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On September 17, 1979, the quartet played their first-ever concert on American soil.

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ABBA made a historic landing on September 17, 1979, when they played their first-ever concert on American soil – during the only international tour they ever did.

ABBA: The Tour had arrived in North America two days earlier, as the Scandinavian superstars started their itinerary with Canadian shows in Edmonton and Vancouver. But when they stepped out on the stage of the 5,000-seat Seattle Centre Arena, it was the first time they’d ever played for an American audience. This was fully five years after their international breakthrough with “Waterloo.”

It began a run of 13 US shows, followed by two more in Canada, before the quartet and their touring entourage headed for Europe. A Washington date on October 11 was canceled because Agnetha was ill. Bur this was the leg of the tour that would include the six-night run at Wembley Arena that was commemorated with the 2015 release of a CD, limited edition digibook and a 180 gram triple vinyl set, courtesy of Universal Music Catalogue.

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With their sixth studio album Voulez-Vous  on release, ABBA were undergoing a big promotional push in the States at the time of the debut date. Billboard magazine had published a 50-page special on the group earlier in the month, and after a Top 20 American hit with “Does Your Mother Know,” Atlantic released the double-sided “Angeleyes” and “Voulez-Vous” as a single there. It made the Billboard Hot 100 in the week of that first gig, but would only climb to No.64. The album, though, reached No.19 and went gold.

The set for the Seattle show, and the whole tour, featured just about all of the many hits ABBA had amassed by 1979, as well as key album tracks like “As Good As New,” “Rock Me” and “Eagle.” The shows ended with an encore of “The Way Old Friends Do,” “Dancing Queen” and “Waterloo.” After Seattle, it was on to the Portland Opera House, as the ABBA machine rolled across the States for the only time.

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20 Comments

September 17, 2014 at 9:40 pm

Your music makes me feel better everytime again.

Stephen Tooth

September 17, 2020 at 6:23 pm

Slightly wrong information landed in North America 2 days before,Edmonton 1st concert was 13th September,14 planned U.S.shows ended as 13 ,Washington cancelled as Agnetha was ill.

Eugene Golden

September 17, 2014 at 10:18 pm

The Washington DC concert…the last US concert was canceled do to the illness of Agnetha.

HECTOR MASÍS MARTINEZ

September 17, 2014 at 10:55 pm

FELICIDADES POR EL CUMPLEAÑOS Y BIENVENIDOS ABBA EN AMÉRICA

artemio s. royo

September 18, 2014 at 1:17 am

Thank you for featuring ABBA on your article..from a long time ABBA fan..it is rekindling effect on my whole being..feeling recharged..though my liking to ABBA is ever flaming till now..never getting sick and tired of them…ABBA Forevermore!!! God bless!!!

Priit Ilves

September 18, 2014 at 3:40 am

Gregory James Bent

September 19, 2014 at 3:40 am

The ABBA Machine Was Turned On In The World—THE MUSIC STARTED AND NEVER STOPPED—-We Were—-AND Remain The WINNERS—-The Brilliant Entertainment—The Songs—-The Writing—-AND THE BEAUTIFUL ABBA WOMEN Will Forever Be With Us—

Tad Thorton

September 19, 2014 at 6:43 am

ABBA was and still is pure perfection both live and in the studio. They are the cleanest, clearest band I have ever had the extreme pleasure of listening to. I never saw them live and never will, but they truly epitomize pop and rock music at its finest. Agnetha,GOD bless her, had the love within her to record and and release her super excellent “A” album in 2013. She has such a well seasoned and beautiful voice, it is truly amazing. Thank-You ABBA and Agnetha!

September 24, 2014 at 9:51 pm

abba made a better world abba rocks and always will

October 19, 2014 at 1:55 pm

SEPTERMBER 17 .1979.

September 17, 2015 at 4:19 pm

I went to the Oct 2, 1979 concert at Radio City. It was amazing. To this day it is still the greatest event I ever attended. One thing I still haven’t figured out is why they didn’t perform Waterloo. Oh well, I did have the time of my life!

September 17, 2015 at 4:25 pm

I had that Billboard magazine – wish I still did! And wish I could have seen the tour too –

September 17, 2015 at 4:38 pm

Their music traspassed generations,and will continue……hopefuly to hear from them together one more time.Thank you for the Music!!!!

