abba voyage video clip

• Today's news
• Reviews and deals
• Climate change
• 2024 election
• Fall allergies
• Health news
• Mental health
• Sexual health
• Family health
• So mini ways
• Unapologetically
• Buying guides

Entertainment

• How to Watch
• My watchlist
• Stock market
• Biden economy
• Personal finance
• Stocks: most active
• Stocks: gainers
• Stocks: losers
• Trending tickers
• World indices
• US Treasury bonds
• Top mutual funds
• Highest open interest
• Highest implied volatility
• Currency converter
• Basic materials
• Communication services
• Consumer cyclical
• Consumer defensive
• Financial services
• Industrials
• Real estate
• Mutual funds
• Credit cards
• Balance transfer cards
• Cash back cards
• Rewards cards
• Travel cards
• Online checking
• High-yield savings
• Money market
• Home equity loan
• Personal loans
• Student loans
• Options pit
• Fantasy football
• Pro Pick 'Em
• College Pick 'Em
• Fantasy baseball
• Fantasy hockey
• Fantasy basketball
• Download the app
• Daily fantasy
• Scores and schedules
• GameChannel
• World Baseball Classic
• Premier League
• CONCACAF League
• Champions League
• Motorsports
• Horse racing
• Newsletters

New on Yahoo

• Privacy Dashboard

ABBA Premiere “ABBA Voyage” Hologram Concert: Setlist + Video

• Oops! Something went wrong. Please try again later. More content below

The post ABBA Premiere “ABBA Voyage” Hologram Concert: Setlist + Video appeared first on Consequence .

ABBA staged their first concert in 42 years, albeit in hologram form . On Thursday night, the legendary Swedish pop group premiered their new digital concert, ABBA Voyage, at the ABBA Arena in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London. Watch video and see the setlist below.

ABBA Voyage sees Agnetha Falkstog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson , and Anni-Frid Lyngstad sing their hits as digital avatars created by visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic. Re-imagined as 21st century pop stars, the group is backed by a 10-piece band that performs live throughout the show. In addition, the production features two short films created by the visual arts collective Shynola that ties ABBA’s classic 1970s catalogue to Voyage ,  the 2021 album that marked their first release in 40 years. All of this goes down at a 3,000-capacity arena custom-built for ABBA.

Falkstog, Ulvaeus, Andersson, and Lyngstad all attended Thursday’s opening, marking the first time ABBA’s members were seen together in public in 36 years. Other VIP guests included Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia.

ABBA Voyage runs through May 2023. If you’re down to dance with holograms, tickets are available to purchase via Ticketmaster .

Last year, ABBA scored the first Grammy nomination of their career, leading them to joke that “A Grammy should be mandatory for those who dare leave 40 years between album releases.” The group had less jolly thoughts about ABBA MANIA, however, suing the cover band for “parasitic” trademark infringement.

ABBA Voyage Setlist: The Visitors Hole in Your Soul SOS Knowing Me, Knowing You Chiquitita Fernando Mamma Mia Does Your Mother Know Eagle Lay All Your Love on Me Summer Night City Voulez Vous When All is Said And Done Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) Thank You For The Music Don’t Shut Me Down I Still Have Faith in You Waterloo Dancing Queen The Winner Takes it All

ABBA Premiere “ABBA Voyage” Hologram Concert: Setlist + Video Carys Anderson

Popular Posts

R.I.P. Andy Fletcher, Depeche Mode Founding Member Dead at 60

Eminem Shuts Down Pete Davidson's Final SNL Rap Video: Watch

Over 1,000 Musicians Pay Tribute to Taylor Hawkins with Cover of "My Hero": Watch

R.I.P. Ray Liotta, Goodfellas and Field of Dreams Actor Dead at 67

Rammstein's New "Dicke Titten" Video Pays Homage to Large-Breasted Women: Watch

Man Who Attacked Dave Chappelle Onstage Says He Was "Triggered" by Comedian's Jokes

Subscribe to Consequence’s email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.

Recommended Stories

Angel reese's 'weak' ejection from sky-liberty game draws attention, offer from bulls' lonzo ball.

Reese was ejected after two very quick whistles from referee Charles Watson.

