1. PHOTOGRAPHER: LOUIS ANGUS
W hen Abbie Plater rose to fame as the lead singer in R&B girl-group, Groovy Girls in 2003, the whole world were ‘Crazy in Love’ with them. Selling millions of records along with winning 4 Grammy Awards and 2 Ameri- can Music Awards gave the group worldwide recognition and a huge following of dedicated fans. In 2009 the group split during heated media coverage surrounding them and the girls wanted to move away from the music scene—until now!
In May 2013, Abbie announced The Mrs. Plater world tour which sold out in just 8 minutes! With fans desperate to see their idol in concert again, some paid over triple the original price for tick- ets.
The Mrs. Plater Tour sold out 54 shows worldwide and in some of the biggest arenas including the O2 Arena in London, the Staples Centre in Los Angeles and even the Philippine Arena which holds an amazing 55,000 screaming fans!
Life on the road has its ups and downs, which Abbie is sharing with all of us after her 4 year break from music.
What made you return to making music?
I wanted to concentrate on my- self for a while after the girls split, I focused on my family and just wanted to live. Recently I had been talking to my team and decided that there was no better time than now to go back on tour for my committed fans.
How was life on the road after all the years? Being on tour has its good and bad moments, but I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to share this amazing experience with. My all female band have been great and showed so much continuous support, I just feel so blessed right now.
ABBIE
Self discovery through world discovery
Life on tour with
