Julias Tour Diary!

Julia Maria Jochheim, our contact person for VIPs and fans at ABBA THE CONCERT reports about the life on tour between tourbus, stage and backstage. Take a look behind the scenes!

Everyday another city, every day another environment and new experiences.
Have fun!

We made it - It's all done!
Seven amazing, eventful and fantastic months are behind us and our "Hello Europe"-Tour reached its final shows in France last weekend. Sice Toulouse we played in Bordeaux (F), Angouleme (F), Limoges (F), orleans (F), Stuttgart (D), Dornbirn (A), Tours (F), Epernay (F), Amiens (F) and Liévin (F). We just say THANK YOU to the whole crew, the artists, all participants behind the scenes in office and managment, the cooks, dressers, truckers, nightliner drivers and

ESPECIALLY YOU!

You all have brought us unforgetable shows and evrybody of us won his own special memories. After two successful tours since 2009 we pause for a few month. We look forward to 2012 to see you again!

Kind regards from your ATC Team!

12 April 2011 - Toulouse (France)
Monday morning our crew left Germany in direction Toulouse to be there just in time installing our equipment. The artists started on Tuesday morning. Whether we had a break of 6 weeks everything went as usual and very well. So we had a fantastic evening and a wonderful sold out (!) show. It was a big pleasure!
In May we're in France again and hope to have such great concerts again.

Get the last tickets now!
> Thursday, 12 May 2011 - 20:30 - Bordeaux - PATINOIRE MERIADECK
> Friday, 13 May 2011 - 20:30 - Angouleme - L´ Espace Carat
> Saturday, 14 May 2011 - 20:30 - Limoges - Zenith
> Sunday, 15 May 2011 - 20:30 - Orleans - Zenith
> Thursday, 26 May 2011 - 20:30 - Tours - Parc des Expositions
> Friday, 27 May 2011 - 20:30 - Epernay - Le Millesium
> Saturday, 28 May 2011 - 20:30 - Amiens - Zenith
> Sunday, 29 May 2011 - 17:00 - Livien - Stade Couvert

25 Feb 2011 - Aurich (Germany)
Live ticker of the day:
11:00 Departure from Berlin
16:00 Arrival in Aurich
16:30 Sound check
17:30 Prehearsal child choir
18:00 evening meal
19:00 Doors open
20:00 Beginning of the show

We were especially proud about the presents from our sweet child choir! 'Felix und die Rasselband' gave us autographs and CDs. We were very happy about it!

12 Feb 2011 - Karlovy vary/Carlsbad (Czech Republic)
Our last show in Czech Republic we had in Karlovy Vary! It was a fantastic finish of 10 successful days!
A big Thank you to all the visitors, the wonderful cities, the kind people and the amazing shows we could experience! We hope, to come back soon. Now we continue in Germany, Austria and France with further shows! On Feb 20 we play our next show in Passau.
So thank you and we see us in Passau!

9 Feb 2011 - Innsbruck (Austria)
We left Budvar against 11 a.m. to start our trip to Austria. Innsbruck was on the plan! Against 4 p.m. we arrived Olympia hall. We absolved the soundcheck, had a prehearsal with the local children's choir and showed our VIP guests the life behind the curtain. In nearly every country you can order VIP tickets! getting these tickets allow you to join a backstage tour, where you can get all the information about lightning, sound and video, get a view behind the scenes, see the soundcheck and getting the impression how to travel as a tour crew. Furthermore you can learn to know all teh artists at a Meet&Greet with swedish Akvavit, getting answers for your questions, taking pictures and getting autgraphs! Maybe we learn to know each other soon!
It was a fantastic evening at Innsbruck! On the pictures you can see the concert hall shortly before opening the doors during the last technical checks. You can also see the loved Akvavit for the VIP's! :-)
After the show we had two free days. Our crew left Innsbruck directly after the show and we travel to Rosenheim together with the artists to stay there for a night and going back to berlin on Thursday. On Friday we find some rest at home when our crew started its trip to Karlovy Vary where they started to install the show equipment early in the morning.