Top RBs for 2024 fantasy football, according to our experts

The Yahoo Fantasy football analysts reveal their first running back rankings for the 2024 NFL season.

Sparks rookie Cameron Brink: 'There's a privilege' for WNBA's younger white players

The Sparks rookie had plenty to say about her WNBA rookie class, headlined by Caitlin Clark.

Giants TE Darren Waller retires after 1 season with team, describes scary medical situation that preceded decision

The Giants traded a third-round pick to acquire Waller from the Raiders in 2023.

Tigers take jab at Lions' former rival Aaron Rodgers in scoreboard trivia game

The Detroit Tigers' scoreboard operator had some fun at Aaron Rodgers' expense during Sunday's game with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Formula 1: Max Verstappen wins chaotic Canadian Grand Prix

This was not your typical Verstappen snoozer.

Belmont Stakes 2024 winner, results: Dornoch scores upset victory at Saratoga giving former MLBer Jayson Werth a win on the track

The 156th running of the Belmont Stakes is headed to Saratoga

Vikings reveal 'Winter Warrior' alternate all-white uniforms to be worn on Week 15

The Minnesota Vikings revealed their all-white "Winter Warrior" uniforms that the team will wear for Week 15's matchup with the Chicago Bears.

NBA Finals: Kristaps Porziņģis vows to play in Game 3 after apparent Game 2 injury: 'I'll die out there'

Kristaps Porziņģis acknowledged that "something happened" but declined to elaborate on an apparent Game 2 injury. He's adamant that he'll play in Game 3.

Iowa basketball player Ava Jones retires due to injuries from car accident that killed her father

Ava Jones and her family were hit by an allegedly impaired driver two days after she committed to the Hawkeyes.

Nexus Studios

• Experience Design

ABBA Voyage

Eagle & voulez vous.

Enter the mesmerising world of ABBA Voyage.

Playing now at the ABBA Arena in London, an audience of 3000 fans gathers nearly every day to dance to the band’s beloved songs and watch the life-like avatars in an explosive and sensory ground-breaking live experience.

Directing trio Shynola were handpicked by the creators of the show to craft two short films for the tracks ‘Eagle’ and ‘Voulez-Vous’.

The beautifully kaleidoscopic and painterly animations chronicle the tale of Rora, a valiant hero on a quest to find the legend of ABBA. 

• Ticket Types
• Availability Calendar
• Getting Here

Food & Drink

Oceanbird lounge, where to stay.

• Accessibility
• Members Hub

Limited availability

Tickets selling fast. Check for returns.

Best availability on the Dance Floor

August 2024

September 2024.

Good availability across most performances

October 2024

November 2024, december 2024.

The perfect Christmas party

View all Months

Plan Your Visit

The ABBA Arena is located at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. The nearest public transport stations to the ABBA Arena are Pudding Mill Lane and Stratford, which are some of the best connected in London, with easy transport links to the rest of the city, local regions and Europe. 

How to find us

Abba arena, pudding mill lane, london e15 2ru.

Pudding Mill Lane 1 min walk

Stratford 10 min walk

View our recommended hotels.

On-site Merch

ABBA Voyage merchandise is available on site, both inside the ABBA Arena and at our shop at Pudding Mill Lane station.

• Cast & crew
• User reviews

ABBA Voyage

• Music Video

A CONCERT LIKE NO OTHER! 'ABBA Voyage' is a virtual concert by the Swedish pop group ABBA. The concert features virtual avatars (called 'ABBAtars'), depicting the group as they appeared in t... Read all A CONCERT LIKE NO OTHER! 'ABBA Voyage' is a virtual concert by the Swedish pop group ABBA. The concert features virtual avatars (called 'ABBAtars'), depicting the group as they appeared in the 1970s. The concerts are held in a purpose-built venue at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Pa... Read all A CONCERT LIKE NO OTHER! 'ABBA Voyage' is a virtual concert by the Swedish pop group ABBA. The concert features virtual avatars (called 'ABBAtars'), depicting the group as they appeared in the 1970s. The concerts are held in a purpose-built venue at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, officially called the ABBA Arena.

