WATERLOO -
the closest to Abba you ever will get!

With the true original sound and the right matching clothes, this band will bring some of the greatest moments in pop history back to life.

1996-1997

The band Waterloo was formed by Katja Nord and Camilla Hedrén (former Dahlin), and started performingin clubs around Sweden. Naturally the band immediately began to make exact copies of the famous Waterloo costumes. The former ABBA sax player Uffe Andersson was the band's guest of honour at the very first Waterloo show.

1998

Waterloo continued to establish themselves on the Swedish market and went to Belgium for their first international performance. After the concert Katja and Camilla were in a taxi on the way back to the hotel, when the driver suddenly turned around and said; "You look exactly like ABBA!". This speaks for itself. In fact, any person that has had the opportunity to see and listen to Waterloo can agree to that it is a very convincing show. They could easily be taken for the real ABBA.

It has always been extremely important to Waterloo to reach and keep a sound as close to the real ABBA sound as possible, without having to use pre-recorded backgrounds. To reach this they decided to bring in a 10th member to the band, a sax and keyboard player. This made it also a lot easier for "Benny" to fully focus on the piano.

This year they also created another set of costume copies. Who doesn't remember from the very first ABBA tour Agneta's white dress with frills and Frida's spangled mini-skirt.

1999

During spring Waterloo went to Thailand for a 10-day tour in Bangkok at luxury hotels.

Later this year Katja and Camilla performed as "Agneta & Frida" in the Swedish version of the international TV-concept "The Soundmix Show" (UK: Stars In Your Eyes). They won this round on the simple fact that they are extremely professional on what they are doing. Entering a stage and sounding, looking and moving as the real ABBA girls.

2000

Norway discovered Waterloo and a long collaboration started, establishing Waterloo as the number one ABBA band in Norway.

Waterloo did their second show in Belgium at a state fair. The audience of 10 000 people were thrilled, and the show a complete success. Everybody agreed; this is the number one experience you can ever have of ABBA since the real ABBA stopped touring.

Later the same year Katja and Camilla were selected as one of the ten competitors in the European Soundmix Contest, "Stars in Euro Eyes" which was held in Manchester. The final was broadcasted, and only in UK it reached over 16 million viewers.

Katja and Camilla also collaborated with The Swedish Travel & Tourism Counsel, performing at the successful ABBA exhibition of the original ABBA costumes, which toured around Sweden. Through The Swedish Travel & Tourism Counsel Waterloo has also represented Swedish music at several other occasions, both nationally and internationally.

At this time Waterloo had made exact copies of five different ABBA costumes from different periods of the ABBA epoch.

2001

Waterloo visited Asia again, Vietnam this time where they did a two-week tour in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. (For gallery pictures visit www.saigontoday.net ). The news agency Reuters was there and did a 9 minute review that was broadcasted on Euro News several times.

Waterloo started to collaborate with the Danish production company CS Entertainment ApS (www.csb.dk) and produced "ABBA - THE SHOW", the story of ABBA presented by Waterloo together with The National Symphony Orchestra of London, conducted by Matthew Freeman.

During fall "ABBA - THE SHOW" did a three week concert house tour through Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Houses were sold out and the reviews saluted the concept.

2002

Waterloo has just as the other years continued doing a lot of festivals and company shows in Scandinavia. During spring they did a second tour with "ABBA - THE SHOW", this time to Estonia, Sweden and Denmark.

CS Entertainment also opened the doors for the concept in USA, and a two-week tour in Eastern USA happened during the summer. "ABBA - THE MUSIC" as the name of the concept was changed to for the American market, was performed to over 20 000 people, and original ABBA band members were added to the show as guests of honour. Several houses were sold out, and the tour was a success that led to a return already in October, this time to Arizona.

Former original ABBA band members that have contributed to the show are: Rutger Gunnarsson (bass), Ola Brunkert (drums), Uffe Andersson (sax), Mats Ronander (guitar and vocals), Lasse Wellander (guitar), Finn Sjöberg (guitar) and Roger Palm (drums).

In September Waterloo performed in Check Republic at the charity festival "Artists Against Flood". This event was broadcasted on the Check national TV.

2003, and the future...

Waterloo will continue to build the band as the most professional ABBA group on the market. The sky is the limit, as the saying goes. Their goal is to keep and grow their already established market in Scandinavia as well as continue building their market internationally. With "ABBA - THE SHOW" there are plans to tour Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, France, UK, Korea, Japan, China, Phillipines, Israel, Australia and New Zealand in the nearest future, and the US market is anxiously waiting to have the show back in 2003, 2004, 2005...

Last but definitely not least the third show worth mentioning was at the World Famous Hollywood Bowl where 18,000 (nearly sold out) joined the ABBA fever July 5 2004. The complete crowd were waiting and screaming anxiously for Dancing Queen which of course was one of the very last songs performed. When the intro of the songs was played Hollywood Bowl was about to explode in joy - what a night, what an audience, what an experience. Hollywood Bowl was and still is the highlight of ABBA - THE SHOW's history!!!

This show has for sure surprised many many people worldwide - and it intend to keep doing so.

Keep a close eye on the tourlist of this website and Do NOT miss the next ABBA – The Show opportunity - looking forward seeing you at the next ABBA - The Show performance.

Best regards

CS Entertainment ApS