Swede Dreamz Abba Tribute Blog

ABBA will release a limited edition 12-inch vinyl single for Record Store Day on Saturday, 21st April 2012.  Side A features an extended dance remix of  ”Voulez-Vous”, originally released as a promo-only single in the United States and France. This marks the first commercial vinyl release of this remix. The B-side will feature the equally danceable “If It Wasn’t For The Nights”, originally released on the “Voulez-Vous” album.

This special Record Store Day release is pressed on blue glitter vinyl and packaged in a cardboard sleeve. The 12-inch single, which is limited to 5,000 numbered copies (catalogue number 00602527957302), is for sale exclusively in participating stores.

For more information on Record Store Day please visit recordstoreday.com.

 

It’s been a busy, busy week with lots of new enquiries and confirmed dates including Glasgow, Preston, Leyland and Worcester …

It looks like 2012 it going to be another fabba year for Swede Dreamz.

Swede Dreamz ABBA Tribute Band

April 2012 sees the release of ABBA’s The Visitors Deluxe Edition. As with previous releases in the Deluxe Edition series, this version of ABBA’s final album offers a DVD of archive material along with CD bonus tracks (including the demo medley ‘From A Twinkling Star To A Passing Angel’, the first previously unreleased ABBA recordings since 1994)!

The Deluxe Edition of The Visitors, ABBA’s eighth and final studio album, will be released on 23rd April 2012. Originally released in 1981, the album features single hits such as ‘One Of Us’, ‘Head Over Heels’ and ‘When All Is Said And Done’, along with ‘Slipping Through My Fingers’, which is highlighted in one of the more poignant moments in the Mamma Mia! musical. Read the rest of this entry »

Past winners and performers of the Eurovision Song Contest will be singing at The Sage Gateshead on Wednesday, 11th April 2012 to raise funds for the Toma Fund. The charity gives financial assistance to families throughout the north east and Cumbria who has a child with cancer.

There is a fantastic line up of acts including Lys Assia, Brotherhood of Man, Anne Marie David, Bobbysocks, Eldar and Nikki, Scott Fitzgerald, Josh Dubovie, Daz Sampson, Nicki French, James Fox and many, many more.  Of course, no Eurovision-themed show would be complete without a bit of ABBA and Swede Dreamz ABBA tribute band will be singing ABBA’s ‘Waterloo’ with all the performers to round of a fantastic show. Read the rest of this entry »

We were delighted to be back at the Cairndale Hotel in Dumfries to kick-off 2012. We’re back here again quite a few times later in the year – keep an eye on the hotel’s website at www.cairndalehotel.co.uk for dates and further details.

A fabbatastic 50th birthday party celebration on Saturday 07/01/2012 at the Old England Hotel in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria. Happy birthday again to Janice Mather and a big THANK YOU for asking Swede Dreamz along to help you celebrate your 50th birthday. Thank you also to everyone for the kind comments we received. Read the rest of this entry »

Swede Dreamz, one of the UK’s leading ABBA tribute bands, has gone bloggy …

We look forward to up-dating you with our monthly reveiws of past gigs (with the odd photograph or two) and up-dates from the world of Swede Dreamz and all things ABBA …

Remember to join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/swededreamzabbatribute for additional information and visit the official website at www.swede-dreamz.co.uk for gig guide, etc.

Bye for now …