a-ha have announced their return to the spotlights
Yesterday it was officially announced that a-ha have reunited, it was done at a press conference at the Norwegian Embassy in Berlin.
Present were Paul Savoy, Morten Harket and Magne Furuholmen. The trio also released some specific details during the press conference. A new a-ha album, “Cast In Steel”, will be released this fall to be followed by an international tour in 2016. “Cast In Steel” is the follow-up to 2009’s “Foot of the Mountain” and will be out September 4th 2015, 3 weeks before the band plays at Rock In Rio in Brazil and 30 years after their first single “Take On Me” reached the number 1 spot around the world.
Surprisingly, it’s Alan Tarney, the man who produced a-ha’s first 3 albums, which has now produced “Cast In Steel”.
a-ha will hold 15 concerts next year – 13 in Germany, in addition to one in Zurich and one in Vienna. Currently no other concerts have been announced though it’s pretty sure that more will follow. These are the first tour dates which have already been announced Germany:
- April 3 – Stuttgart Schleyerhalle
- April 4 – Zurich Hallen Stadium
- April 6 – Munich Olympiahalle
- April 7 – Leipzig Arena
- April 9 – Nuremberg Arena Nürnberger Versicherung
- April 10 – Vienna Stadthalle
- April 13 – Berlin Mercedes Benz Arena
- April 14 – Hamburg O2 World
- April 16 – Bremen ÖVB Arena
- April 17 – Hannover TUI Arena
- April 19 – Halle Gerry Weber-Stadium
- April 20 – Oberhausen König-Pilsener-Arena
- April 23 – Mannheim SAP Arena
- April 24 – Frankfurt Festhalle
- April 26 – Cologne Lanxess Arena
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