ABBA Voyage - Spoilers thread

there is already a video of the show on yt, I won't post it here, since it could be to much of a spoiler, even here... If you really want to watch it, you know what to do...


if I ever go to see the show, It will be the dancefloor, for me, or the ABCDE section because of the light system. It is great but it can obstruct the view of the stage...

Agree, but thing is, huge live shows are smoke & mirrors now, either lip syncing or auto tuned vocals with elaborate dance moves: Michael Jackson and Madonna did it, Abba have just taken it into the digital age.

7 songs from the show are on youtube.

Even though I’m seeing it today, I couldn’t stop myself from checking them out on YouTube. I don’t think it will compare to seeing it for real but gives an idea of what to expect. Some of the dance moves, particularly in LAYLOM, are very un-ABBA. And a bit strange to see c1977 Agnetha performing The Winner Takes It All.

Thanks Michal. Actually this afternoon! Starts at 3pm.

A long shot, but I don’t suppose there were any red vinyls of Voyage on sale there were there? Gone from the website, but I wondered if they might have an allocation for each show. Other than the programme, that’s the only merchandise I’m interested in. Can only assume they put no limit on how many people could order, so of course they’re all over eBay at ridiculous prices.

The Voyage coloured vinyls, Green, Blue & White all sold out mega quickly. But they were back on sale again within a matter of days as the stocks had been replenished.

I expect this to happen with the Red vinyl edition of Voyage.

A minor niggle for me is that in a few songs when the Abbatars are on stage they don’t have microphones.

I got back from London yesterday evening, after having seen the show on Thursday and Friday. I can say that it exceeded my expectations. This is definitely a show that should be experienced live at the Arena, together with the other audience members, young and old. The atmosphere inside the Arena was electrifying. Before the show started, you could feel the excitement building with the audience chanting "We want ABBA" at times, just like in The Movie. And then the show opened with The Visitors, as the ABBATars emerged from the stage in their dazzling costumes. It sent shivers down my spine.

After that you are thrown in one visual treat after the other. ABBA really set the bar with this innovative show. Never say never, but Voyage (album and show) is almost certainly the last project they do together. I really can't imagine them recording another album, and they also say as much in the foreword of the program book. That they recorded one last album with Voyage, which was a joyful experience but at the same time sad as well, because of the finality of it.
I was thinking the other day: not so many years ago we were all only hoping for one last picture of them together. And look at what we got now. We've gotten so much more than we could have ever hoped for. Pictures and footage of them together, posing and working in the studio. A brand new full album. A mind blowing concert experience. All four of them appearing together on stage on opening night. How could ABBA give us any more after this?

In a way, it's as if they have handed over their career to the ABBATars, while the real ABBA gracefully bow out. With Voyage they are going out on an unprecedented high. They have taken a huge risk with this project. For an iconic group like ABBA to return after 40 years of absence with a new album and concert experience, it could have all backfired. But it's a jaw-dropping triumph. For those who have yet to go to the show: brace yourselves, you are in for the ride of your lifetime! Enjoy!

It's good to see new members appearing here, although I'm unsure why they come up as 'guest'? Anyway, new blood is always good. Oops, I sound like a vampire!

How cool to see ABBA get in a taxi! When they could have pitched up in a limo, you know? A nice touch. I love how unaffected and down to earth ABBA still are. No vanity, lots of humour, no airs and graces. Humility comes through. It's one of the reasons I love them.

I haven't been able to resist watching the odd clip but even so I'm sure actually being there will knock my socks off and a clip on YouTube simply doesn't do any of it justice.

Regarding dance moves...well, this is supposed to be a version of ABBA as they might be now, with some hints of the past. Who knows, in a parallel universe Agnetha and Frida might have honed their dance moves and been slick! I'm ok with suspending my disbelief. I can see movements of the Abbatars which definitely reference moves 'the girls' performed during tv appearances, official videos, concerts, etc. It's an imagining. I really wish I lived in London. By the sounds of it, I'd be popping along to the arena more than once!

I found the video of Benny hailing a black cab and them all piling in to be quite comical. Did they not think of ordering a taxi in advance Someone on Facebook posted an advert for the colourful gown that Benny is wearing and it costs a little over 10000 Euros.

The Visitors is great because each letter appears individually behind the group, then suddenly all together to spell out ABBA! In huge lights like the 77 & 79 tours. Simple but effective.

Michel's great post about his two experiences of the concert, and his remarks about ABBA bowing out, handing over to their avatars, does now convince me that 'this is it', finally, pretty much - apart from a little bonus or two, here and there, perhaps: such as the two unfinished songs, if they get completed to Benny's satisfaction, and When All Is Said And Done as a single with visuals from the Voyage concert, as this seems to be getting some traction.

Yeah for sure it was pre-planned; the show is in London, so a London cab is a fun and apt way to arrive at the venue. I guess they only travelled in it for a few minutes though lol.

The cool thing was the boom mike coming into shot, and the film crew, means this is all filmed for the documentary.