13th March 1977
ABBA Live In
Australia !
Well my
friends, and fellow fans, today we farewell ABBA from Australia.
At 7.30pm
ABBA boarded their plane at Perth airport and flew home to Sweden.
It was a
very sad feeling to know that they were leaving our country – we had no idea it
would be the last time we would see them here.
What an
amazing time it was between 27th February and 13th March
1977.
Over 4300
kilometres travelled, 4 capital cities, 11 concerts, 160,000 tickets sold.
Australia
had never experienced anything like this Tour before – it was the first of its
kind for us.
And ABBA had
never experienced anything like Australia before.
Neither ABBA,
nor Australia, would see anything like this again.
We gave them
everything Australia had to offer.
Torrential
rain, gale force winds, thousands of insects, illness, injury – glorious
sunshine, beautiful harbours and bays for sailing, unique wildlife (and no, I
don’t mean the fans !) – harassing media,
pushy politicians, a bomb threat – and thousands upon thousands of
screaming, maniacal, adoring fans wherever they went.
In return,
ABBA gave us everything they had to offer – and they were truly magnificent.
They took
everything we threw at them – with style, grace, humour and a fabulous level of
energy.
When they
came to Australia, it was mania in the true sense of the word. To say it was a
crazy time is an understatement.
By the time
they left here, that mania was evolving into a deep and true respect and
admiration for this magnificent and phenomenal group of Swedes – and it
continues to this day.
They gave us
the time of our lives – nothing else would ever compare – and we thank you ABBA
from the bottom of our hearts.
They came - they saw - they endured - they conquered !
What a shame this album never saw the light of day - but perhaps we still have this to look forward to this year as part of the 40th Anniversary Celebration ?
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