a-ha returns to the UK
Following their extensive UK tour last year, Norway's most successful music export of all time, a-ha, is back with three concerts in London, Guildford and Liverpool in July.
Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy's eighth studio album 'Analogue' released earlier this year, marked the 20th anniversary of their first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 when they stormed the pop world with 'Take On Me'.
'Analogue' is described as 'an album that treads new ground and thereby undeniably represents a-ha, starting with the ‘Celice’, which is both cold and affectionate, up to the irresistibly catchy ‘Analogue’ and ‘Halfway Through The Tour’, up to the reflective, sensitive ‘Keeper Of The Flame’ as well as the band’s personal favourite ‘Cosy Prisons’. The first UK single off the album, the title track 'Analogue', reached the Top 10 in the single charts earlier this year.
The band's latest concerts will be part of the festivals Guilfest in Guildford, Summer Pops in Liverpool and Dock Rock in London.
a-ha tour:
15 July - Guilfest, Stoke Park, Guildford, UK
16 July - Summer Pops, Kings Dock, Liverpool, UK - tickets sold out, check with organisers for returns
19 July - Dock Rock, Royal Victoria Dock, London, UK
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