September 18, 2015 at 4:34 am

ABBA is a legend 1979-80 s. All songs is wonderful and music is romantic. Agnetha’s voice mostly so nice strong clear and pretty woman in Band too!!!

dale f. bishop

September 18, 2015 at 3:48 pm

Ah, but there was a lot more to the story…in the official Abba history book, there was a reference to their tour bus rolling through my hometown of Nashua New Hampshire to get from Boston to Montreal. However, I saw the list of shows and saw Washington DC scheduled between those 2 shows…which, it turns out, was cancelled because Agnetha was traumatized on the flight from New York City to Boston; it ran into some severe weather (including a tornado that caused fatalities and severe damage in Connecticut) and had to be diverted to Manchester New Hampshire, just making it there before they ran out of fuel. She did the Boston show, but went to hospital afterward while the rest went to Washington, but didn’t perform. They then returned to Boston, and all went to Montreal. Thanks for making me go back and finding out the rest of the story.

Jimmy Cunliffe

September 19, 2017 at 11:38 pm

Sean ABBA when they came to Manchester England Late 70’s Brilliant Tickets £5.50p

April 21, 2018 at 1:37 pm

I still think they the greatest group to ever play I think they better than the Beatles Day music makes your heart feel very warm thank you a b b a I wish I could have seen you

Kenny Majors

June 9, 2018 at 4:58 pm

I wonder why they only did 14 US shows, I mean you come all that way and don’t do at least 20??? I really think they missed US popularity by waiting until 1979 they had 4 albums by then wonder what happened ..and 1982 I think they were done as a,group… They were bigger than that, they deserved better that that….

September 17, 2018 at 5:40 pm

Saw the concert in St Paul minnesota august 29th. Met them and got the tour program autographed after the show at the hotel. Best night ever….!

June 11, 2022 at 11:47 am

a symmetry of 9 and 7, 9/17/1979

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September 1979:

6/9/79   Preparations for U.S. tour.

7/9/79   Benny and Frida leave for Canada to have a few days off before the tour starts..

8-9/9/79  Preparations for U.S. tour.

10/9/79   Björn, Agnetha and the tour crew leave for Vancouver via London.

11/9/79   Preparations.

12/9/79   Dress rehearsals.  Todays rehearsals end at 11.30 p.m.

13/9/79   Concert in Edmonton, Edmonton Sports Arena at 8 p.m.  ABBA give a press conference after the concert followed by a party.

14/9/79   A day off.   15/9/79   Concert in Vancouver, P.N.E. at 8 p.m. (Canada).  There is a party afterwards to celebrate Ola Bunkert's 33rd birthday.   ABBA staying at the Westin Bayshore hotel.

16/9/79  The four ABBA members relax and enjoy themselves by the hotel pool.

17/9/79  Agnetha prefers to travel by car to Seattle, while the rest take the private jet.  Concert in Seattle, Seattle Arena (USA.)

18/9/79   Agnetha arrives in Portland by car.  During the afternoon, time to relax by the hotel pool  Concert in Portland, Portland Opera House  (USA).

19/9/79   All members fly to San Fransisco by plane. Concert in Concord, Concord Palvillion (USA). Benny & Bjoörn meet journalists after the concert.  After this, they immediately board the plane and fly to LA.

20/9/79   A day off.

21/9/79   ABBA and their children visit Disneyland.

21/9/79   Concert in LA Anaheim, Anaheim Convention Centre.(USA)

22/9/79   ABBA leave for San Diego during the afternoon.  Concert at San Diego Sports Arena. ABBA go back to LA after the concert.

23/9/79   Concert in Tempe, The Active Centre.(USA)

24/9/79   Concert in Las Vegas, Performing Arts Centre/Aladdin Hotel with daughter Linda singing together with the choir 'I Have A Dream'.

25/9/79   A day off with family and close friends.

26/9/79   ABBA leave for Omaha in the morning at 9.00. Concert in Omaha, Civic Auditorium.(USA)

27/9/79   Concert in Minneapolis/St. Paul, St. Paul Civic (USA) . ABBA is filmed backstage tonight for the 'ABBA in concert' video.

29/9/79   Concert in Milwaukee, Auditorium (USA)

30/9/79   Concert in Chicago, Auditorium Theatre.(USA)

October 1979:

  'Gimme!, Gimme!, Gimme! ( A Man After Midnight)' - 'The King Has Lost His Crown. Single released.