8 Feb 2011 - Ceské Budejovice (Czech Republic)
After the wonderful Offday in Prague with shiny sun we left to Budovice. We checked in against 3 pm at our hotel at themarket place. It was just 5min away from the concert hall. So could some party of the city and met together for soundcheck at 4 pm. It was our penultimate evening in Czech Republic (on Saturday we play in Carlsbad/Karlovy Vary). The show in Budweis was fantastic again! The audience danced omitted! Thank you very much! Today we continue our tour in Austria and can't await the show in Innsbruck! Kind Reagrds from the whole Team!

5 Feb 2011 - Praha (Czech Republic)
Today we are playing at the congress centre in Praha. The artists will stay the next three days in Praha to reach the different venues from here. So let's see how the concert in this fantastic city will be. At the moment we do our soundcheck and the child choir does its rehearsal.

On the photo you can see the view over the city from the congress centre.

2 Feb 2011 - Pardubice (Czech Republic)
The day of our first concert in Czech Republic! As we started 9:30 am after two free days with our bus in Berlin, our was in Pardubice to install the stage. We were very tensed and asked how it will be there! We recognized that motorways in Czech Republic suddenly become village roads. Traffic jams are the same like in Germany. :-) But we reached Pardubice just in time.
Everything went well and we couldn't await the show! The hall was full to the least seat - a fantastic evening with bombastic mood. I think the pictures show it! :-)
We had a wonderful child choir who that supports us on stage in wonderful dresses during the song "I have a dream. Afdter the show we went to the nearby hotel. A nice day went by. Now we can't await the concert in Ostrava and we are sure that this also will be a fantastic evening.
Na shledanou - we see us tomorrow!

29 Jan 2011 – Le Mans (France)
It was time again - our last show in France for this weekend was near to come. We had some time to walk through Caen. We are often in wonderful cities, but often we've got not enough time to take a look around. Often we only see the hotel and the concert hall, so everybody was very happy with this city tour. Later we made our soundcheck in Le Mans and our usual termination began. The evening was wonderful, we really had unique shows in France! And we're happy, that we play some other shows in France in April and May! You will find the dates in our Tickets-Sektion.

After the show our crew we went directly to Germany. We went to Paris, where our flight to Berlin started the next morning. Our hotel at the airport waited for us but we all wanted to do a small sightseeing tour through Paris during the night. We vsited 3 am the Eiffel tower, drove on the avenue of Champs-Élysées and enjoyed the last hours of our France weekend.

From 2nd February we are on tour through Czech Republic and Austria. We can't await to see you there and get new experiences!

27 Jan 2011 – Rouen (France)
After a short break at home we went to France! Three days in Rouen, Caen and Le Mans were in front of us! Our crew started with the trucks and nightliners against 6:30 pm in Germany – a long way in 15 hours on the motorway. As our crew started with installing the stage in Rouen, we started our flight at airport "Schönefeld-Berlin". Our plane arrived 11 pm in Paris-orly. From here we continued our trip through France in two vans.

After a small break at the hotelin Rouen we went to the other mebers of the team in the concert hall Venue. A fantastic hall and a fantastic evening in a full house awaited us - it was a fantastic beginning of our France weekend! Thank you, Rouen!

22 Jan 2011 - Karlsruhe (Germany)
3:30 pm - Arrival in Karlsruhe! The fantastic atmosphere of the Europahalle promised to become a fantastic evening! And it became! On the photo you can see the view of our technicans from the FOH-position.

For those who are interested in technics: FOH is the special point in the hall, where the audio technicans adjust the sound in front of the stage and the light technicans adjust the lights. The position ist very important, to see and hear the performance like the audience. We also have an interface for video there. The two screens on the both sides of the stage are filled with different plive pictures during the shows. AT FOH our video technicans decide which camera will be chosen during the next seconds. We have two fixed cameras and one mobile camera man on stage.

We had a fantastic evening with you and hope to see you soon again! Until tomorrow!

