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BJÖRN AGAIN RETURN TO THE TOTE HOTEL - Nov 9th 2011

Björn Again helped celebrate the 30th Anniversary of one of Melbourne’s best known venues, The Tote Hotel, which is where the band did their first ever show back in May 1989, with amazingly one original BA band member performing. If you weren’t there you missed the band perform a very alternative show.


BJÖRN AGAIN’S GIMME GIMME SOME FUN TOUR - Oct-Dec 2011

Björn Again helped celebrate the 30th Anniversary of one of Melbourne’s best known venues, The Tote Hotel, which is where the band did their first ever show back in May 1989. If you were there - post a comment on our Facebook page.



BJÖRN AGAIN VISIT ABBA WORLD MELBOURNE - June 2010

Björn Again helped launch of the ABBA World Museum at Melbourne’s Federation Square - an excellent museum and a must for all ABBA fans. View photos ....



BJÖRN AGAIN KICK UP A STORM IN NEW ZEALAND - May 2010

New Zealand is one of Björn Again’s favourite destinations because the audiences are so responsive and really let go! The tour went for over 2 weeks with most main cities visited. We will be back soon.



Molly Meldrum and Derryn Hinch sign the ‘THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC’ book

April 2010

Legendary Australian music guru Molly Meldrum and talkback radio supremo Derryn Hinch were given the special honour of being the first to sign the ‘THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC’ book. The book, launched in Melbourne this week, will be presented to ABBA later in the year. More photos ....




IPL - INDIAN 20-20 CRICKET LEAGUE - MUMBAI INDIA

March 2010

Björn Again performed at the world’s 3rd biggest sporting event - the IPL (Indian Premier league) in March 2010. Bjorn Again performed at the gala ball with A list celebs that included Bollywood stars and the top cricket stars in the world, and also at the Opening Ceremony. The band were mobbed everywhere they went in Mumbai and when they first appeared on the ground at the stadium just before going on the crowd went ballistic. View photos ....

Left: Björn Again with Sachin Tendulka and Shane Warne



SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR JANUARY 2010

Björn Again performed their very first tour of South America in January 2010 with concerts in Buenos Airies Argentina, and 7 cities in Chile. Fans were ecstatic on finally seeing Bjorn Again and the reception was incredible. A highlight was having much loved singer Andrea Tessa perform with the band singing Chiqitita in Spanish to the delight of the audience. The band were extremely shocked to hear about the earthquakes in Chile, only weeks after they returned from there.



TV FEATURE - “60 MINUTES AUSTRALIA”

Sunday 2nd August 2009

Björn Again’s success story was featured on ’60 Minutes’ in a very revealing interview by Liz Hayes, who labelled the concept and show as ‘very clever’.




TV FEATURE - “A CURRENT AFFAIR”

June 4th 2009

Björn Again appeared on the top rating Australian news program ‘A Current Affair with Tracy Grimshaw” on June 4th 2009. This was reporter Howard Gipp’s third feature on Björn Again - the previous ones being back in 1991 and 1995.






20th ANNIVERSARY TOUR - 2009

Björn Again celebrated its 20th Anniversary in style with a national tour of Australia and Australasia throughout 2009.



TARONGA ZOO SYDNEY - TWILIGHT CONCERT SERIES

February 2009

This is one of Björn Again’s favourite events to play at in the whole world - fantastic audiences with picturesque Sydney Harbour in the background. A fabulous setting and an atmosphere and ambience to match.



THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

June 28th 2008

Björn Again performed 2 shows at the Sydney Opera House with a completely new show befitting of the occasion. The first set featured many of the big ABBA ballads never performed before by BA, and the second set was a full on dancey rock set. Many fans commented that they loved hearing ‘Slipping Through My Fingers’, a poignant song from the ‘Mamma Mia’ movie. Fans also enjoyed the unplugged version of Dancing Queen, some later urging the band to release it as a single. What also set this unique show apart is that for the first time ever the band featured an extra 7th performer on stage - Hans Down DeBlouse (Lachlan Davidson) - who played sax, clarinet, flutes and percussion - which added a very new and refreshing dimension to the show.


BIG GAY OUT

December 2007

The gay community’s answer to BIG DAY OUT is without doubt ‘BIG GAY OUT’ which takes place in Brisbane each year. Thousands of ‘dancing queens’ packed into central city area of Brisbane to see Björn Again perform.

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