How the pop sensation returned to the stage after 40 years
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ABBA ARENA
Temporary 6,710m2 arena built on car park. Licensed to operate for five years and designed to be dismantled and re-used
 
Offers 360° immersive experience

Video wall

General admission (standing)

Dance party booths

Shops and merchandising

Entrance and box office

3,000- capacity theatre

Seated area
Stage
Reflector
Projector


STAGING
Avatars of ABBA, nicknamed Abbatars, accompanied by 10-piece live band

Screen: Invisible plastic sheet displays reflected movie, giving impression to audience that ABBA is standing on stage
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ABBA Arena
Tower Bridge 
LONDON

2km 1.2 miles
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Pepper’s Ghost
 – old Victorian theatrical illusion originally used to create spectral apparitions. Used in teleprompters today
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ABBA DISCOGRAPHY* 
Ring Ring (1973) 
Waterloo (1974) 
ABBA (1975)
Arrival (1976)
The Album (1977) 
Voulez-Vous (1979) 
Super Trouper (1980) 
The Visitors (1981)
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Voyage (Nov 5, 2021) Originally conceived as compilation of greatest hits featuring two new songs. Over time, composer Benny Andersson wrote sufficient material for 10 tracks – enough for new album

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CREATING VIRTUAL ABBA

Above, left to right: Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida) and Benny Andersson

ILM (special effects company built by George Lucas for Star Wars) filmed ABBA performing while wearing motion capture suits (above). Data used to animate computer generated avatars of group as they looked in 1970s/80s

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Above: Frida is digitised and her youthful avatar is born

May 27, 2022: Show opens, with tickets priced from £21 per person
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Sources: ABBA, BBC, Architects’ Journal, Holograma 3D, TechRadar *Studio albums Pictures: ABBA, Baillie Walsh/Universal Music Group © GRAPHIC NEWS