2/10/79   Concert in New York, Radio City Music Hall. (USA)

4/10/79  Concert in Washington D.C. at the Constitution Hall.(USA)  Concert was cancelled. Due to Agnetha being ill.

5/10/79   While Agnetha recovers, the rest of the group meet president Carter's daughter Ami at the White House.

6/10/79   Concert in Montreal, Forum (Canada)  Agnetha is still recovering.

7/10/79  Concert in Toronto, Maple Leaf Gardens (Canada).

8/10/79 Flight back to Sweden.

9/10/79   Arrive back in Stockholm.

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And, indeed, a hit it was. ‘Waterloo’ reached number six on the Billboard singles chart – with the exception of Blue Swede, who’d recently hit number one with ‘Hooked On A Feeling’, it was the best US chart-placing ever achieved by a Swedish act. Both ABBA and Atlantic Records were eager to build on this success, and in conjunction with the release of the follow-up single ‘Honey, Honey’ the group visited the United States for the first time. As promotional visits go it was a fairly modest outing: just a few days of meet-and-greets and appearances on radio and television. And although the group gained a Top 30 placing for ‘Honey, Honey’, the Waterloo album didn’t do so well. Despite highly favourable reviews – in fact, much more positive than their high-profile counterparts in the Swedish press – the album only reached 145. Although ABBA would go on to better their US album sales considerably, achieving platinum awards for the albums Greatest Hits (1976) and ABBA – The Album (1977), they never quite enjoyed the overwhelming success that was taken for granted in most other countries.

In 1979 ABBA finally embarked on their first concert tour of North America. But although the tour was successful, it was a fairly brief outing and, in fact, signalled the beginning of the end of the group’s history as live performers. After ABBA left America in October 1979, they were never to return again as a foursome. The following year there was one more US Top 10 hit for the group, in the shape of the formidable ‘The Winner Takes It All’, as well as a gold-certified Top 20 album, Super Trouper. But after that, what little profile they had had in the United States soon faded away completely. For the average American, ABBA would largely be remembered as “the disco group who did ‘Dancing Queen’”.

But with the release of ABBA Gold in 1993 (it had been issued in most other countries the previous year), the group’s music gained new popularity. Although upon release it only reached number 63 on Billboard’s Albums chart, it has since gone on to sell more than 32 million copies – more than any of ABBA’s other albums – and has spent more than 900 weeks on the Official Album chart. With the added success of the Mamma Mia! musical, and the Mamma Mia! movies, ABBA’s music has become ubiquitous. So although the American general public may perhaps never completely familiarise themselves with Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Frida as individuals, today they are fully aware that there was plenty more to ABBA than ‘Dancing Queen’.

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ABBA The Tour 1979

Before the tour    

ABBA in North America

ABBA in Europe

Sweden/Denmark

France/Netherlands

West Germany

Great Britain

Before the tour - the rehearsals (May - August 1979)

ABBA started their preparations and rehearsals for the forthcoming world tour in May 1979. In August they rehearsed in the Europa Studios outside Stockholm.

The Tour 1979

Special tour programme had been printed as well as a promotional poster.

Canada & USA - September-October 79

go.to/The US tour diary - The tour day by day

Arriving from USA at the beginning of October - on the Arlanda airport in Stockholm.

(19.10-15.11.1979)

19.10 - Gothenburg  (Göteborg) /Sweden

Sc andinavium arena

20.10 - Stockholm/Sweden

Linda Ulvaeus participated in the Stockholm show together with the children choir performing "I Have A Dream" together with ABBA. After the show Frida met the Swedish Queen Silvia.

21.10 - Copenhagen/Denmark

23.10 - Paris/France

24.10 - Rotterdam/The Netherlands

25.10 - Dortmund/Germany - Westfallenhalle

27.10 - Munich/Germany - Olympiahalle

28.10 - Zurich/Switzerland

29.10 - Vienna/Austria - Stadthalle

On the Vienna airport & interview for Austrian TV.

30.10 - Stuttgart/Germany - Stadthalle Böblingen

1.11 - Bremen/Germany - Stadthalle

2.11 - Frankfurt/Germany (2.11) - Festhalle

The original ABBA mug bought before the concert in Frankfurt (Danke Ursula).

4.11 - London

Linda and Christian joined their parents - Agnetha and Björn in London on November 4th.