• Baillie Walsh
• Agnetha Fältskog
• Björn Ulvaeus
• Benny Andersson
• 4 User reviews
• 1 win & 1 nomination

• All cast & crew
• Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

User reviews 4

• rachelcharlotteeverett
• Oct 11, 2023
• May 27, 2022 (United Kingdom)
• United Kingdom
• Official site
• See more company credits at IMDbPro

Technical specs

Related news, contribute to this page.

• IMDb Answers: Help fill gaps in our data
• Learn more about contributing

More to explore

Recently viewed.

NEWS... BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT

Peek behind the scenes of the Abba Voyage show and its stunning visual effects

Share this with

Earlier this week, I was among the first, lucky few to watch the spotlit figures of Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad rise from the stage floor of the custom-built Abba Arena to rapturous applause.

What was easy to forget in the moment of the spectacle was that the Abba members I was staring at weren’t real. Of course, this is physically evident, given the famous four here resemble their much younger selves while dressed in ’70s sequinned ensembles.

Yet despite knowing the Swedish pop legends have been immortalised in avatar form, the realism is hard to ignore.

Little details, such as the convincing way the light glistens on sequins, the fluid hair movement and those signature simple dance moves up and down the stage, mean you have to keep reminding yourself that the famous four aren’t actually in the room.

The 90-minute show is both a futuristic marvel and a nostalgic time capsule for Abba fans both young and new. Their highly anticipated return not only kicks off a 196-show residency, it also shows off the latest technological advances in musical immortality and an incredible feat of visual effects.

But how is it all done?

Visual trickery

Despite what you might have read, these are not holograms. Instead, we’re told, they are three- dimensional avatars displayed on a flat screen.

The brains behind the Abba-tars, as they are more playfully known, are the folk at Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), the special effects company founded by Star Wars creator George Lucas, which has worked on projects including Jurassic Park and the Marvel films.

With about 1,000 visual effects artists working on the Abba show, the ILM team has spent months painstakingly creating digital versions of the band through cutting-edge motion-capture technology and performance techniques.

Hundreds of hours have been spent on each band member performing and being recorded by 200 cameras from dozens of angles, all while wearing motion-capture suits.

‘As you might imagine, creating realistic digital humans that can perform consistently for the duration of a concert is still a very complex and time-consuming process,’ says creative director Ben Morris.

‘First we build a very accurate static model of each “present-day” Abba’s face, based on 3D scan data. This model is then animated using ILM’s proprietary performance capture tool sets, many of which are developed in collaboration with our colleagues at Disney Research Studios in Zurich.

‘Following this initial procedural step, our global team of animators refines final details and ensures consistency over the entire duration of each song.’

It’s no secret that when you’re in your seventies you can’t dance around like you did when you were in your thirties. That explains why a highly trained group of younger performers were brought in to capture body performances and provide the more physically demanding and dynamic movements of the avatars.

‘Alongside these processes we started creating our younger digital Abba faces and bodies using every available piece of archival material we could find’, adds Morris.

‘The challenging part is when we start to transfer the moving face and body performances from our present-day performers to the younger digital Abba-tars. If we didn’t match the performance correspondences exactly, our Abba-tars would instantly fall off-model, something we aimed to avoid.’

To top things off, they’ve also created some of the most complex digital costumes ever put on screen. ‘Our digital costumers painstakingly recreated countless couture outfits that were all based on real outfits designed by a number of famous design houses specifically for this project,’ says Morris.

‘Every stitch and sequin was duplicated in exacting detail and then run through a series of computer simulations to ensure it reacted to body movement precisely as it would do on the live performer.’

The hard work has certainly paid off: the result is four very convincing life-size 3D images performing on stage, alongside a ten-piece live band, that absolutely appear as if they are Abba in the flesh.

Arena effects

It’s not just about watching Abba’s digital twins on stage, though. A very large kinetic system, for example, controls moving mirrors, lasers and lighting. The audio system completely envelops you with the auditorium’s 291 speakers.

With the essence of the show being to ultimately integrate the physical with the digital, the unique thing about the production is having to design the physicality of the shows (the lighting and the special effects) way in advance.

This is so ILM could film each individual instrument, take their colour temperatures and reproduce the actual light or laser source, or other effects, then subsequently create that in the digital world. The aim of that is to make one blend into the other so it appears as though the Abba-tars are performing in the same physicality.

