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Kronos Quartet - Awakening
A 90-minute program that not only memorializes the events of 9/11, but also offers audience members a chance to reflect on the tragedy in a way that offers both healing and hope.
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Laurie Anderson - Homeland
A series of songs and stories that creates a poetic and political portrait of contemporary American culture, and addresses the current climate of fear, obsession with information and security.
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Shakespeare & Company in Hamlet
Renowned company’s first national tour features a real-life mother and son in the roles of Queen Gertrude and Hamlet.
Björn Again brings the fun-filled tunes of Swedish pop group ABBA to the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Filed under Press Releases on June 20, 2008.
University of Florida Performing Arts
315 Hull Road
PO Box 112750
Gainesville, FL 32611-2750
352-392-1900
352-392-3775 Fax
For press inquiries, please contact Amy Douglas at 352-392-1900, ext. 324.
June 20, 2008
Björn Again brings the fun-filled tunes of Swedish pop group ABBA to the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – If you’ve got the summertime blues, then University of Florida Performing Arts has the cure for what ails you. Head back to the 1970s for a little nostalgic fun with Björn Again - The ABBA Show, July 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
As one of the most popular acts of the 1970s, ABBA’s hit songs have had a surprising, enduring legacy. Formed in 1972, ABBA quickly became a popular act, topping the charts worldwide with their catchy lyrics and multiple harmonies (achieved by overdubbing the female singers’ voices). Björn Again is the ABBA-endorsed, live concert experience that captures all of the fun of the original group. More than a tribute act, ABBA’s musicians are talented in their own right, re-creating the hits – and the concert experience – that made ABBA famous worldwide and produced hysteria among its many fans.
The Swedish foursome (who used the first letters of their given first names to create the acronym that became “ABBA”) has sold more than 370 million albums worldwide and continues to sell one to two million records per year – a feat made even more amazing by the fact that they broke up more than 25 years ago. While ABBA disbanded in 1982, just a little over 10 years after they got started, Björn Again has been going strong for 20 years, touring for longer and playing for more people than the original group did.
Travel back in time and find your inner Dancing Queen as Björn Again takes to the stage in a glitter-laden spectacle that will have crowds singing and dancing all night to ABBA’s biggest hits, including Take a Chance on Me, Waterloo, Fernando and more.
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Björn Again - The ABBA Show
Friday, July 11, 7:30 p.m.
Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Ticket Prices: $15-30
Web sites: University of Florida Performing Arts: http://www.performingarts.ufl.edu/
Björn Again: http://www.bjornagain.com/
To Purchase tickets, call the Phillips Center Box Office at 352-392-ARTS (2787) or 800-905-ARTS (toll-free within Florida) or call Ticketmaster at 800-277-1700 (toll-free). Tickets may also be purchased in person at the Phillips Center Box Office, the University Box Office at the University of Florida Reitz Union or from any Ticketmaster outlet, or online at http://www.ticketmaster.com/. Cash checks, MasterCard and Visa are accepted.
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Performance dates, times and programs are subject to change.
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