I broke down in tears - of joy - in fron of my son. He had never seen me break down. The consert is amazing. Go there and live happily ever after♥️♥️🇸🇪🇸🇪
ABBA Voyage is a definite TEN , every time. I've just booked my next couple of tickets, taking me to 12 . It never gets boring. Its amazing, unlike anything else.
I worked at the Abba Museum here in Sweden/Stockholm! And that was so cool with people coming from all the world to go there. So cool it was to be apart of that :D
Saw the show with my family while traveling to the UK this past January - we had a BLAST!!! We were on the floor - that's where ALL the action was. Like you, I was also accosted by several ladies. 🤣😉 Glad you had fun too!
@markelllott Hi there!Well one of my schoolmates agrees with your rating and wants you to know..I haven't seen it yet but he did and had an emotional quake.Mindboggling.His eyes were red swollen the next day from tears and his mind was still occupied from what he had experienced.He madly wants to see this again.Hope to join him soon.
@@KymIllman Thank you for this review and i apreciate the lovely footage you've included in your video from your interaction with the crowd and most of all from the old pics of the band visiting and touring Down under.That one with Frida spreading her hand to get in touch with the crowd really moved me.I know there were also some thousands out of the stadiums when they toured there.Hugs.
Harvey Goldsmith, the renowned concert promotor, in a podcast interview, said he reckoned the avatar animations probably cost about $1million per minute to make, and ABBA were probably the only group that would be popular enough to do a show like Voyage... Great that so many people are still loving ABBA's music!!🙏👏👏👏
My Aussie family members took me to ABBA voyage in pudding lane, it was a good sing along 🎉. I was a bit more centre than you for our seating. Glad you enjoyed.
Hope you do a Shangri-La review. We could read the captions on our next door neighbor TV from our bed, iconic view indeed 🤬. Thnx so much for the review, plan to go next time in London after seeing it. Love your channel!!
@@alexioverdo5225 Noel Gallaher from Oasis (who was originally critical for the show) finally went and watched last May.He totally changed his mind and stated amongst others"It was fckn unbelieveable!/... go it's well worth it!"
I grew up listening to ABBA. Crazy story: My late dad was a radio station owner at one point, and after that adventure ended, we moved to Québec City when he accepted the position of programming director for a new station called CHIK-FM, in 1982. As my dad was very fond of ABBA, their songs often played in the rotation. One day, he receives a call at the station from a man named Ola, who claims to be ABBA's studio drummer, and thanks my father for playing the band's songs. He was skeptical about this claim, until the man in question invited him and my mom to dinner at his condo, as he had bought a pied-à-terre in Québec City, and actually lived here for a few years. His name was Ola Brunkert, and of course when he moved overseas to Spain, I believe, my dad lost contact, unfortunately. I wish he had kept in touch with him. Then in 2008, we read that Ola Brunkert had died a tragic death when he fell through a glass door and cut his neck.
We saw it last Saturday (13th July) totally agree with your comments and observations.The build up was fun, that wooded scene was very mesmeric and something always seemed to be happening. Our only misgivings were the two animated videos, the songs that were played without the avatars on stage and the fact that although this supposed to be Abba from the late 70's they sang songs from later years minus the beards which didn't quite seem right! otherwise it was a fantastic show and we totally believed that Abba were there live. Also at the end when the real Abba came on was a special moment too!
Saw this in 22 and it was amazing! Paid way less than that for dancefloor tickets which is where you want to be! Also, the band performed the concerts as themselves wearing CGI suits (they're not holograms). They are 4D renderings of themselves and unlike anything you've ever seen before.
Re: ABBA in Perth (1977). Alice Cooper Paraphrasing the American rocker: Alice arrived Perth, jet lagged, exhausted. He checked into hotel. He is awaken, hungover. He hears his name being chanted..."Alice, Alice, Alice, Alice..." from outside hjs hotel window. He said he felt so honored. He makes his way to the window and sees a huge gruop of people looking up.... He then soon realizes the people below him are not shouting "Alice" . They are shouting "ABBA ABBA ABBA ...." He open the window, looks up and it is ABBA standing on the balcony from a suite on an upper floor. Alice Cooper eventually meets ABBA later on outside. Pictures are taken, with a group of people. Alice is in the middle of the group of people. He hs wearing a white sleeveless undershirt and has a beer in his hand. Alice Cooper ends up in ABBA - The Movie (1977). There is his telling of this story by Alice on UA-cam.