21 Jan 2011 - Koblenz (Germany)
Friday morning, 7 a.m. - this meant: Leavin' Berlin! There were round about 1900km and three shows in front of us: Koblenz, Karlsruhe, Frierichshafen!
It's always quiet in the bus on those days - everybody sleeps and only get awake during the breaks. We arrived Karlsruhe after a traffic jam free trip. Our crew started the day before and the guys were already prepared as we arrived at the hall to start our soundcheck. We were very happy about a few guests, that have seen us at the Germany Tour 2009/2010. Our child choir of the evening, the girls and boys of "Mini-Maxi-Singers" made us very happy! It was a lot fun with you! Best regards from the whole team and a big thank you for your present! (photo: present of the "Mini-Maxi-Singers). After the Meet&Greet of our 4 ABBAS with the VIP guests we spend some time with the kids. Autographs and photos were in great demand. Happy but also tired later we left the hall and drove to the hotel - the next day we went to Karlsruhe! See ya! Regards!

15 Jan 2011 - Arnhem (Netherlands)
1:30 p.m. we started to Arnhem! Round about 150 kilometres later we arrived the city. Ful of enthusiasm our band and singers started the soundcheck, later we took our supper. On the photo you see us backstage, a few minutes before the show! With one of our camera men the 4 ABBAs went to stage. The audience could see this on the two screens beside the stage. The 2,5 h show started in Arnhem! It was a fantastic experience! We were very glad to see the belgian correspondents of the international ABBA Intermezzo Fanclub. After the show our 5 main artists had a interview with them - it was very interesting and was very funny! Thank you very much, Stany and ABBA Intermezzo! We went back to Antwerp the night, because our flight to Germany started the next day from Belgium. Our crew went to Germany directly after the show - tired but happy after this amazing weekend! Two days, two countries and ful of wonderful impressions! We would be happy to see you soon again! In a few days our shows in Germany continue.

So best wishes
The ATC-Team

14 Jan 2011 - Antwerpen (Belgium)
It was early in the morning when our plane started from Berlin to Brussels. The night wasn't over but we were still awake and happy to what will come at Lotto Arena in Antwerp. At this time our crew was arrived Antwerp with 3 trucks and 2 nightliners and started to install the equipment.. Installing 30 tonnes of material needs time. 10 o'clock a.m. we arrived the hotel in Antwerp too. 5 hours free time was used for sightseeing, preparing for the evening or wellness at the hotel's wellness area. 3 p.m. everybody was ready to start to Lotto Arena! Here we started our soundcheck and our supper. At 7:30 p.m., one hour until the start of the show, we had an interview with the TV of Belgium. You can see it on a photo beyond. 8 p.m. it became dark in the hall and the show began! It was a fantastic mood, the Lotto Arena celebrated. A few guests run the stage and had to be hold by our Security men - unbelievable and sensational. We had a lot of fun!

A second of frighting arised when Frida fell off the stairs of their podest - but she could get up and sang their parts.
Thank you for your questions - no sorrow, she's well!

We had a sensational evening!
A big "Thank you"

Tomorrow we play our show in the Netherlands! We are very exited!

08 Jan 2011 - Frankfurt/Oder - Our first concert in 2011!
After our journey from Berlin we arrived Frankfurt/Oder at 3,30 pm. Our crew was there since the morning hours. The wardrobe was prepared by Jana. After a small snack made by our cooks we started our soundcheck. Drums, guitars, bass guitar, percussions, keyboards, microphones and the child choir - everything was exactly matched by our sound engineers. Later we went for supper and everybody prepared for the show. 7:45pm everybody was ready to start into this fatastic evening! Frankfurt/Oder didn't disappoint us! The mood was great! Three of our VIP guests had a real long way to travel! They came from the USA and combined their trip to ABBA THE CONCERT with a trip to Berlin during the weekend. We were very glad about your visit! Now we leave Germany again and visit Belgium and the Netherlands next weekend! So lets read again! Best wishes Julia

(Pic 1: the 4 ABBAs going to stage, Pic 2: Frankfurt/Oder people celebrating)

30 Dec 2010 - Bremen - What a fantastic end of the year
After our short free day in Berlin, we went to our last show this year. The weather was fine, so we had a good journey to Bremen. Arriving the Bremen Fair, our crew did his job to install the stage, sound and light for the evening. So we could start fastly with our soundcheck. Very soon the backstage area was filled with exited child's voices - our child choir from Bremen has arrived! The kiddies were prepared very well and did a fantastic job! Thank you very much! Another surprise happened too: Our big fan Angelika visited us in Bremen! It was the fourth time for her at ABBA THE CONCERT and we were very happy to see her again. A big thank you for all the christmas gifts we got. A photo with Angelika you can see beyond. Angelika bought a VIP Ticket so she was part of the meet&greet and near to her "ABBAs".

