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Music Fans Take A Chance On Abba Over JLS

By Andrew Lawson


ABBA remains as popular as ever with UK gig-goers according to Aloud.com. Ticket sales for the ultimate tribute show to the Swedish pop superstars are leaving sales for the likes of JLS trailing in their wake.

The success of hit musical Mamma Mia! on both the big screen and in theatres across the world has sent interest in ABBA soaring and introduced their back catalogue to a new audience.

Even two decades after the band's separation, Agnetha, Anni-Frid, Benny and Bjrn - the band members from which the band's acronym was formed - are unlikely ever to reunite to perform again as ABBA. Fans desperate for their fix means that ABBA The Show gig tickets are in incredibly high demand.

The most recent ABBA The Show tour played to in excess of 100,000 fans in venues spanning the length and breadth of Europe, while the act been performed in as many as 33 different countries in total and to over two million people worldwide. Excitement levels are currently building ahead of the show's UK return in November.

Even up against contenders such as JLS, the popular British boyband that rose quickly to fame after appearing on UK talent Show X-Factor in 2008, the ticket sales for ABBA The Show haven't suffered.

Leading ticket website Aloud.com are reporting brisk sales for dates to see both JLS and ABBA The Show, but it's the latter that is ahead in the popularity stakes after selling more concert tickets. Simon Harper, Marketing Manager at Aloud.com, said: "Whether you're a Dancing Queen or a Super Trouper, ABBA's musical legacy continues to live on in the form of ABBA The Show.

"We've been extremely encouraged by the interest in the forthcoming tour on Aloud.com, so much so that current sale figures for ABBA The Show are better than those for the JLS dates. I'm sure the JLS boys will welcome the competition for Visit the music tickets and it just goes to show how diverse the music scene is here in the UK at the moment."

And not only is ABBA The Show up against JLS, but also the likes of Bryan Adams, hip hop icon Snoop Dogg and dad-rockers Status Quo and James Blunt - a testament to the popularity and success of this seminal hit musical.




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