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Post by theatreian on Apr 28, 2022 13:43:17 GMT
Indeed we are, we are there on May 27th, aprt of a 3 days visit to London seeing Cinderella, Frozen, My Fair Lady and the finale Abba!
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Post by danb on Apr 28, 2022 14:36:34 GMT
Bit concerned that the venue is still just a piece of bare land when I look on Google Earth 😂
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Post by jek on Apr 28, 2022 15:01:13 GMT
I live in Stratford and can assure all those concerned that the venue looks very finished - at least from the outside!
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Post by alece10 on Apr 28, 2022 15:04:59 GMT
I can second that. I was there 3 weeks ago taking some pics and can also confirm it looks very much finished and ready. Sorry I don't know how to download pics on here otherwise I would to show you all. http://instagram.com/p/Cc5sNaZo8bz |
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Post by alece10 on Apr 28, 2022 16:29:14 GMT
I've figured out how to add a pic.
See above.
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 28, 2022 16:38:02 GMT
Do you normally wear a minature cable car pylon on your head, alece10, or is it something you save for special occasions? 🙂 |
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Post by alece10 on Apr 28, 2022 16:40:48 GMT
Do you normally wear a minature cable car pylon on your head, alece10, or is it something you save for special occasions? 🙂 No its just for special occasions as its quite heavy and can't wear it on windy days 😀 |
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Post by david on May 2, 2022 12:10:07 GMT
With the concert opening soon, as a bit of fun I was putting together a set list of songs I would love to hear. What set lists would other board members like to see?
My set list -
1. Dancing Queen
2. Mamma Mia
3. S.O.S
4. The Winner Takes It All
5. Money, Money, Money
6. Thankyou For The Music
7. Take A Chance On Me
8. Knowing Me, Knowing You
9. Fernando
10. Angel Eyes
11. The Day Before You Came
12. Waterloo
13. I Still Have Faith In You
14. Does Your Mother Know
15. Lay All Your Love On Me
16. Voulez-Vous
17. Ring Ring
18. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme
19. Super Trouper
20. The Name of The Game
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Post by talkingheads on May 2, 2022 14:11:38 GMT
I always loved when Benny played Intermezzo No 1, there's some great footage of that in ABBA The Movie. I hope it makes an appearance.
This is a purely cynical thought, but does anybody think they recorded more songs than we will see initially in the show? Then a few months down the line they can say 'New Songs Added To Set, Book Again!"
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Post by theatreian on May 2, 2022 14:14:43 GMT
his is a purely cynical thought, but does anybody think they recorded more songs than we will see initially in the show? Then a few months down the line they can say 'New Songs Added To Set, Book Again!" I am sure i read somewhere that they have recored more sons than the 22 in the concert so it can be altered in time. |
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Post by danb on May 2, 2022 14:22:51 GMT
I think that there will obviously be all of the big hits, but I’m happy to hear that the two singles from Voyage are in there, and the previously mentioned ‘The Visitors’. I’d love to hear some of the cracking album tracks from Voulez Vouz and hopefully Summer Night City which is a bit of an underated gem in my opinion.
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Post by alece10 on May 2, 2022 14:46:38 GMT
his is a purely cynical thought, but does anybody think they recorded more songs than we will see initially in the show? Then a few months down the line they can say 'New Songs Added To Set, Book Again!" I am sure i read somewhere that they have recored more sons than the 22 in the concert so it can be altered in time. Yes I'm sure I heard that too. |
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Post by cherokee on May 2, 2022 16:40:02 GMT
I think that there will obviously be all of the big hits, but I’m happy to hear that the two singles from Voyage are in there, and the previously mentioned ‘The Visitors’. I’d love to hear some of the cracking album tracks from Voulez Vouz and hopefully Summer Night City which is a bit of an underated gem in my opinion. I'd be surprised if both 'The Visitors' and 'Summer Night City' were on the setlist. The chorus melodies in those two songs are pretty similar and I think that hearing them both in one evening would make that rather obvious. |
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Post by ptwest on May 2, 2022 16:51:58 GMT
Bjorn has spoken publicly about how much he dislikes Summer Night City, but I’d love to see it on the set list, it’s one of my favourites.