Jeez, things got lively outside, lol. Braver than I am. Amazing show though, there’s literally now way to fully show how good it is without being there.
ABBA's music is proving timeless. The world, correctly thought ABBA were iconic in the 70's. Except in America. America was very very wrong! ABBA actually did very well in America, but it was the "know-it-all" vocal young American males along with a jealous American monopolistic pop/rock establishment that misrepresented ABBA and that acted as a speed bump. The entire award show music establishment did not even acknowledge ABBA during thier hey day. Some Americans defend the American award shows indifference because it was an American award show for American artists. Bull! The British popular music artist were recognized. The British Commonwealth english speaking nations pop/rock artist were recognized: Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc ... What ABBA, the self contained indie group and their tiny home record label, Polar Music did was school the American-Britsh monopolistic pop/rock pay-to-play system.
Saw the show at the weekend. Enjoy it overall, even though we were quite far away from the stage. But also i was disappointed , I was expecting a lot more from what I read with the reviews , I wasn't blown away , it felt like I was watching a cinematic video game. The first two songs were just too slow and didn't get you excited. Eventually Abba iconic songs came alive with the light show. Bizarre animation in-between songs, and distorted sound, just took away the magic of Abba for me 😞
I've been to the show twice now and read literally hundreds of short reviews ... you are the only one that has mentioned 'distorted sound' ... I thought the clarity and quality was fantastic and, judging by other comments of people that have been, so did they!
You can't convey the experience of the show through video (mostly because filming is prohibited) I urge you to go see the show yourself! It is a once in a lifetime experience! :)
I love your video. I saw it in August 2024 and I want to see it again. I want to see it from the center of the theater. It was really nostalgic, but stunning. I would have loved to see more songs, some of their best were missing. They said there are more songs already prepared.
Don't worry.It's officially revealed that All 4 Abba members have prepaired 4-5 songs more.They are in the closet , ready to be thrown in a changed set-list in future times,but we don't know when...
I still can't get to grips with the fact that people will pay to go and see a show where the band don't actually turn up and you watch a pre-recorded virtual show. Its like a replacement bus service when your train has been cancelled
@@Whlikeun At best it's a holographic tribute show. At worst, it's a cynical attempt at cashing in on your past glories without actually turning up. Worth maybe a tenner a ticket?
It's a fantastic show worth every penny, 2 million people can't be wrong. It cost a 175 million dollars to make so a big risk for them for it to succeed .@@reggiekray723
Not an Abba fan myself but my wife is. Went to see this in 2022 at the start of a trip to Germany to see Frank Turner in Koln and Berlin. The Abba show was good, it was very weird and definitely plays tricks on the mind because it does look so real and being on the floor, it definitely did seem very surreal at times, especially when they are talking to the audience who do respond. Worth seeing just once, even if, like me, musically it's not what I listen to but it's amazing how you know nearly every single song.
Great singalong, great experience, and having a live backing band was awesome. The holographic Abba members were very real. But I agree that the audio was atrocious. I went a few days ago. It was so loud that distortion resulted in musicality being lost, IMHO. In some of the songs early in the night the Abba voices were drowned by the backing. In later songs the Abba voices were so loud they went ‘quacky’ with distortion.
@@nigelrhardingsounds exactly what my family members said. They end up leaving not long into the show. Perhaps the seating position is a large factor.
never in a million years did I expect to see Kym on the platform at Bermondsey
I broke down in tears - of joy - in fron of my son. He had never seen me break down. The consert is amazing. Go there and live happily ever after♥️♥️🇸🇪🇸🇪
Fun fact, ABBA's touring Drummer Slim Borgudd drove in F1 for both ATS and Tyrrell in the 80s.
Amazing, didn't know that. Thanks!