It was a nice evening.in Bremen and the audience was so great - we loved to celebrate with you!

After the show the atmosphere was a little bit tensed because there was ice in Bremen so we could only slide to our busses. The drivers and the crew were a little bit nervous because some motorways should be closed. But the weather men did a good job and we reached our homes in time!

At this point we will thank you for this fantastic year 2010! To all the audience, fans, our crew, the artists and the ones behind the scenes: Thank you for this successful and wonderful year full of ABBA and fantastic moments! We're glad to see you again in 2011!

On Saturday 8th the tour continues. ABBA THE CONCERT in Frankfurt/Oder, Fair hall 1!

Kind regards
Julia

28 Dec 2010 - Cottbus - The coldest show during our tour!
Our trucks and busses fought to get through the snow and ice on the german motorway. The winter took us hard and so our truckerers needed 8 hours for 240km - but they made it and the preparation for the show could start.

We paused a few weeks so we were very glad to see each other again - and we were also glad to see the Cottbus people! We got the feeling that they wanted to work off excess weight from Christmas food. The mood was fantastic! You can see it on the pictures. :-) It was a wonderful evening! The child choir was Very cute and engaged as he sang it's part at "I have a dream". A big Thank you to all children, parents and educators from "Sternschnuppen" Spremberg! After the show everybody went home for a small stop. In a few hours we're on the road again to Bremen!

Snowy Greets! :-)

21 Dec 2010 - Hello ABBA THE CONCERT Fans,
we wish you a Wonderful and Merry Christmas, a happy new year and we hope to see you again in the next months. Maybe we see us in this year anyway. The 28 Dec we start again in Cottbus and in Bremen on 30 Dec! What happens there?! Well, you will read it first here!

We wish you some relaxing days!

Christmas Greetings,
Julia and the ABBA THE CONCERT Team!

Poprad, Nov 21 2010 - the last one of our three Slovakia concerts!
The new and very nice Poprad-Arena promised us a nice last evening! Arriving the concert hall we started our soundcheck. Everybody could'nt await to play the show! People danced and it was a fantastic evening again. We can say: We'ld always like to come to Slovakia again it was a lot of fun!
For us, the whole team of ABBA THE CONCERT, the night wasn't over! The crew had to travel with the nightliners and trucks to Germany again, after deinstalling the stage and equipment. Now everybody arrived his home and we can say: THANKS A LOT SLOVAKIA! See ya next time!

(On the photo: VIP-guests at the Meet&Greet after the show)

Let's start!
Nitra, Nov 19 2010 - the first city in Slovakia!
Early in the morning our plane starts to Vienna, where our bus waits for travelimg to Nitra. Full of anticipation we arrived the city after a 150 km distance. The artists had the possibility to revitalize at the hotel. At this time the heat was already on at Metska Hall. The night before our crew stuck 7 hours in a full closure on the motorway and did it's best to keep the schedule. The clock was ticking and the guys worked very hard to do everything right for soundcheck. Thank you, guys! So everything went well. The first show in a new country is always exiting. You meither know people nor country. But: Unbelievable! Starting with the Intro you could hear the yelling and clapping and it became a fantastic show and a unique party! Thank you very much, Nitra!
Artists and VIP-guests learned to know each other at our Meet&Greet, where we could feel the warmth of the Slovakian people. We had a lot of fun and it became a nice smalltalk between taking pictures, giving autographs and swedish Akvavit!

So let's see what Banska Bystrica brings.

Nov 18 2010
Before the Slovakia gigs a small update! :)
Tomorrow we continue our "Hello Europe-Tour"! Eraly in the morning we will enter the plane to go on our way to Slovakia! At this time our crew is on the way to Nitra too. We're very exited and can't await it! Let's read us in Slovakia! The dates for spontaneous people: 19.11. Nitra , 20.11. Banska Bystrica , 21.11. Poprad!
Greetz
Julia & the whole "ABBA THE CONCERT" Team

Nov 02 2010
The time is now!
On Thursday we play our first show in Croatia - the start of a wonderful tour and we hope we will see and meet a lot of you! Our crew is prepared for the journey and starts in a few hour with theier nightliners and trucks to Croatia. The artists will travel by plane from Berlin. We are very happy but also exited. Let's read or see us in Croatia!

