously. We can cover 60 of Abba’s fantastic tracks and up to 15 different costume changes (but not on the same night!).
Abbagirls are completely self-contained with full pa & LED lighting rigs, and travel with our own engineer. This allows the band to concentrate on the gig and not worry about the sound. (We carry 4.5k Amps & speakers but only use what is necessary on gigs. We can obtain ANY size pa & lights) we can link in to any house system and work with any professional sound & lighting engineers. All our electrical equipment is PAT tested. We have full public liability insurance.
Some of Abbagirls prestige’s Venues: London Palladium. Lyric Theatre London, Liverpool Empire, Sheffield City Hall, Burg Al Arab Hotel Dubai, MGM Grand Las Vegas, Hotel du Cap S. France, Manchester Palace, Hyundai theatre Ulsan Korea, KBS theatre Seoul. We could bore you with hundreds!
Abbagirls main work load: Corporate, Private parties, weddings specialties, hotels, summer seasons, theatres, golf clubs.
Abbagirls the Band! Are also available as a duo.
Abbagirls not just cabaret pure Abbaret!
Selection of Abba's hits including:
Tracks 1 – 31 performed at most gigs.
Tracks 1 – 47 for the theatre type gigs and at popular Abba weekends
Tracks 48 – 84 performed for the Abba fan clubs that know all the album tracks and do not want to hear the popular Abba songs.
1, Dancing Queen
2, Waterloo
3, Mamma Mia
4, Mamma Mia (dance version)
5, S.O.S
6, Knowing me knowing you
7, Take a chance on me
8, Money Money Money
9, Gimme Gimme Gimme (a man after midnight)
10, Does your mother know?
11, One of us (is crying)
12, Thank you for the music
13, Chiqitita
14, Super Trouper
15, Super Trouper (dance version)
16, Honey Honey
17, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do
18, Angel Eyes
19, So long
20, Ring Ring
21, When I kissed the teacher
22, Fernando
23, The Winner takes it all
24, I have a dream
25, Summer night city
26, Name of the game
27, As good as new
28, Voulez Vouz
29, Happy new year
30, Lay your love on me
31, Money Money Money
32, Bang a Boomerang
33, Hole in your sole
34, Eagle
35, I am a Marionette
36, Intermezzo
37, Nina, Pretty ballerina
38, Dance (while the music still goes on)
39, Tiger
40, The visitors
41, When all is said and done
42, Head over heels
43, Arrival
44, Andante Andante
45, Dum dum diddle
46, The day before you came
47, On and on and on
48, Why did it have to be me?
49, Under attack
50, I wonder (departure)
50, Move on
51, My love my life
52, Hey hey Helen
53, One man one woman
54, Tropical Loveland
55, Rock me
56, Another town another train
57, Disillusion
58, He is your brother
59, I am just a girl
60, I’ve been waiting for you
61, Man in the middle
62, I saw it in the mirror
63, Love isn’t easy
64, People need love
65, Sitting in the palm tree
66, King Kong song
67, My mama said
68, Watch out
69, What about Livingstone
70, Gonna sing you my love song
71, Suzy-hang-Around
72, The king has lost his crown
73, If it wasn’t for the nights
74, Lovers (live a little longer)
75, Kisses of fire
76, Me and I
77, Our last summer
78, The piper
79, The way old friends do
80, Soldiers
81, I let the music speak
82, Two for the price of one
83, Slipping through my fingers
84, Like an angel passing through my room
History
Abbagirls Duo was conceived by our Kim Graham (Frida) in March 1995. The idea was to bring the fantastic sounds and harmonies of Abba to venues that did not have the room for a full band. But such is our success we now perform in every type of venue, over 4000 shows in 40 different Countries & 5 Continents, from large outdoor concerts to large corporate events, hotels, weddings, golf clubs Etc. as well as the local village hall! Benny & Bjorn joined us for band gigs in 1999 giving us the option as a duo or live 4 piece band
Here is an example of some of our previous gigs:
London's O2 Indigo
KBS TV Seoul S Korea Live TV to over 6 million viewers
Seoul Olympic Arena
“Legends” Imperial Palace Hotel, MGM & various other venues in Las Vegas.
London's Finsbury Park in front of 80,000 audience.
Three times at The Brentwood Centre Essex Over 25,000.
Turned on the Christmas Lights in the beautiful Scottish Town of Dumfries & Cardiff
The Variety Club of GB: We also together with Faith Brown presented a "Sunshine" Bus to the kids of Liverpool. Followed with a great show at The Liverpool Empire compared by Frank Carson.
Obtained a sponsorship From Budweiser for a 30-gig tour followed by a blaze of fabulous publicity.
We also made the Abba jingles for Talk Sport Radio.
We also appear at major outdoor concerts in the UK and all over Europe
Other prestigious venues in the UK include:
York Races
National Trust Parks
Astoria London’s Charing Cross
Manchester United FC
Peterborough East of England Showground.
