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ABBA's holographic dancing queens have had a tangible impact, adding over £320 million of money, money, money to London's economy in its first year
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- Title
- Dancing all the way to the bank: ABBA Voyage boosts London's economy by £320 million
- Published
- Dec 21 2023
- Word count
- 504 words
I’ve seen this show. It’s pretty good, the holograms are actually quite convincing except for the fact that they stay in a plane pretty far back on stage. Obviously, the music is great, too. They show ‘close ups’ of the performers on big screens and there it is obvious that they are CGI — think Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One levels of plasticky. But nonetheless it was a very fun night out and I can see why it’s been successful.
"Pretty good" as in glad I spent the money instead of seeing a live show of some other band good, or "pretty good" as in I'd fly across the Atlantic and plan a short vacation around the show kind of good?
Definitely not the latter, but if you find yourself in London and have an open night I'd recommend it. If you like ABBA, of course. I'd say it was comparable to a very innovative concert movie. I don't know if it fully felt like a true concert, somewhere in between that and a movie. The technology is good and cool but not "fly across the Atlantic" good. Yet.
Goddamn it, I didn't even have to think twice, I immediately sang the title as OP intended.