Regards form here!

Oct 29 2010
Dear Tourbook-Viewer!
Today, we have our final rehearsal in Berlin! Weeks of hard work are behind us and we're very exited to travel out into the wide world to meet you! Now take a look and get some impressions of the rehearsals! Pictures can be seen on

>> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1459282755#!/pages/ABBA-The-Concert/309555119260

Glad to see you soon!
Bye

Julia und das gesamte ABBA The Concert - Team

P.S. On the right side, our screen advert in Croatia.

Sep 17 2010
The Countdown is running!!!
On November 4th we start our "Hello Europe Tour" in Croatia - in only 6 weeks! We're very exited! After the summer-"break", full with prepearing the new tour, the last days will be like seconds! The next time I will report about the preparations of the crew and the artists and you will see how we practised the show! Stay tuned!

Mar 12 2010
Offenbach, Stadthalle
Our last show of the concert tour 2009/2010!
It was a strange feeling to know, that this will be the last show tonight for so long. On the way to Offenbach we were in a sentimental mood and nobody could believe it. 3 months together layed behind us you I know you can imagine, that we all grew together in a very intensive way. We were together the whole day and get a lot of experiences and had a lot of fun together. The show was great! Everybody gave its best and the Offenbach audience partied with us. For us it was a fantastic finish of a unbelievable fantastic tour.
At this point we I send a BIG THANK YOU!: To our crew, that made a great job the last months - guys, you are the best, the artists, that gave her best on every evening at the shows - You are so sensational, all contributors and in front of all YOU, our fantastic audience! We say THANK YOU, you made this concerts unforgetable moments to us!
Now we are looking forward to the Europe Tour! Time will run fast, so take a look from time to time to see what happens!

Best wishes from us!

Mar 11 2010
Idar-Oberstein, Messehalle
Our second last show was fantastic! The Messehalle in Idar-Oberstein was completly sold out and brimful. The atmosphere was fantastic from the start, the people in hall froliced around! We ourselves were a little bit sad because everybody knew that this is the the second last show of 3 wonderful months, when we grew togehther to a big ABBA-family... so everybody tried to spend the time intensively together. Agnetha (Sylvia) had her birthday the next day so we "had" to celebrate it. The bus was decorated with ballons and confetti. Later we partied at the hotel. In spite of the birthday we're in good condition and we're on the wy to the concert hall to wait for the sound check. What happend at the show I tell you next. It is a old practise that everybody comes up with a small gag - before and after the show - we're very tensed, what will happen.
Now you see some impressions of the installation yesterday and some snapshots of our sensational crew!
Read you tomorrow - with the news of today.

Mar 10 2010
Saarbrücken, Saarlandhalle

Mar 9 2010
Ludwigshafen, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
We arived the hall at the afternoon like everyday. The crew did the last installations on a smaller stage then the days before. So we all knew it would be very tight today. :-)
13 musicians, the instruments, the microphones, podests, boxes and a choir with 20 children –everything should get its place. But if you´re on tour you have to be flexible and you need to asimilate always with other conditions!
The way behind the stage to get from one to the other side was very contorted and long, so Benny, Björn, Frida and Agnetha had to run during the show through our catering kitchen bachstage!
The audience was very cheerful and danced in front of the stage! The first row ignored their seats and got up to dance – The party in front of the stage was amzing. So lets say: We´ld be glad to party with you next year again! Thank you!

Mar 7 2010
Düren, Arena Kreis Düren

On this day we all realize that we´ll be at home next week and a little bit of melancholy slided through the concert hall! Our direction: Enjoying the last days of the tour 2009/2010 and hoping, that the time until the start of the next tour in autumn will pass by in a fast way!