5.11 -- 10.11 - London/Great Britain

13.11 - Glasgow/Great Britain

15.11 - Dublin/Irland

To the final concert ABBA came in the "Arrival" style with helicopter. The atmosphere this day was very special as it was Frida's birthday - she received flowers. To celebrate the final show ABBA decided to have a party at the hotel but they waited patiently until the small hours for their crew that was packing all stage gear before the party started. ABBA gave everyone who was involved in the work with the show a silver medallion each. It bore inscription "ABBA" on one side and "Thank you" on the other, accompanied by the actual name of the recipient.

The next day it was ABBA's turn to receive gifts. The group received a silver tray from two Irish fans who had collected money for months from ABBA fans all over Ireland to buy the tray.

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Article no.: 044

by Leif Schulman & Charles Hammarsten

• Limited edition
• Laminated hardbound with dust jacket
• Illustrated in color
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• ISBN 978-91-89136-65-6

Filmed: Thursday 13 September - Thursday 15 November 1979

Location: Canada, USA & Europe

Shown in: Worldwide

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This TV special follows ABBA on their 1979 North American and European Tour with concert footage filmed in London and travelling and behind-the-scenes footage filmed across the US. Songs performed (not in the same order as their nightly set-list on tour):

• Take A Chance On Me
• Voulez Vous
• I Have A Dream
• Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
• Knowing Me Knowing You"
• Summer Night City
• Dancing Queen
• Does Your Mother Know
• Hole In Your Soul

The official DVD release of ABBA in Concert contained the following bonus tracks:

• The Way Old Friends Do - previously unreleased on DVD which was included in the US and Japanese broadcast of ABBA in Concert . It was also shown in the 1980 programme Words and Music . This is the full version with them coming on stage and Björn introducing the accordion as Benny's favourite instrument. Note that is is not the performance released on either the Super Trouper  album or the ABBA Live CD.
• I Have A Dream - unedited live version - the one used as a PROMO in 1979
• Thank You For The Music - previously unreleased and never broadcast 

Does anyone know who this guy is? We suspect that this guy might be a fan named Phillip Page who was a guest on a Finiish morning show called Ihana aamu (Wonderful Morning). Mr Page looked exactly like the guy in ABBA in Concert (only 25 years older!) and he mentioned that he saw ABBA live in concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York in 1980 (though he surely meant 1979). 

Broadcast information : Monday 21 July 1980, BRT, Belgium (National Dutch language TV station) Thursday 24 July 1980, ARD, Germany (German-dubbed version) Wednesday 7 September 1980, BBC1, UK (concert only) Wednesday 10 September 1980, Netherland 2, Veronica, 21:00-21:35, The Netherlands Sunday 2 November 1980, BRT, Belgium (National Dutch language TV station) Wednesday 12 November 1980, PBS (WNET) at 21:00 (EST) , USA (and re-run a few times in 1981-1982) Friday 13 March 1981, BBC1, UK (full programme) Wednesday 18 March 1981, BBC1, UK Monday 6 July 1981 in France Thursday 6 August 1981, Netherland 2, Veronica, 21:00-21:35, The Netherlands Thursday 31 December 1992 on TV4, Sweden Monday 25 June 2007, Max, Australia (twice) Sunday 15 June 2008, VH1, UK Saturday 19 December 2015, 23:55-01:10, Channel 5, UK Friday 25 December 2015, 01:25-02:40, Channel 5, UK

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• Bosse Norling
• Stig Anderson
• Tomas Ledin, John Spalding and Thomas Johansson
• Peter Grönvall
• Ola Brunkert and Anders Eljas
• Benny's face looking at Frida's final outfit and then the filthy look he gives her as she she's practising her opera (which is the same piece she sang during the Olivia! jam session.)
• Frida's face when Björn puts her arm around her in Does Your Mother Know
• Frida kissing Lasse Wellander's hand during Does Your Mother Know
• Benny in Hole In Your Soul - for the line "way down in your shoes" he points to his shoes !

ABBA Live in Copenhagen , 1979; ABBA Live in Dortmund , 1979; ABBA Live in Bremen , 1979; ABBA In Concert , 1979; I Have A Dream  PROMO , 1979;

TV broadcast information c/o Jos Heslemans, Dionne Kennedy, Ken Griffin c/o ABBAMAIL (no longer online);  Jozsef  and Carl Magnus Palm . Thanks also to Gjelt de Graaf, Petri Kaasalainen, Petr Mlejnek and Yuri.  Thanks to Chris Williams c/o ABBAtalk . YouTube clip c/o Bengt Lundström

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Abba: in concert.

