Abba Voyage

Venue:

Abba Arena, London

Date: 22/08/2022

Wish I could do the backward B

A summer of interruptions and postponements mainly Covid related. At the 3rd time of asking made it to London and saw the show, having previously bought and sold tickets for 2 other performances

I had avoided any reviews as I don’t like spoilers, but had heard great things about it through the grapevine. I had never seen any “concert” before where the main protagonists were not actually there throughout. Remember reading some bad reviews about a Roy Orbison hologram and also a Whitney Houston effort

As they like to state, these are “Abbatars” not holograms, and they are incredible. Benny was particularly good, you could see every hair of his beard. But they were all great and the movements and interactions were so good that you could almost believe they were in front of you

However the Abbatars are only part of it, the purpose built arena is incredible with an absolutely massive screen wrapping around half the inside of the arena and astonishing effects throughout. The sound system was also superb, a live band played on most of the songs, they were sometimes … Continue reading Abba Voyage