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Live at Wembley Arena is an album of live recordings by Swedish pop group ABBA, released by Polar Music on 26 September 2014, on 2 CD, 3 LP and digital format.. The album, produced by Ludvig Andersson, includes the complete concert at London's Wembley Arena (now The OVO Arena, Wembley) on 10 November 1979, the last of a six-night residency at the famous venue.
ABBA Voyage is a virtual concert residency by the Swedish pop group ABBA.The concerts feature virtual avatars (dubbed 'ABBAtars'), depicting the group as they appeared in 1979, and use vocals re-recorded by the group in a Swedish studio specifically for this show, accompanied by a 10 piece live instrumental band on stage. [2]
ABBA: The Tour, [1] later also labelled ABBA in Concert and ABBA: North American and European Tour 1979, was the third concert tour by the Swedish pop group ABBA.Primarily visiting North America, Europe and Asia during 1979–1980, the tour supported the group's sixth studio album, Voulez-Vous (1979), and later their compilation Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1980)..
The first news about a virtual ABBA show broke in 2016. Six years later, “Voyage” is set to open at the purpose-built 3,000-seat ABBA Arena in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
The show uses re-recorded vocals and is accompanied by a live instrumental band on stage. Andersson, 77, and Ulvaeus, 79, appeared at the ABBA Arena in London last week to celebrate the concert ...
The resultant album, ABBA Live, contained recordings from 1977, 1979 and 1981. The tracks were mostly taken from ABBA's concerts at Wembley Arena in London in November 1979, with a few additional songs taken from the tour of Australia in March 1977 and the Dick Cavett Meets ABBA television special, taped in April 1981. [3]
In Sweden, the growing recognition of the legacy of Andersson and Ulvaeus resulted in the 1998 B & B Concerts, a tribute concert (with Swedish singers who had worked with the songwriters through the years) showcasing not only their ABBA years, but hits both before and after ABBA. The concert was a success and was ultimately released on CD.
It’s hard to think of any group of performers that got back together after 40 years apart, and ABBA has not half-stepped the announcement of their return. While it was first announced rather ...