ABBA Voyage to embark on global tour
Universal Music Group chair Lucian Grainge says plans are in development to take the smash hit virtual concert residency around the world
News By James Hanley | 3 March 2023
The wildly successful ABBA Voyage virtual concert residency is set to tour the world, Universal Music Group chair Lucian Grainge has revealed.
More than one million tickets have been sold for the production, which has been a sensation since debuting at the demountable 3,000-cap ‘ABBA Arena’ at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in May 2022.
The project, which blends the virtual and physical worlds, brought the Swedish group – Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus (co-founder of lead investor Pophouse), Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad – back to the stage (in avatar form) for the first time in 40 years, backed by a 10-piece live band.
The four members of ABBA spent five weeks being filmed by 160 cameras for motion capture as they performed the 22 songs…
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