ABBA Voyage Official Website - 2023 ABBA Concert in London (2023)

FAQs

Is ABBA Voyage concert selling well? ›

We have to see how attractive it is. We've sold 380,000 tickets or so. It's good for a couple months.

Seats in the center section, H, deliver the widest and most symmetrical view. They're the best seats and therefore expensive—expect £102 to £175 ($125 to $214) each, depending on demand.

At the premiere, it was the first time in 36 years that Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Björn Ulvaeus were seen as a group together in public. The show was originally scheduled to run until December 2022, but was later extended to May 2023. The 90-minute show runs seven times a week.

It is now nearly four months since the ABBA Voyage concert experience in London premiered. The Guardian, Huffington Post, The Evening Standard, and The New York Times were among the many news outlets which gave the show top ratings in their reviews.

Yes, under 18s are very welcome within the Oceanbird Departure Lounge. Is there a Dress Code? The ABBA Voyage concerts will be an exciting event, and many guests will be dressed up for the time of their lives! However, there is absolutely no dress code for the concerts or for the Oceanbird Departure Lounge.

The choreography is based on the band members' real movements, but captured from younger body doubles. The digital band, utilising songs' originally-recorded vocals, are accompanied by a live instrumental band on stage.

Get closer to the action with our Dance Floor tickets. These tickets are for standing (or dancing) only, so you'll be closer to the stage than anyone else and free to dance anywhere within the area. We have eight Dance Booths in total, four for up to 10 people and four for up to 12 people.

Photography and filming within the auditorium is strictly prohibited. You are responsible for your belongings when attending the ABBA Arena. ABBA Voyage accepts no responsibility for any personal property brought to the venue.

There is no official dress code for the evening. Expect to see a mix of ABBA fancy dress, Donna dungarees and normal evening out attire.

Food & Drink. Doors to the ABBA Arena open 1 hour 45 minutes before the concert, so you can arrive early to make the most of all our bar and food outlets which will all be open before the concert starts. Upgrade to the ultimate ABBA Voyage experience with access to the exclusive Oceanbird Lounge.

How many seats are in the ABBA concert? ›

ABBA Arena Capacity

The ABBA Arena has a capacity of 1562 seats. Use our interactive seating plan to view 101 seat reviews and 97 photos of views from seat.

There is a cloakroom with limited space at the ABBA Arena, and visitors should bring only what is necessary to performances. Any bags larger than a handbag or small rucksack must be left in the cloakroom and not taken into the auditorium. What security measures are there at the ABBA Arena?

Ultimately, these ABBA songs are too good, this show is so enjoyable, so spectacularly envisioned and realised, those renderings of ABBA on-stage are so detailed, as to feel real, that you can so easily suspend your disbelief.

On the screens to the side of the arena the members of ABBA are in full 3D. Cameras sweep past them. They can turn, pass in front of each other, have fully formed sides, backs, tops and [cough] bottoms. But on stage they are a flat 2D image on a 65-million pixel giant LCD.

In this so-called 'immersive digital concert experience', dancing queens Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, and instrumentalists and songwriters Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus will be performing virtually via custom-built digital avatars, which have, of course, been dubbed their ABBATARS.

In the venue, you can find four public bars, a Prosecco bar and a concourse eatery serving hot dogs, deli sandwiches and sweet treats. The Oceanbird Lounge at ABBA Voyage is a premium hospitality space, where you can enjoy free-flowing food and drink before the concert.

The song's lead singer, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, is, as we all know, not really on stage tonight either. She and her bandmates are 3D renderings created via the granular CGI of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), which cut its teeth on Star Wars and the Marvel films. Lyngstad's verisimilitude is, however, off the hook.

Dance booth: There are eight dance booths available, four of which host up to 10 people, while the other four can fit up to 12 people.

A large multi-storey car park is available at Westfield Stratford City for patrons with cars. The car park is a 25 minute walk away from the Arena.

But when it comes to style, comfort, and practicality, you can't go wrong with a pair of jeans or shorts. Especially if it's summer and especially if the concert is outside. Sometimes a band's set can go on for hours, so ensure you'll be comfortable all night by wearing your favorite denim bottoms.

What you Cannot wear to concerts? ›

The goal is to be comfortable and safe while at the concert so it's best to ditch the flip flops or heels for flats or sneakers. Concerts are all about getting dressed up, but don't overdo it with the jewelry either. Don't wear pieces that are too big, might fall off, or will bother you while you're rocking out.

There is step-free access throughout the ABBA Arena including the main entrance, foyer, toilets, bars and the auditorium itself.

Named ABBA Arena, the 3,000-capacity venue near the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park was built as the home of the ABBA virtual reality reunion tour, which began on 27 May 2022.

Tickets. The ABBA Arena has a wide variety of seated, standing & accessible tickets, take a look below for more information. Choose from a wide variety of seats at a range of different prices depending on where you'd like to sit. Pricing is based on the location of the seats, but every seat is a good one.

Instead of flesh and blood ABBA, the show is performed by life-sized, animated CGI avatars of the four members, restored by technology to their pop star primes. (ABBAtars, the producers call them.)

√ In Germany, in reaching No. 1, “Voyage” was certified Platinum with first week sales of 205,000, making it the highest international debut in in six years. √ In the U.S., “Voyage” debuted at No. 1 on the Top Albums chart, as the band achieved its biggest debut.

Voyage takes place in a custom-built temporary stadium, ABBA Arena, and cost $175 million to develop, making it one of the most expensive live shows ever. It'll need to attract north of 2 million fans just to break even, but that seems doable with 650,000 tickets already sold.

Photography and filming within the auditorium is strictly prohibited. You are responsible for your belongings when attending the ABBA Arena. ABBA Voyage accepts no responsibility for any personal property brought to the venue.

In the venue, you can find four public bars, a Prosecco bar and a concourse eatery serving hot dogs, deli sandwiches and sweet treats. The Oceanbird Lounge at ABBA Voyage is a premium hospitality space, where you can enjoy free-flowing food and drink before the concert.

There is no official dress code for the evening. Expect to see a mix of ABBA fancy dress, Donna dungarees and normal evening out attire.

What is the biggest selling ABBA song? ›

ABBA's biggest hit singles worldwide are "Dancing Queen" and "Fernando", with Arrival being their biggest hit studio album. The compilation album Gold: Greatest Hits (1992) is the second best-selling album of all time in the UK and has sold over 30 million copies worldwide.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 183 million units certified sales. Second is Garth Brooks with over 157 million units sales, followed by Elvis Presley with 139 million units.

Notwithstanding the bizarre indignity of having to dress up like futuristic sex robots and parade around in front of a green screen surrounded by cameras for weeks on end, with ABBA Voyage, ABBA have bent the music business to their will, at vast profit.