A-Ha announce farewell UK tour dates
Story by Jack Foley
MULTI-million selling Norwegian trio A-Ha have announced that they will perform together for the very last time in the UK on their Farewell Tour in November.
Following a fantastic international career spanning 25 years, in excess of 35 million album sales and 15 top 10 singles in the UK alone, A-Ha’s Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy announce that they will perform their final shows together in 2010, the anniversary year of the release of debut album Hunting High & Low.
Riding high on the success of their critically acclaimed current album Foot Of The Mountain, A-Ha have decided to call it a day and as a consequence will not release any future albums.
The band would like to thank their fans and everyone who has contributed to their amazing journey and say: “We’ve literally lived the ultimate boy’s adventure tale, through a longer, more rewarding career than anyone could hope for.
“Doing this now will give us a chance to get more involved in other meaningful aspects of life, be it humanitarian work, politics, or whatever else – and of course through new constellations in the field of art and music.
“We are retiring as a band, not as individuals. Change is always difficult and it is easy to get set in one’s ways. Now it is time to move on.”
The Farewell Tour dates are (all November 2010):
15 – Brighton Centre
16 – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
17 – Glasgow Clyde Auditorium
19 – Birmingham LG Arena
20 – Manchester MEN Arena
21 – Nottingham Trent FM Arena
23 – Sheffield Arena
25 – Cardiff International Arena
26 – Bournemouth International Centre
27 – London Wembley Arena
Tickets for the tour go on sale at 9am on Friday, February 26.