Rita Wilson: "Why can I say about ABBA ABBA Voyage? This is PURE JOY!!! Wonderful to see my friend from the Mamma Mia films and one of the four reasons there even is a movie, Bjorn Ulvaeus, of ABBA, last night at this show that is too unique to be described!!! I brought along my dancing queen Olivia Harrison we are still singing and dancing!"
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He’s spent the majority of his adult life touring the world and performing live with bands including The Morning After, Blessed By A Broken Heart and Close Your Eyes, but well and truly hit the big time in 2020 after deciding to post covers on TikTok.
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Following the finale of yesterday’s edition (September 15), an announcer made an unexpected revelation over the PA. “You have been in the presence this evening of Frida,” they said, “who sends her best wishes to you all.”
Watch ABBA's Frida make surprise appearance at ABBA Voyage concert
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Many fans were unaware the singer was in attendance until the show finished
ABBA‘s Anni-Frid Lyngstad made a surprise appearance at last night’s ABBA Voyage show in east London.
The “revolutionary” concert series began in May at the purpose-built ABBA Arena in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It sees digital versions of the Swedish pop icons perform a hits-filled set, backed by a 10-piece live band.
Following the finale of yesterday’s edition (September 15), an announcer made an unexpected revelation over the PA. “You have been in the presence this evening of Frida,” they said, “who sends her best wishes to you all.”
The crowd then began cheering as they spotted the singer waving from her seat. You can see a selection of photos and reactions below.
All four members of ABBA attended the opening night of ABBA Voyage earlier this year, marking their first group appearance in public in 36 years.
Speaking to NME on the red carpet, Lyngstad said it felt “fantastic” to be at the premiere with her bandmates.
“Really looking forward to seeing the show again,” she continued. “I’ve seen it once on Monday evening, and it’s just that feeling… you want to see it again and again because there are so many details you can’t comprehend by just seeing it once.”
She added: “I also want to see the audience’s reaction again, because they were standing, clapping, singing along, dancing, having an absolute fabulous time.”
Last November saw ABBA release their first new album in 40 years, which is also called ‘Voyage’.
The ABBA Voyage backing band was put together with the help of Klaxons’ James Righton, and features Little Boots (real name Victoria Hesketh) on keyboards, synths and backing vocals.
Hesketh previously explained that she was “a lifelong ABBA fan”, and said it was “an absolute honour” to be involved with the project. Check out NME‘s interview with the ABBA Voyage live band here.
In a five star review of ABBA Voyage, NME concluded: “Ageing rockers and poppers are bound to imitate the idea, but it’ll be a struggle to come close to the experience of ABBA Voyage. We for one welcome our new ABBAtar overlords, if only for giving these songs back to us in a totally new and joyful way.”
ABBA’s Frida thrills fans during surprise appearance at ‘ABBA Voyage’ concert
ABBA star Anni-Frid Lyngstad made a surprise appearance at ‘ABBA Voyage’ this week.
The singer thrilled fans when she showed up as an audience member during the group’s revolutionary digital concert.
Following the performance – which sees digital versions of the group perform with a 10-piece live band – her presence was announced to the stunned crowd.
Speaking over the PA, a voice said: “You have been in the presence this evening of Frida, who sends her best wishes to you all.”
As the audience began cheering, several members of the crowd spotted the singer waving from her seat and captured the moment on video.
The venue is purpose built for the show, which offers a 360-degree immersive experience, and speaking in Retro Pop’s August 2022 issue, producer Ludvig Andersson suggests they’re working on creating similar arenas around the world.
“The biggest dream is to stay in London and we build another one somewhere else,” he says. “Where that would be – I’d like to go places that are maybe not the obvious ones. It would be nice to take it to places that aren’t always visited by the big bands.
“The dream would be to have one somewhere in South America, one somewhere in Southeast Asia, one in North America. Who knows? But that’s the plan and we’re working on that already.”
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