1979 Directed by Urban Lasson

ABBA's 1979 tour of North America and Europe, with emphasis on performances at Wembley Arena, London.

Benny Andersson Agnetha Fältskog Anni-Frid Lyngstad Björn Ulvaeus Tomas Ledin Birgitta Wollgård Liza Öhman Ola Brunkert Anders Eljas Rutger Gunnarsson Mats Ronander Åke Sundqvist Lars Wellander Phillip Page

Director Director

Urban Lasson

Producer Producer

Composers composers.

Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus

Polar Music International SVT

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Swedish English French

Alternative Titles

ABBA - In Concert, ABBA : Live à Wembley

Music Documentary

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31 dec 1979, releases by country.

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2004 release of the document of the Swedish supergroup's final concert tour from 1979, recorded at Wembley Arena. Includes filmed interviews with the men behind the scenes (director Urban Lasson and tour producer Thomas Johansson), a picture gallery including the original tour program, the movie trailer, a trailer for the 5th anniversary of the musical "Mamma Mia", a 28 page booklet, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and subtitles.

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• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.2 ounces
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ 0656479
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Dolby, NTSC, AC-3, Color, DTS Surround Sound
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 40 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ June 8, 2004
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Abba, Benny Andersson
• Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Polydor / Umgd
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0001WPQJ2
• Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
• #4 in Swedish Music
• #4 in Swedish Pop
• #23 in Performing Arts (Movies & TV)

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By Thomas Curtis-Horsfall

It was the night in London that the Eurovision winners staked their claim as the greatest pop band the world had ever seen.

ABBA were already stratospherically famous here in the UK, but their six-date residency at Wembley Stadium established them as the world's consummate pop act.

The Swedish four-piece made up of Agnetha Fältskog , Björn Ulvaeus , Benny Andersson , and Anni-Frid Lyngstad were returning to England's capital after a lengthy US tour that matched major rock bands of the time like The Rolling Stones and Queen .

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Pop acts matching that level of touring commitment was rare, but it made for a perfectly executed run of shows for the expectant English crowd.

And their pop music perfection only exceeded those lofty levels of expectation, especially on the final night of 10th November 1979.

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ABBA were more renowned for being masters in the studio, sculpting infectious pop songs you could play to anyone, anywhere and get them dancing.

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During their marathon world tour (which concluded in Japan the following year), any doubters about their prowess in the live arena were emphatically proved wrong, instead seeing a pop act at the peak of their powers.

The 25-song set kicked off with a punchy rendition of 'Voulez Vous' seeing them squeeze their arsenal of classic tracks like 'Chiquitita', 'Knowing Me, Knowing You', 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)', 'Fernando', and 'SOS' in shortly after.

And that was only the first half of the evening's performance.

It wasn't just titanic pop tracks they played either, finding time to perform lesser known tracks such as 'Eagle', 'Why Did It Have To Be Me?', and 'Thank You For The Music' which would later be released as a single in 1983.

Not that it would've made a difference to the elated crowd, given that they likely knew every word to every song anyway.

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Major tours were few and far between given their love for being in the studio, family commitments, and Agnetha's well-noted fear of flying.

All of the reasons stated made their run of Wembley dates even sweeter.

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Interaction between songs was kept to a minimum, with a focus on replicating the iconic sound the four-piece tirelessly perfected inside the studio, and to keep the crowd constantly smiling and singing.

After stomping renditions of 'Does Your Mother Know' and 'Hole In Your Soul', ABBA linked hands, congratulated the Wembley masses, and left the stage.

But of course as we all know there's the encore to come, and the Swedes treated everyone to the holy trinity of 'The Way Old Friends Do', ' Dancing Queen ', and finally ' Waterloo ', taking it back to the start with their breakthrough single.

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The performance on 10th November 1979 was so iconic, they in fact released the entire show ABBA: Live At Wembley in September 2014.

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Thankfully someone had the foresight of recording the epic final show of their Wembley residency so the world can know what a mighty band they were live.

Though, we should only be thanking ABBA for the music. The greatest pop band of all time.

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