Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid return with VoyageA revolutionary concert, 40 years in the making, and a brand new studio album VoyageOFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY Universal Music Canada ABBA, one of the most successful pop groups of all time, have today announced that, for the first time in 40 years they are back, with a revolutionary new concert that will see Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid performing digitally with a live 10-piece band, in a purpose-built arena in London from 27th May 2022, and a brand new studio album. The digital versions of ABBA have been created following weeks and months of motion-capture and performance techniques with the four band members and an 850-strong team from Industrial Light & Magic, the company founded by George Lucas, in what is the company’s first foray into music. Now, an incredible 40 years since their last studio album The Visitors, ABBA have not only recorded two new songs, ‘I Still Have Faith In You’ and ‘Don’t Shut Me Down’, that will both feature in the concert, but they have recorded and produced an entire new album. Recorded together at Benny’s studio Riksmixningsverket in Stockholm, Voyage will be released worldwide on 5th November on Universal Music Group. ABBA Voyage will open 27th May 2022 at the ABBA Arena, a state-of-the-art 3,000 capacity arena located at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London. Pre-registration for tickets opens at 1pm ET tonight on abbavoyage.com with tickets on general sale from Tuesday 7th September, see below for more detail. The ABBA Voyage concert is made with the help of: Producer Svana Gisla (David Bowie Blackstar/Lazarus, Beyoncé and Jay Z for HBO, Springsteen and I), Producer Ludvig Andersson (And Then We Danced, Yung Lean - “In My Head”, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again), Director Baillie Walsh (Flashbacks of a Fool, Being James Bond, Springsteen and I), Co-Executive Producer Johan Renck (Spaceman, David Bowie Blackstar/Lazarus, Chernobyl) and Choreographer Wayne McGregor CBE (The Royal Ballet, Company Wayne McGregor, Paris Opera Ballet). Svana Gisla, Producer, and Ludvig Andersson, Producer: Baillie Walsh, Director: Wayne McGregor, Choreographer: Sir Lucian Grainge, Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Group: The music video for ‘I Still Have Faith In You’ has been directed by Shynola. Tickets for ABBA Voyage are available from 10am GMT Sunday 5th September for fans who have pre-ordered the album from the official ABBA store, and from 10am GMT Monday 6th September for those who have pre-registered. General on sale commences 10am Tuesday 7th September. Head to abbavoyage.com. ABBA’s studio album Voyage will be released 5th November on Universal Music Group. AboutAbout ABBA
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September 3, 2021 2:00am ET by Pressparty |