Including those, and a couple more from the latest album would have addressed my third complaint, that the show was criminally short, at 1:45 mins. That was one of a few gripes, the second being the lack of songs from later albums, notably Analogue and Memorial Beach, where 'Celice' and 'Dark is the Night' were omissions. A real shame that, as the two they played, the title track and 'Under the Makeup' were excellent. Well, promote it, I'm not sure, since they played only two songs from it (compared with nine from the first two albums!).

So, A-ha return after a five year 'farewell' to promote a new album, 'Cast In Steel'.

In that remarkable length of time, the band have managed to amass a sale of over 80 million records worldwide, released nine studio albums, and inspired a multitude of bands such as Coldplay and Keane while remaining in the top list of highest grossing musicians in the world. To mark 30 years of band history, in 2015 a-ha reunited to perform at Rock in Rio festival held in Brazil. At the end of “Foot of the Mountain” tour cycle, in 2010 the band announced that they would be calling it a day. The following year the album was also named the best-selling album of the year.Ī-ha were invited to play at the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony held in Oslo performing alongside Shania Twain, Elton John and Enrique Iglesias. The success of the album earned the band a Grammy nomination for Best New Band. You’ll hear renditions of the popular track all over the world, whether it’s in karaoke bars or covered by artists such as a1, Tori Amos and ska-punk band Reel Big Fish. Peaking at number one in the Norwegian charts and number two in the UK, the album featured the tracks “Torn”, “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.” and of course the smash hit single “Take On Me”. In 1985 a-ha released their debut album “Hunting High and Low” which officially put them on the map and catapulted into international stardom. It was also around this time that the trio were introduced to their future manager John Ratcliff. It was there they sourced their name taking inspiration from a typical English exclamation. Long before the major success that was “Take on Me” the trio formed in Oslo, Norway in 1982 and later moved to London, England to take their career to new heights.

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