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a-ha Touring Australia For First Time In 34 Years With Rick Astley

a-ha Touring Australia For First Time In 34 Years With Rick Astley

No, this is not a troll.

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

a-ha, the band that had the world singing 'Take On Me', is set to tour Australia and New Zealand for the first time in 34 years.

The band will be heading Down Under in January and February next year to celebrate 35 years since they released their classic album Hunting High And Low.

In even better news, they'll be supported by Rick Astley of 'Never Gonna Give You Up' fame.

a-ha guitarist Paul Waaktaar-Savoy said: "We have so many great memories of our Australian tour of 1986 and look forward to making new ones. And we can't wait to play in New Zealand for the first time - we'll be comparing your fjords with our Norwegian ones!"

Keyboardist Mags Furuholmen added: "Australia was the country we played our first ever live concerts and was our first brush with worldwide fame. It was a thrilling adventure to be there on the opposite side of the world and it's a thrill to return in 2020 - finally we will be back where it all started!"

The tour dates are as follows:

A Day On The Green:

Wed Feb 19 Kings Park & Botanic Garden, Perth, WA
Sat Feb 22Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley, VIC
Sat Feb 29Bimbadgen, Hunter Valley, NSW
Sun Mar 1Sirromet Wines, Mount Cotton, QLD
Sat Mar 7Villa Maria, Auckland, NZ

Indoor Shows:

Sun Feb 23 Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, VIC
Wed Feb 26ICC Sydney Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Thu Mar 5Horncastle Arena, Christchurch, NZ

Telstra pre-sale tickets go live on Friday, A Day On The Green tickets are available from July 22, and the indoor shows are on sale from July 26.

Featured Image Credit: Supplied

Topics: Entertainment, Music, Australia

Stewart Perrie is a Trending Journalist at LADbible. His first job was as a newsreader and journalist at the award winning Sydney radio station, Macquarie Radio. He was solely responsible for the content broadcast on multiple stations across Australia when the MH17, Germanwings and AirAsia disasters unfolded. Stewart has covered the conflict in Syria for LADbible, interviewing a doctor on the front line, and has contributed to the hugely successful UOKM8 campaign.

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