Fred Bronson The first news about a virtual ABBA show broke in 2016. Six years later, “Voyage” is set to open at the purpose-built 3,000-seat ABBA Arena in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Along the way, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus wrote two new songs for the show and reunited with Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad to record a new album, making a spectacular comeback for the Swedish quartet that first achieved international fame in 1974 by winning the Eurovision Song Contest with “Waterloo.”After two previews, a VIP invited audience will see the show tonight (Thursday, May 26) and an official opening night happens on Friday, May 27.
Fans from all over the world will finally be able to see this one-of-a-kind show featuring technology that has never been seen before.
From a production office backstage at the arena, Andersson spoke with Variety via Zoom about the highly-anticipated production. After a six-year journey, you finally saw the complete finished production of “Voyage” for the first time just six weeks ago.
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