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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - Caught on Camera

How ABBA Voyage and other avatar or 'hologram' concert performances evoke fans' real responses

At ABBA Voyage, a 90-minute long digital concert event, ABBA’s Benny Andersson looks over the crowd and addresses them reassuringly: “This is really me, I just look very good for my age.”

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Benny, Björn and Frida drop in for first anniversary of London’s Abba Voyage

Show in which youthful digital avatars of the group perform on stage has sold more than 1.3m tickets

The Guardian - UK

ABBA Voyage outfits on display at Liverpool's British Music Experience

The outfits are housed in the pop music museum located in Liverpool's Cunard Building

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ABBA's Björn shocks fans with meeting as Voyager welcomes millionth visitor

The lucky winner Josie Felix, 20, was treated to a surprise meet and greet with Ulvaeus today as the show – which sees digital versions of Abba’s members performing with a 10-piece live band – hit the million mark in just 11 months

Daily Mirror

ABBA fans told not to wear 'culturally insensitive' afro wigs at band's new virtual show

Promoters of ABBA Voyage emailed ticket-holders warning they should avoid the hairpieces as a condition of entry to the arena

Wales Online

Abba Voyage virtual concert ‘being considered for world tour’

Organisers reportedly plan for the one of a kind show to travel ‘around the world’

The Independent UK

Super-realistic digital Beatles and Elvis could soon play gigs - and make eye contact

A producer of ground-breaking Abba Voyage, which features digital avatars of the Swedish supergroup as they appeared in 1977, said super-realistic digital renditions of artists like The Beatles and Elvis Presley that respond to the audience could be around the corner

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ABBA Voyage – the director on how he brought the Swedish supergroup back to its 1970s pomp

Director and lifelong ABBA fan Baillie Walsh on creating the hit digital show that welcomes fans to an ‘otherworldly but human experience’

Evening Standard

ABBA Voyage setlist from London launch night - what songs are in the show?

ABBA Voyage opened in London on May 26, with ABBA there in person for the star studded red carpet premiere

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ABBA Voyage review: Camp, fun and low-energy… and not just because they’re holograms

George Lucas’s production company have created digital versions of a younger ABBA that look scarily real

The Independent UK

What is ABBA Voyage? How 'hologram' concert works in specially built arena

ABBA are launching their ground-breaking ABBA Voyage concert today, which will see the lines between digital and reality blurred as the Swedish pop band perform as digital avatars in a special built arena

Daily Mirror

Abba Voyage review: jaw-dropping avatar act that’s destined to be copied

Abba Arena, LondonAny sense you’re not actually in the presence of the band dissolves during a setlist of crowd-pleasing hits

The Guardian - UK

The Abba Voyage concert has arrived in London: Tickets, dates and all you need to know

Lay all your love on this virtual hologram extravaganza

Evening Standard

Abba world exclusive: the band take us behind the scenes of Abba Voyage

The travelling space circus has landed in east London, and Abba want to take us back to the future with them. Emily Phillips goes behind the scenes of the making of Abba Voyage

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We can’t wait for our digital reunion, says Abba star Björn Ulvaeus

Abba star Björn Ulvaeus said he is looking forward to the “privilege” of seeing himself on stage when the group virtually reunite for their futuristic London concerts.

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