Fans react to ground-breaking new ABBA show in London

Описание: (26 May 2022)
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London, 26 May 2022
1. Exterior of ABBA Arena
2. VOXPOP (English) Cristina, nurse:
"It was pretty spectacular. Yes. The lights, the sound, it was beautiful."
3. VOXPOP (English) Christine, retired and Dawn, school cleaner:
(Reporter: "What did you think of the Avatars? Did they look realistic?")
Christine: "Yes they did."
Dawn: "It looked like you could reach over and touch them and they would touch you back."
Christine: "Yes they did, wonderful."
4. VOXPOP (English) Paul, cabin crew and Thomas, flight co-ordinator:
Paul:  "It was amazing. Yeah. I couldn't believe that they weren't real. It was insane."
(Reporter: "What was the best part?")
Paul: "Well, when they came out at the end, the real-life people, that was just insane. I wasn't expecting it at all."
Thomas: "And also, the great lighting and production, the whole virtualness - the whole show was amazing. Everybody should go and see it."
5. VOXPOP (English) Lisa, primary school teacher:
"Yeah, I was so impressed. Like you could see the single hair strands. Amazing. Like when they came out, it was... Those are dolls. That's not like avatars. Crazy. Yeah, but amazing."
6. VOXPOP (English) Gina, banker and Olivia, teacher:
Gina: "Absolutely fantastic."
Oliviar: "It was amazing."
Gina: "Lovely to hear some of the old ones and some of the new ones. Just emotional really. Brilliant."
7. VOXPOP (English) Jane, retired:
"I think the best part was ABBA coming on at the end, obviously, because we all wanted to see ABBA. So that was probably my favorite part. And then certain songs that remind me of when I was younger, and so I cried all the way through 'Fernando' because when I was young, that was really special to me. 'Don't Shut Me Down' I absolutely loved. And 'I Still Have Faith In You.' And the nicest thing about the whole evening was the people were so friendly. I've met people from all over the world - from Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Canada, America, all giving me their phone numbers. It's just been a real family event, ABBA family event. And it's incredible. I'm definitely coming back."
8. VOXPOP (English) Jordan, program officer:
"Oh, my goodness. It was so good. It was like I was beamed up in a spaceship branded by ABBA. I danced, I jived. I had the time of my life. It ticked all the boxes for sure."
9. Exterior of ABBA Arena
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FANS REACT TO GROUND-BREAKING NEW ABBA SHOW IN LONDON
ABBA's new digital show in London didn't disappoint fans who managed to get hold of a ticket for its Thursday night (26 MAY 2022) premiere.
After the show, audience members poured out of the specially built ABBA Arena and were full of praise for the concert, which features digitally generated avatars of the iconic Swedish group. At the conclusion of the performance, the four members of the group appeared on stage to thank the first concert-goers.
Cristina, a nurse, who flew from Los Angeles especially for the event, described it as "spectacular."
"The lights, the sound, it was beautiful," she added.
Jordan, a program officer from London, said it was like he was "beamed up in a spaceship branded by ABBA."
"I danced, I jived. I had the time of my life. It ticked all the boxes for sure," he said.
Produced with the help of George Lucas' special-effects company, Industrial Light and Magic, the four members, Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, sang and played together for hours every day for weeks, using motion capture and other techniques to create the 22-song, approximately 90-minute show.
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