ABBA Live In Australia !
Perth,
Western Australia
Perth
Entertainment Centre
Wellington
Street, Perth
Show: 9.00pm
Today ABBA
would perform only one show at 9pm which left them free for the day to just
relax, hang out with other hotel guests, have a swim – and I think they needed
this time to get over the events of the night before – maybe even have a sleep
in.
At the same
time ABBA were touring Australia, a few other international artists were also
here.
As luck
would have it, many were staying at the same hotel as ABBA.
These
artists included The Dubliners, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Searchers,
Stephane Grappeli, the Diz Disley Trio – and Alice Cooper. Alice would be
performing at the Entertainment Centre on 14th and 15th.
There were,
as usual, fans hanging around outside the hotel hoping to catch a glimpse of
ABBA out on the balcony of their room.
They began
chanting “ABBA ABBA ABBA”.
Alice
recalls being in his room at the hotel and hearing this chanting. However, with the sound slightly muffled,
what he thought he heard was “Alice Alice Alice” !
He headed
out on to his balcony quite pleased that there were fans calling out for him.
The crowd was cheering and he began waving to them.
He finally
realised that they were not saying ‘Alice’ – even though they were all looking
up towards his balcony.
He leaned
out a bit and looked down – and saw that ABBA were on the balcony below him. A
little embarrassing I would think.
I felt a
little sorry for him about this – but what can you do ? lol
At least
they made it up to him by allowing him to join them for photos ! :D
It is
difficult to find out who instigated the meeting of the artists at the hotel at
the time, but there are group photos of not just ABBA and Alice Cooper, but
some of the other artists as well.
I find the
photos with Alice quite amusing – he was in a whole other category to ABBA
wasn’t he ?
I really
liked Alice Cooper by the way - although I am not sure how much I knew of him
in 1977.
After this gathering of the famous for the media, ABBA then took to the grounds for a workout.
The images
from this are very well known and were printed in a PIX/People magazine in
Australia.
I have added
these images below along with a few privately taken photos of this session.
I have also
included the exercise routine from the magazine – so come on people, Get Fit
With ABBA !
After the
workout ABBA enjoyed a nice relaxing time by the pool – during which more
photos were taken – and these are also below for your viewing pleasure.
During their
relaxed time by the pool ABBA were visited and serenaded by an Aboriginal group
from the New Era Fellowship.
The small
group apparently played Bang A Boomerang for ABBA on didgeridoos by the pool !
The 9pm show
was sold out as with every other concert.
There were
no bomb threats this time !
I am quite
disappointed at my lack of detail for these concerts – no clippings or articles
really.
Are there
any readers here who were at the Perth shows ? Anyone with clippings from
newspapers at the time ? It really would be great to see something or hear of
your experience.
