IN HIS stack heels, white jumpsuits and gold lame, Rob Miles will be Bjorn again on stage in Southsea – 15 years after he started out as the Abba superstar.

He will be donning the outrageously eye-catching outfits in Waterloo - The Best of Abba Tribute Show and aiming to raise the rafters and get them dancing in the aisles at the King’s Theatre.

The high-energy, all-singing, all-dancing show, packed with 20 hits from the iconic Swedish Super Troupers, is said to give fans the opportunity to Take a Chance on the thrill of a live ABBA concert.

A new tribute show, it looks back at the sensational rise to stardom of Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and Anni-Frid following their Eurovision-winning Waterloo.

The band’s unique sound is replicated by the full live band and cast with stunning costumes and breath-taking choreography.

And, although he has performed as Bjorn now in various shows and guises since 2001, the allure never wanes for Rob.

“You would think some of the songs would start to get on my nerves, but when you see the audience reaction when everyone is getting up on their feet, I feel the magic again,” he said.

“We love being and doing what we do, and this is very exciting as it’s a very colourful, and highly entertaining show. It’s not a tribute act, it’s like watching an ABBA concert.”

There was no plan though behind Rob’s adoption of Bjorn, who he has been told he bears an uncanny likeness to.

A session guitarist, he was invited to play at a big corporate event and told the second half was an ABBA tribute.

“Once I had my platforms on, I?completely fell for it, and it went on from there,” he recalled.

In the show there are many costume changes, especially for the girls, and Rob does have a bit of a thing about his gold cloak.

“It’s a bit superhero like,” he laughed.

He may have performed all the songs hundreds of times over the years, but they never dim for him, and that is testament to the songwriting of Bjorn and Benny, he said.

His favourite is One of Us, a lesser-known number.

“It has a reggae vibe and it is different to the usual ones like Dancing Queen,” he explained.

Dancing Queen was the one though that was guaranteed to bring the fans to their feet.

As for the stage dancing, a lot of effort had gone into making it exciting to watch.

“ABBA didn’t really do an awful lot of dancing routines as such, but we put on a high energy performance and I am probably the craziest.”

The enduring appeal of the band and the songs, from when they were propelled into the limelight on the Eurovision stage in 1974, to huge popularity and cult status still four decades on, is all in the melodies which can’t fail to hook you in, according to Rob.

And these are sung in captivating harmony by the four in the show, which is presented by Sweeney Entertainments and produced and directed by James Baker, from the opening refrain to the sing-along finale.

Tickets are £19.50, and are available by calling 023 9282 8282 or on the website: www.kingsportsmouth.co.uk