We were very happy about that our fan Angelika made such a long trip by train to visit us again – she promised and she made it! You´re so fantastic! This evening she was one of the VIP. That meant, she was allowed to take a walk through the bachstage area and could enjoy some small things at our special sweden buffet and after show she could talk to the stars during a meet&greet! We were so happy that you visit us a second time.
At this evening we also had two guests who won tickets at a lottery of the ABBAIntermezzoClub. Nice to meet you! It was a great pleasure!
The children choir was also very happy about the ability to perform the song “I have a dream” on stage together with Abbagain. After their performance they danced all the time in front of the stage in a very cute way!
This show was a wonderful experience. Today we have a Offday so we can full our imaginary tanks with power for the last shows. Wa are so exited what is coming the next days.

Mar 6 2010
Paderborn, Sportzentrum Masperplatz

We went to Paderborn at the afternoon were we checkd in at the hotel, later we arrived Sportzentrum Masperplatz.
There we found our crew very tired because they needed to transport the 30 tonnes of material over a small steep ramp. Very sweaty! Everything went well and later all material was ready for the soundcheck! The Paderborn peoplelewer a very loud audience that made us very happy! Already by starting the intro they roared loudly and gave ovations. It seemed to become a thrilling show! This impressions became truth, it was a grandiose party with you!

Mar 5 2010
Essen, Grugahalle

Directly after the show in Osnabrück we went to Essen. We always enjoy it to stay in one hotel for two nights. This time the hotel was beside the Grugahalle.Against 5 am. our trucks and the nightliner of the crew arrived the hall. We could see the whole installation of the stage and we were happy to be together with our hardworking men. ;-) Against 4 pm. we assembled at the concert hall and had our regular procedure: soundcheck, diner at the evening and changing our dresses.
Essen - you were a really fantastic audience! It made a lot of fun! After the show we visited our crew men at the hall, who were ready with the deinstallation of the equipment at 2:30 pm. They left Essen to arrive Paderborn the next day.
So, see you tomorrow!

Mar 4 2010
Osnabrück, Osnabrückhalle

At the middle of the day we left Papenburg to travel to Osnabück. We arrived the place for the show punctually so that the artists could enjoy the warm sunrays and some ice cream. In the concert hall everything was installed, only some fine tuning had to be done. The soundcheck was fine so Stefan our man for audio controls could gave is OK. It was a nice show witrh you in Osnabrück, maybe we come back one day again!

So, see you the next time!

Mar 3 2010
Papenburg, Forum Alte Werft

The Forum Alte Werft – a location, thats really charming! We had a wonbderful show with a really amused audience!

Our crew could take a deep breath in the morning, they had not to install a stage but they had to fight to get all the material on its place. The stage was smaller then in other cities, but we made it! Our cooks had a special kitchen yesterday - they cooked at the kindergarden in the neighboorhood of the concert hall between small kiddy chairs, toys and pencils.
Apropos children: Our choir was a choir from a school containg only little girls - it was so cute. They did such a good job! It was a lot of fun with you! :-)

Now it's 12:30 am. and at the moment our crew is installing the last stage material in Osnabrück. We leave Papenburg in a few minutes and will arrive Osnabrück at 3:30 pm. - then the whole team is united again! :-)

We're very tensed about what will happen tonight at the show... and you will be the first one who get the information about it tomorrow!
Many greets from us!

Mar 2 2010
Minden, Kampahalle

Full of energy we left Paderborn, where we enjoyed our Offday and arrived Minden.
Everybody felt sportive when we arrived at Kampahalle and our Catering Area was placed on the running field. But nobody had to do a penality run because everybody did his job very well. :-)
Our daily installation went perfect, after the soundcheck and diner at the evening everyone was in his costume at the right time - the show could start! At the beginning the Minden's audience was a little bit cautious but a few minutes later they celebrated with us - thats the way we like it, you were a fantastic audience!
Also our technicans of the light- and videoshow were very sportive - fitting to the Kampahalle... They preferred medicine balls instead of chairs.
Before the show started one fan attracted attention in a very special way: She decorated a personal ABBA Jacket - Lyrics, photos, pins and buttons. And a decoration embellished her arm "forever"! Maybe the biggest fan?! I could take some pictures of her. Thank you very much!
All in all it was a really fantastic evening yesterday with ABBA and you! Maybe we visit Minden again one day! In a few minutes we arrive Papenburg and can't await the next show!

