Following a hugely successful Live at The Marquee show this summer a-ha will return to Ireland for shows in Belfast and Dublin next October.

The Norwegian trio of Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket and Pål Waaktaar-Savoy will play their 1985 debut album ‘Hunting High and Low’ featuring the smash hit singles Take On Me and The Sun Always Shines On TV.

“We played the full Hunting High And Low album live once before and that was a great experience,” says Pål, looking back on the pair of 2010 concerts and how he, Magne and Morten feel now. “There’s not one song on that album that we’re not looking forward to playing live. We had done quite a few versions of the songs before recording the actual album and they all contain great bits and cool ideas which will be nice to incorporate into the new show.”

“Recording Hunting High And Low was such a defining moment and an exciting time in our career and joint collaboration,” stresses Magne. “So revisiting this body of work now – more than 30 years later – feels like inspiration rather than obligation. I just need to dust off the old synths a little…”

“With the song selection and the set in the album’s running order, it will turn it into a totally different type of show to anything we have done before,” adds Pål , saying a-ha also appreciate the tour will “pull your mind and mood back to when Hunting High And Low was made, which for us was a time when we were living in the same tiny apartment in London and working on the songs 24/7. By when the album was finally released it had been a long and bumpy ride, and we poured all our ambitions into the record as if it would be our one and only shot.”

3Arena Dublin, 29^th October 2019

The SSE Arena, Belfast 30^th October 2019

Tickets from €57.50 / £49.00 inclusive of booking fee charges – on sale Friday, 9^th November at 9AM