‘It’s very unusual to have to design in detail every aspect of the show or the lighting and all the special effects, and integrate those before we’ve even gotten into a rehearsal situation,’ says technical director Nick Page.

Making the arena

Taking place inside a purpose-built 3,000-capacity venue at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, the show was literally built from the ground up and ran in parallel as the production developed. The brains behind the hexagonal arena is British architecture company Stufish, which has installed shows for Beyoncé and the Rolling Stones.

‘It was a huge benefit, having the opportunity to design the venue,’ says Morris. ‘With so many complex creative technologies coming together to create the blend between virtual and real worlds, it was essential we could tailor the building to exactly fit our unique requirements.’

The mix of music and tech provides a realistic performance and means you’re immersed. You don’t have to be at a certain angle in the arena to enjoy it, either: the seating arrangements have been developed to give the best viewpoints wherever you’re sitting.

The goal on this project was ‘to achieve a shared human experience where the audience believes the arena and virtual space are one seamless real world space’. We can happily confirm that the team behind the show have achieved exactly that.

Tickets start at £21, from the Abba Voyage website .

MORE : Abba Voyage: Groundbreaking hologram experience is absolutely magic

MORE : Abba reunite in London for first time in 40 years and my, my, just how much we’ve missed them!

MORE : When are the ABBA Voyage tour 2022 dates and can you still get tickets?

Get us in your feed

ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson reveal unique way the band could make it to Glastonbury (and it's not through their ABBAtars!)

A BBA legends Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson have revealed they could still be heard at Glastonbury, five years after insisting they wouldn't reform for the festival. 

In recent years, the band - which also features Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - have been appearing on stage as holograms at the groundbreaking  Abba  Voyage show in London. 

Every night the digital avatars perform their show in front of a 10-piece live 'hero' band. 

And now Björn and Benny have suggested the hero band could recreate the experience at Glastonbury. 

During Monday's Q&A for the second-anniversary celebration of Abba Voyage, host Pete Paphides suggested that the Abba Voyage live band could go to Glastonbury, to which Bjorn replied: ‘Oh yes!' 

As the crowd cheered him on, Bjorn continued: ‘I think that’s a brilliant idea' as Benny added: ‘you’d need to ask the band.'

Texas‘ Sharleen Spiteri then asked the songwriting duo if they’d ever considered playing with the hero band during a Voyage show, with Benny confessing: 'Definitely. 

'Maybe if they play Glastonbury and need an extra piano player…'

Björn previously revealed it wouldn't be possible to take the full ABBA Voyage experience - complete with avatars - on tour. 

Asked by NME last year if it could feature at Glastonbury, Bjorn shared: 'I don’t think that’s possible, yet. It might be in the future. 

'As it is, it’s too complicated because the lighting, the sound, the visuals, everything is integrated and it’s so complicated.'

As for the real life members of ABBA, there's no chance of seeing them on the Pyramid Stage.  

Quizzed about it on Radio 2’s Zoe Ball Breakfast Show in 2019, Björn said: ‘Oh no, it’s a straight, straight no.’

‘We recorded some new songs and you’ll probably hear them next year, at least one of them, but that’s quite a different thing from going through the hassle of rehearsing and – just one show, it would be the same as doing a whole year of tours,’ he said.

‘It would take 10 years out of our life.’

ABBA's huge repertoire of hits includes Dancing Queen (1976), Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (1979) and Super Trouper (1976) to name a few.

Since their split their catalogue of music has inspired the Mamma Mia! film franchise and theatre show, and more recently the incredible ABBA Voyage.

The iconic hologram show has pumped £322million into the British economy - with more than a million tickets bought at up to £181.50 each.

This month also  marked the 50th anniversary of the iconic moment ABBA were crowned champions in the Eurovision Song Contest.

When the competition aired, Eurovision fans were left hoping they would make a surprise appearance at the final after teasing  their return in a social media clip.

The band shared a clip to their TikTok page popping out from behind a bush. 

The sound playing over the video said: 'Ok guys we're back, did you miss us? Because we missed you.'

Ultimately, the group only appeared in hologram form.