True FACT! ABBA logo was on the side of the car.
@@Paul-Genge just Googled some pics of that, love it!
ABBA Voyage is a definite TEN , every time. I've just booked my next couple of tickets, taking me to 12 . It never gets boring. Its amazing, unlike anything else.
I went a couple of years ago and it was soooooo good!!! Best thing I’ve seen!!
I've got tickets in November. Can't wait now after this review. Think I'll tear up as well.
We went last night. Fab night out 👍
I worked at the Abba Museum here in Sweden/Stockholm! And that was so cool with people coming from all the world to go there. So cool it was to be apart of that :D
Jag är lite avundsjuk må jag säga😊
Saw the show with my family while traveling to the UK this past January - we had a BLAST!!! We were on the floor - that's where ALL the action was. Like you, I was also accosted by several ladies. 🤣😉 Glad you had fun too!
It's brilliant.... Absolutely unreal
Been twice to show, great night out, never expected a Kym video on this 👍😀
Glad you enjoyed it
My sister and I are going in October and I can't wait!!!!
I saw this 2 weeks ago. I'd give it 25 out of ten. It was just incredible. Mindblowing in all respects
What's the price range on tickets, by the way? Surely it must be cheaper to stand.
£77
@markelllott Hi there!Well one of my schoolmates agrees with your rating and wants you to know..I haven't seen it yet but he did and had an emotional quake.Mindboggling.His eyes were red swollen the next day from tears and his mind was still occupied from what he had experienced.He madly wants to see this again.Hope to join him soon.
@@KymIllman Thank you for this review and i apreciate the lovely footage you've included in your video from your interaction with the crowd and most of all from the old pics of the band visiting and touring Down under.That one with Frida spreading her hand to get in touch with the crowd really moved me.I know there were also some thousands out of the stadiums when they toured there.Hugs.
Thanks for sharing and being so Passionate ❤
Another surprise.....keep up the good work Kym.....glad you enjoyed the show....thanks
Loved this video, especially the end with the young fans, Internet Sensation!
I literally went to this last week before the Grand Prix and it was flippin fantastic
Kym is always providing amazing content. ABBA? The last topic I was expecting! Bravo.
Harvey Goldsmith, the renowned concert promotor, in a podcast interview, said he reckoned the avatar animations probably cost about $1million per minute to make, and ABBA were probably the only group that would be popular enough to do a show like Voyage... Great that so many people are still loving ABBA's music!!🙏👏👏👏
My Aussie family members took me to ABBA voyage in pudding lane, it was a good sing along 🎉. I was a bit more centre than you for our seating. Glad you enjoyed.
thanks for sharing, you inspired me to try something new
Hope you do a Shangri-La review. We could read the captions on our next door neighbor TV from our bed, iconic view indeed 🤬. Thnx so much for the review, plan to go next time in London after seeing it. Love your channel!!
You never know what Kym will get up to. Really fun video - especially the end.🙂🙂
I’m dying to see this!
Wow! I can't believe, ABBA Voyage venue is not far from where I live. I'm just across from the Olympic Park. 🤗
Cracking show. Danced and sang with my 14 year old daughter who new the music from the mamma Mia movies.
To the idiots complaining about Kym making a video about Abba - just shut up. He has made tonnes of F1 videos, it's great to see some variety.
Hear hear!
@@KymIllman BTW Peter Gabriel made a praising reference on the ABBA VOYAGE show while touring in 2023 in front of his audience.
@@alexioverdo5225 Noel Gallaher from Oasis (who was originally critical for the show) finally went and watched last May.He totally changed his mind and stated amongst others"It was fckn unbelieveable!/... go it's well worth it!"
Looks good Kym. Glad you had a good time!