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Post by danb on May 2, 2022 18:32:39 GMT
I think that there will obviously be all of the big hits, but I’m happy to hear that the two singles from Voyage are in there, and the previously mentioned ‘The Visitors’. I’d love to hear some of the cracking album tracks from Voulez Vouz and hopefully Summer Night City which is a bit of an underated gem in my opinion. I'd be surprised if both 'The Visitors' and 'Summer Night City' were on the setlist. The chorus melodies in those two songs are pretty similar and I think that hearing them both in one evening would make that rather obvious. The question was what would you LIKE to hear. |
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Post by karloscar on May 2, 2022 20:50:15 GMT
The Visitors and Summer Night City have completely different moods, one threatening and sinister, the other joyous and celebratory. No reason why they couldn't be in the same set list.
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Post by distantcousin on May 5, 2022 13:43:15 GMT
his is a purely cynical thought, but does anybody think they recorded more songs than we will see initially in the show? Then a few months down the line they can say 'New Songs Added To Set, Book Again!" I am sure i read somewhere that they have recored more sons than the 22 in the concert so it can be altered in time. This is correct. They have others in the bag. |
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Post by floorshow on May 5, 2022 14:24:39 GMT
Here's hoping they've planned some seasonal themed encores for some shows - a Pretty Vacant/God Save The Queen medley for the bank holiday weekend, maybe Bela Lugosi's Dead for Halloween  |
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Post by interval99 on May 12, 2022 21:54:10 GMT
Two weeks to go ..
The ABBA voyage Twitter has posted a new clip giving more details, 10 live musicians, 291 speakers, 870 watts of audio amplification but more interesting say it contains 20 ABBA songs down two from previous information.
At least we know for the first run the set list is fully ABBA approved which is why we will hopefully get some surprises like the visitors. In time I am sure it will become more of a greatest hits show as the control goes from ABBA the band to ABBA the corporation.
As the vocals are meant to be from original records and that they can tweak the Abbatars program it will be interesting to see if when it opens in Spanish speaking countries they use the Gracias pour la musica album vocals which will allow half the concert to be in Spanish and should go down a storm in South America. Even for France and Germany they could do their own language version of Waterloo. Things which could never have been done by ABBA live.
In the week of Eurovision it's amazing to think the winners from 48 years ago are now one of the greatest pop acts ever, and are pioneers of breakthrough technology along side star wars special effects company ILM securing their future performances for decades to come.
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Post by alece10 on May 12, 2022 22:17:37 GMT
48 years ago? God that makes me feel so old. I remember vividly watching it on TV.
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Post by theatreian on May 13, 2022 8:53:09 GMT
I remember vividly watching it on TV. When you were 3?!!! |
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Post by alece10 on May 13, 2022 9:13:14 GMT
I remember vividly watching it on TV. When you were 3?!!! Unfortunately not. I was a teenager. |
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Post by steve10086 on May 13, 2022 16:06:10 GMT
48 years ago? God that makes me feel so old. I remember vividly watching it on TV. I was 2 days old when ABBA won Eurovision. Any mention of how long it’s been immediately makes me feel old. |
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Post by theatreian on May 13, 2022 16:23:12 GMT
I was 2 days old when ABBA won Eurovision. Any mention of how long it’s been immediately makes me feel old. Well i was 8 YEARS old (almost 9!) so that would makde me ancient! |
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Post by steve10086 on May 13, 2022 17:29:35 GMT
I was 2 days old when ABBA won Eurovision. Any mention of how long it’s been immediately makes me feel old. Well i was 8 YEARS old (almost 9!) so that would makde me ancient! Yep, that’s really old - I feel better now  |
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