Sunday, 12 June 2022

ABBA Voyage

 

Last Sunday I went to see the ABBA Voyage concert.

My friend and I had tickets for the dance floor rather than seats. I wasn't sure what to expect with this virtual concert but it was incredible. I have never experienced anything like it. This is a description from the BBC website:

'To create the spectacle, the band performed in motion capture suits for five weeks, with 160 cameras scanning their body movements and facial expressions. Those became reference points for hundreds of animators and visual effects artists to create avatars of the band in their heyday. Affectionately known as "Abba-tars", the characters are not 3D holograms - as everyone involved in the production is at pains to point out.Instead, the characters appear on a massive, 65million pixel screen, with lights and other effects blurring the boundaries between the digital elements and the "real world" in the arena.'

There was a live orchestra and singers and I found it hard to believe that I wasn't watching the real Abba in concert except that they haven't changed in 40 years. It needs to be seen to be believed. Because of the technology needed for it to work, the concert takes place in a specially built arena near the Olympic Park in London. I believe it will be on show here for the next couple of years. I imagine there will be similar concerts around the world if this one proves to be successful.



No photography was allowed but I did take a very quick photo on my phone which is not very good. here is a link to the official trailer:
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11 comments:

  1. Aimz12 June 2022 at 10:59

    oh my goodness, I remember the original ABBA very well, my mother use to have all of their records when I was little. Sounds like it was fun

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  2. Wendy12 June 2022 at 11:41

    Wow sounds amazing.

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  3. Anonymous12 June 2022 at 13:33

    You were a dancing queen.

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  4. Billy Blue Eyes12 June 2022 at 20:55

    I'm glad you enjoyed yourself, though I must admit they are not a band I would have gone to see. The one I wish I had seen was Queen when Freddy was with them

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  5. Janey and Co.12 June 2022 at 23:21

    Jealous!

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  6. biebkriebels13 June 2022 at 10:43

    So strange those holograms concerts!

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  7. hels13 June 2022 at 17:14

    was the ABBA Voyage Concert , with its clever new technology, invented because of the long lockdowns and years without safe travel? I loved ABBA as a teen

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  8. William Kendall14 June 2022 at 10:44

    Sounds like you enjoyed it.

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  9. Lowcarb team member14 June 2022 at 23:23

    So pleased you enjoyed it.

    All the best Jan

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  10. diane b15 June 2022 at 06:09

    Wow that looks amazing. I loved ABBA and would like to see that show. I wonder if it ever will come down under.

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  11. Cynthia18 June 2022 at 16:37

    Wow, what a treat! ABBA provided the soundtrack for some great years of my life. Can’t believe that technology.

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