I grew up listening to ABBA. Crazy story: My late dad was a radio station owner at one point, and after that adventure ended, we moved to Québec City when he accepted the position of programming director for a new station called CHIK-FM, in 1982. As my dad was very fond of ABBA, their songs often played in the rotation. One day, he receives a call at the station from a man named Ola, who claims to be ABBA's studio drummer, and thanks my father for playing the band's songs. He was skeptical about this claim, until the man in question invited him and my mom to dinner at his condo, as he had bought a pied-à-terre in Québec City, and actually lived here for a few years. His name was Ola Brunkert, and of course when he moved overseas to Spain, I believe, my dad lost contact, unfortunately. I wish he had kept in touch with him. Then in 2008, we read that Ola Brunkert had died a tragic death when he fell through a glass door and cut his neck.
Thanks for sharing that story
We saw it last Saturday (13th July) totally agree with your comments and observations.The build up was fun, that wooded scene was very mesmeric and something always seemed to be happening. Our only misgivings were the two animated videos, the songs that were played without the avatars on stage and the fact that although this supposed to be Abba from the late 70's they sang songs from later years minus the beards which didn't quite seem right! otherwise it was a fantastic show and we totally believed that Abba were there live. Also at the end when the real Abba came on was a special moment too!
Keep to the right on escalators?....That's a surprise! At first, I assumed you'd Selfie-Camera'd it....Great video thanks Kym.
Kim's a celebrity! Hehehe I would be just as excited! Love your videos
It’s crazy how you nonchalantly left the hotel in THE SHARD of all places without mentioning it.
I know right, what a flex! 😂 At least show us the view!
He must have heard you, he's mentioned it in the new vid. 😃
I found it truly amazing, so far away from what I was expecting. Would certainly recommend this to anyone
Looks great!.. off to see Cirque in August in Alicante Spain!
I literally love all the content you put out dude
I remember when Abba won the F1 championship in 1979.
Brilliant show 👍
The length of your videos are just perfect.
Cool Tshirt Kim!
Saw this in 22 and it was amazing! Paid way less than that for dancefloor tickets which is where you want to be! Also, the band performed the concerts as themselves wearing CGI suits (they're not holograms). They are 4D renderings of themselves and unlike anything you've ever seen before.
lol, I just love your outros.
You're a rockstar now! Lol 😆 😅 I wasn't born yet when they came to SA but I'd love to go to one of those concerts
You should!
Great KIM! 🇸🇪
Re: ABBA in Perth (1977). Alice Cooper
Paraphrasing the American rocker:
Alice arrived Perth, jet lagged, exhausted. He checked into hotel.
He is awaken, hungover. He hears his name being chanted..."Alice, Alice, Alice, Alice..." from outside hjs hotel window.
He said he felt so honored. He makes his way to the window and sees a huge gruop of people looking up.... He then soon realizes the people below him are not shouting "Alice" . They are shouting "ABBA ABBA ABBA ...."
He open the window, looks up and it is ABBA standing on the balcony from a suite on an upper floor.
Alice Cooper eventually meets ABBA later on outside. Pictures are taken, with a group of people. Alice is in the middle of the group of people. He hs wearing a white sleeveless undershirt and has a beer in his hand.
Alice Cooper ends up in ABBA - The Movie (1977).
There is his telling of this story by Alice on UA-cam.
Good one, Kym 🤩
Can't believe you walked literally meters away from my home in Stratford...
You should do a review of the most authentic Australian restaurant or pub or place in London.
Kym youre showing your age a little with this haha. The ABBA documentary from Australia is a great documentary on their insane popularity in Australia
Showing my age? You can clearly see my age that’s no secret.
I envy you Kym, the ABBA show in Traia is one of the best on YT.
Aussie Aussie Aussie!!!
End of video ... Kym becomes the real SMOOTH OPERATOR. : )
Jeez, things got lively outside, lol. Braver than I am. Amazing show though, there’s literally now way to fully show how good it is without being there.
ABBA's music is proving timeless. The world, correctly thought ABBA were iconic in the 70's.
Except in America. America was very very wrong!
ABBA actually did very well in America, but it was the "know-it-all" vocal young American males along with a jealous American monopolistic pop/rock establishment that misrepresented ABBA and that acted as a speed bump.
The entire award show music establishment did not even acknowledge ABBA during thier hey day. Some Americans defend the American award shows indifference because it was an American award show for American artists.
Bull!