Sandown Park
Liverpool Empire
Floral Hall & Southport Theatre
Liverpool FC
Sheffield City Hall
Birmingham Hippodrome
Newmarket Race Track
Manchester Palace Theatre
Numerous Town Halls and Civic Centre’s.
Crusader’s FC N. Ireland
Glasgow Rangers FC
The London Palladium
Also many other football & Rugby clubs. (Abbagirls still don’t understand the offside rule?)
We have appeared Live on:
BBC1 & 2 & 4
Scottish/Anglia/Ulster/Border/London TV
Countless American TV channels
KBS TV Live show in South Korea on numerous occassions.
A few Satellite channels
Dozens of radio stations
Hundreds of Newspapers and Magazines.
Including: featured in OK magazine UK Edition.
We also appear on TV with Jack Dee in “Lead Balloon” Autumn 2006
We have traveled to:
N. Ireland, Channel Islands, UAE, New York, Many states in the USA, South America, Russia, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Qatar, France, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Czech Republic, Isle of White, and of course all over the UK. Over 40 countries worldwide and performed in 5 of the 7 Continents we are truly an Internatinal Act.
Abbagirls main workload is Corporate & Hotel Functions Among our many corporate clients are:
BBC
IBM
B&Q
A Host of World Banks
Virgin
Institute of Animal Technology
Barclay’s/Lloyds TSB/HSBC/Nat West/Co-Op Banks
BBC Childline
BP
Sainsburys/Tesco/ Waitrose/Safeways
Coca-Cola
The Variety Club of GB
Budweiser
Motor Caravan Club of GB
Many University Lecturers & Uni Parties.
The National Trust
ICI
Institute of Directors
Shell
West Yorkshire/Scottish/North West Police Federations
Hotels Include:
Burg Al Arab Hotel Dubai
Moat House
DeVere
Paramount
Heritage
Imperial Palace Hotel, MGM Las Vegas
McDonalds
Hilton’s
Hanover Int.
Village & Liesure Group
Marston
Choice
Hotel du Cap Eden Roc S. France
Corus/Regal
Jarvis
Stakis
Potters Int.
Meridian
Novotel
Quality
& Regular UAE tours
Marriott
Post Houses
We have shared the stage with:
Kylie Minogue
Kenny Lynch
Keith Harris + Orville & Cuddles
Les Dennis
Jimmy Tarbuck
Blue
Stan Boardman
Jimmy Cricket
Alvin Stardust
Johnny Casson
Frank Carson
Mick Miller
Norman Collier
The Joe Loss Orchestra
Faith Brown
Famous Bands from the 60’s-70’s 80’s
Name: Abbagirls Band/Duo
Location: Essex
Band Members: Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn, Ani-Frida + Sound engineer
Main Category: Tribute/Theme Bands
Other Categories: Awards Ceremonies, Charity Events, Christmas Parties, Corporate, Events, Festival Entertainment, Live Music, Live Bands, Military Balls & Events, Product Launches, Tribute/Theme Bands, University & College Balls, Weddings
Standard Set Times: Tailor made: 1x60 or 2x45
Set Up Time: 60- 75 minutes
Usual Arrival Time: 60-75 minutes before guests arrive
Usual Finish Time: Midnight
PA suitable for: Any size audience
Stage Lighting: Yes
Dance Floor Lighting:
Free use of PA via iPod: Yes may include additional charges
DJ included: Yes may include additional charges
Star Cloth: Yes
Hospitality/Artist Rider: Must have a secure room to get ready in, and to leave our "civvy" clothes, Ipads Etc in while performing
Technical Requirement: Contact us please
Thank you Colin, Kim Gilda and the boys,
Your three sell out shows at the Seoul indoor Olympic arena broke all previous box office records!
It was also televised LIVE on our KBS TV on prime time Saturday night to over 6 million homes.
Your live show, harmonies, costumes are thrilling, dazzling simply perfect.
I welcome you back to Korea in 2009.
"Sold out within 3 days of booking the Abbagirls" - Lyric Theatre, London
Abbagirls are the first Abba tribute act in the world to perform in Las Vegas March 2004 Re-booked for 2005/6/7/8.
You are without hesitation the best sounding Abba tribute act we have ever heard. You are the only Abba tribute act that swap’s harmonies just as the real Abba used to.
Your costumes are dazzling and stunning, and your sound and lighting just excellent.
We are true Abba fans and you are rated as the best I the UK by the official Abba fan club.
Well done you.
Abbagirls – You came you performed and you conquered!
Your performance at The Imperial Palace Hotel on our world famous “Legends” stage was simply awesome; you deserved your standing ovation.
We will feature you on a regular basis here in Las Vegas.
A big thank you from all of us
Thank you Abbagirls,
Your show and help at The Millennium Hotel in London sold out to its capacity of 1500. Thank you and for helping us raise so much well needed funds – It’s the third time we have used you and after your latest performance it won’t be the last!
You are just so professional and so slick a GREAT show.
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