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Rio concert

Rio, March 13th

Rio, March 13th

The band had yet another surprise in store when they played before an audience of 7000 people at the Citibank Hall in Rio de Janeiro yesterday; an acoustic version of “You Are The One”, a song that hasn’t been played live since 1991.

The new acoustic-ish version of “Minor Earth Major Sky” remained in the setlist, while “Touchy” seems to have been dropped after its only appearance in Bauru.

The setlist (via a-ha.com):

Rio, March 13th

Rio, March 13th

1. The Bandstand
2. Foot Of The Mountain
3. Analogue
4. Forever Not Yours
5. Minor Earth Major Sky
6. Summer Moved On
7. Move To Memphis
8. The Blood That Moves The Body
9. Stay On These Roads
10. The Living Daylights
11. Early Morning
12. You Are The One
13. Crying In The Rain
14. Scoundrel Days
15. Swing Of Things
16. Manhattan Skyline
17. I’ve Been Losing You
18. We’re Looking For The Whales
19. Cry Wolf
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20. Train Of Thought
21. Hunting High And Low
22. The Sun Always Shines On TV
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23. Take On Me

Press reviews: O Globo   Rock em Geral

Rio concert

Paul on stage in Rio

Paul on stage in Rio

a-ha played at the Citibank Hall in Rio de Janeiro last night. The setlist was the same as in Sao Paulo.

A Twitter message from the band after the show said: “Great audience tonight! Helped us to get over technical problems! Hope you njoyd anyway.. Night night!“.

Large parts of the concerts can now be found on YouTube. A user called “cybertechno” has uploaded many video clips here.

Links to Rio reviews and pictures:
A-HA relembra sucessos e baladas em show no Rio
A-Ha faz show pasteurizado para seis mil pessoas no Rio
A-ha se apresenta para publico carioca

A HD-quality video clip of the elusive new song “What There Is” is now finally up on YouTube. The song uses the melody from Timbersound’s “Ti Kniver i Hjertet” movie theme from 1994.

TV Norge had a small report from the Rio concert in the Friday edition of “Spotlight”, which can be seen here (starts after 4.25 minutes).

And a Sao Paulo interview with a-ha (in English) from TV Amaury is available here (starts after 2.30 minutes).

From Sao Paulo to Rio

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The Brazilian press has been following the band closely in the last few days. Here they are meeting fans outside their hotel in Sao Paulo yesterday:
Integrantes da banda A-Ha sao cercados por fas na saida do hotel

And arriving at the airport in Rio earlier today:
Integrantes do grupo A-Ha ja estao no Rio de Janeiro

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