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A-Ha at MEN Arena - 8/10

By James Bentley (gig: 06.12.05)
It is with an uncomfortable wince that one realises A-Ha’s breakthrough hit Take On Me is now 20 years old.


And despite two decades having passed in what feels like the blink of an eye, the irresistible, bouncy joie de vivre of the song – and others in the A-Ha canon – remains.

But the live arena also gives the group chance to do something that was never readily highlighted by their singles – they can rock it with the best of them.

Bond theme The Living Daylights retains its air of menace and 2000’s fantastic but cruelly underrated Summer Moved On highlights Morten’s pitch perfection.

Material from new album Analogue sounds interesting, though it will always be labelled as an A-Ha ‘sound’ because of Harket’s distinct voice.

"A-Ha took us back to a more innocent age for a couple of hours. And do you know what? It really wasn’t that bad."
James Bentley, reviewer

There’s no doubt that the chiselled features of the main man are just as important for a lot of the crowd as the music. Something about the brooding Norwegian makes women of a certain age go slightly limp. The strong, silent type, he barely exchanges 50 words with the audience all night.

And as they bop in the aisles to a brilliant encore of The Sun Always Shines On TV, it’s clear that this crowd wouldn’t have it any other way.

Perhaps there could have been a rendition of Cry Wolf but it would be churlish to complain too much about anything from the night.

A-Ha took us back to a more innocent age for a couple of hours. And do you know what? It really wasn’t that bad.

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ITZJOOLZ
THE BEST!! BRILLIANT NIGHT IN MANCHESTER. There are alot of people who like their new music until they find out who it is. come on ´óÏó´«Ã½ give them some media coverage

Andrea
Fantabulosis - old hits mixed with new material. Analogue, the new CD, is a must buy. Credit where credit is long overdue.

adam
20 years for debut single ''Take on me'' it's fantastic song ,this year A-ha released new Album ''Analogue'' with first single ''celie'' reached top 30 on German chart.

Claudia
They are still fantastic. great songs..... voice( morten) and music. GOOD WORK & GOOD LUCK FOR EVER!!!!!!

Lucy
A-ha were excellent in Manchester, Morten's voice is truly amazing and their songs are so individual.

Patricia Hidalgo
A-ha is fantastic. A group Genial !!! Great!!!

Arial
The new material was truly breathtaking... AHA keep getting better with time, it is amazing!

Nia
Fantastic! It took me back to being 10 years old again. Morten's voice still sounds amazing and the new stuff was also great. Not as good as the Apollo show a couple of years ago but still well worth seeing.

Danilo Blumetti
Yeah!! A-ha is just fantastic!!! Brilliant!!

rob
they were very good. I'm not a big fan but I recognise talent when I see it - would definately go and see them again

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