Take A Chance On Me
It’s not everyday that you can see a musical legend in concert. In fact it’s not ANY day that you can see the Swedish hit machine ABBA perform live. They haven’t played together in nearly 25 years. But don’t tell that to the advertisement in my local newspaper. The other day I saw an ad that said in big bold letters: ABBA, The Concert Followed by the words, “Arrival from Sweden, Live in Concert.” Tickets are $27 (plus service charges). At NO place on the ad does it mention that it’s not ABBA you would be spending $27 (plus service charges) on, it would be Arrival, the ABBA tribute band. That’s where my journalistic blood-sniffing technique kicked in. I hunted down the official website for Arrival, where it said, “this is the closest to ABBA you’ll ever get” AND it’s a “stunning look-alike show they put on.” Put on is right. The tribute band, formed in 1996, has done close to 1000 shows in more than 25 countries. And I thought those little zhu-zhu pets were stealing money. False adverti...