Maybe we see us tonight!

Feb 28 2010
Flensburg, Campushalle

Today our riggers had to be at the concert hall at 6:30 am. After a short night they had to work on a specific stage construction, which had to be installed at Campushalle. 2 pm. the stage was ready for testing and for soundcheck. Fantastic - those men solve every problem! They could tell long long stories about what they experienced in the last weeks - every concert hall is another, often a lot of surprises and diffculties arise but every day the 30 tonnes of material are on the right place, the trucks are empty and the 200 squaremeters big stage is prepared for the show!

4 pm. the bus arrived containing the musicians and artists and we began with the soundcheck. Everthing went good and the show began at 7 pm. Also this evening the musicians had really a lot of fun with the audience and the audience with them!

Now we have a offday. a free day and we're loading our batteries for the next shows! Tomorrow Minden is dated on the tourplan. Hope to see you there!

Feb 27 2010
Stade, Stadeum

After the last two fantastic shows we couldn't await the sold out concert at the Stadeum. The mood was heated up, the hall quaked, the musicians gave their best - it was so amazing!

During the break the fans sang the songs of their idols, posters were held up, we we're so amused by you! The child choir from Stade was so cute and made their work really fantastic! It was a fantastic unbelievable evening for us at Stadeum!

Today we're playing in Flensburg at Campushalle and are anxious to see what happens.

Best wishes and many greets!

Feb 26 2010
Schwerin, Sport- und Kongresshalle

Fantastic audience in Schwerin!
One hour (!) before the doors were opened many fans waited in front of the Sport- und Kongresshalle! In the foyer everybody recognized: today there will be a big party! A lot of ABBA fans came in traditional ABBA costumes and decorated themselves with light sticks from our merchandising and couldn't await, that at 8pm. was announced: "Dear visitors! Welcome to ABBA - The Concert! ..."

And we were right: It didn't take a long time that the fans sat on their places! "The hall danced and sang" and the fans had a lot of fun. During the break we had a unexpected backstage-visit: two women in ABBA-Outfit, equipped with lot of fun, tricked the security and wanted to short Bennys' and Björns' time during the break.

Their action was stopped by a security-man and so they had to spend their break without their idols. After the break the Schwerinian audience stormed the place in front of the stage. Until the last sound was died away we had a wonderful party with you! Thanks Schwerin!

Now we're sitting at the tourbus on the motorway and arrive Stade in a few minutes! We're looking forward for a fantastic evening with you!

Your ABBA The Concert Team

Feb 25 2010
Magdeburg, Bördelandhalle

The first concert after the break

Yesterday ABBA THE CONCERT had its first concert at Bördelandhalle Magdeburg after a 3-week-break.
Our technicans - they had a home match this evening - were at the Bördelandhalle since the start of the day and installed the stage, the instruments, audio and lights.
4:30 pm the bus with the artists arrived - after a 1 hour lasting traffic jam on the motorway - later as planned at Bördelandhalle.
We were very glad to see us again and the stage was entered for soundcheck. We were forced to hurry up, but this could not stop our good temper. When the first sounds started, everybody felt "at home" again and the anticipation grew more and more.
Backstage everything went collateral. It seemed that there was never been a break from the tour before.
Ric (Benny), Sebastian (Björn), Sylvia (Agnetha), Annette (Frida), the band and the background singers were in their rules again and got together in the right mood for the show.

Also the Elblandkinderchor from Magdeburg was punctual on stage to prepare for their "I have a dream"-performance. After the soundcheck everybody took a small supper - made from our tour cooks Thomas and Nicole.
The Bördelandhalle was more and more filled with ABBA Fans in wonderful costumes. The artists got their make-up und put on their costumes. The concert hall was dimmed at 7.30 pm. and the music began. The 2,5 hour show began and everybodygave everything to entertain the masses.

The artists took their check-in at the hotel in Magdeburg after the show and everybody was happy to look forward for the next 2,5 weeks.
Now we're in Schwerin at the Sport- und Kongresshalle and we glow to play the next show! „Keep on rockin´“ ........

See ya!
Your ABBA-The Concert - Team