The British popular music artist were recognized. The British Commonwealth english speaking nations pop/rock artist were recognized: Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc ...
What ABBA, the self contained indie group and their tiny home record label, Polar Music did was school the American-Britsh monopolistic pop/rock pay-to-play system.
hi, do you think the dance floor section would be sensible for an 80 year old? my family booked her a ticket without informing her it was standing
2:20 People doing the Moonwalk 😜
That was just for fun.
Saw the show at the weekend. Enjoy it overall, even though we were quite far away from the stage.
But also i was disappointed , I was expecting a lot more from what I read with the reviews , I wasn't blown away , it felt like I was watching a cinematic video game. The first two songs were just too slow and didn't get you excited. Eventually Abba iconic songs came alive with the light show.
Bizarre animation in-between songs, and distorted sound, just took away the magic of Abba for me 😞
I've been to the show twice now and read literally hundreds of short reviews ... you are the only one that has mentioned 'distorted sound' ... I thought the clarity and quality was fantastic and, judging by other comments of people that have been, so did they!
@@geddgillespie5452 look up trust pilot reviews
Looks like Voyage will be going to Melbourne soon
It's a fantastic show. And you can get completely wasted cos the bar is open all the time during the performance.
A 9 from Kym is like god-tier
it deserved a 10
He kinda said 9,4 lol.
Stay Passionate
You can't convey the experience of the show through video (mostly because filming is prohibited) I urge you to go see the show yourself! It is a once in a lifetime experience! :)
Was the food holographic too?
The beef for those burgers (beetroot or chicken) sure were.....
cool
Waterloo
I love your video. I saw it in August 2024 and I want to see it again. I want to see it from the center of the theater. It was really nostalgic, but stunning. I would have loved to see more songs, some of their best were missing. They said there are more songs already prepared.
Don't worry.It's officially revealed that All 4 Abba members have prepaired 4-5 songs more.They are in the closet , ready to be thrown in a changed set-list in future times,but we don't know when...
Yeah... they weren't so big in the U.S.... thank God.
I still can't get to grips with the fact that people will pay to go and see a show where the band don't actually turn up and you watch a pre-recorded virtual show. Its like a replacement bus service when your train has been cancelled
And? Its Really realistic And Still Live
@@Whlikeun At best it's a holographic tribute show. At worst, it's a cynical attempt at cashing in on your past glories without actually turning up. Worth maybe a tenner a ticket?
@reggiekray723 Okay, I won't say anything about this, since this is your opinion
@@Whlikeun No offence intended
It's a fantastic show worth every penny, 2 million people can't be wrong. It cost a 175 million dollars to make so a big risk for them for it to succeed .@@reggiekray723
I payed 58 quid on the dance floor the first week it opened
2:21 Are those ABBA fans or Michael Jackson dancers ?
235 pounds!!. And i thought U2s sphere shows were pricey. The sphere food and drink prices were 3x that of London so ....a bargain
F1 driver was the drummer?
Yeah so I’m told.
Not an Abba fan myself but my wife is. Went to see this in 2022 at the start of a trip to Germany to see Frank Turner in Koln and Berlin.
The Abba show was good, it was very weird and definitely plays tricks on the mind because it does look so real and being on the floor, it definitely did seem very surreal at times, especially when they are talking to the audience who do respond.
Worth seeing just once, even if, like me, musically it's not what I listen to but it's amazing how you know nearly every single song.
Not sure if we had to see your jocks
I'd find it hard to pay for something where they're not even there in person
Heard the audio is atrocious?
Exactly the opposite
Great singalong, great experience, and having a live backing band was awesome. The holographic Abba members were very real. But I agree that the audio was atrocious. I went a few days ago. It was so loud that distortion resulted in musicality being lost, IMHO. In some of the songs early in the night the Abba voices were drowned by the backing. In later songs the Abba voices were so loud they went ‘quacky’ with distortion.
@@nigelrhardingsounds exactly what my family members said. They end up leaving not long into the show. Perhaps the seating position is a large factor.
Over $450AUD for holograms?😅
Not holograms.....avatars!
Zue Znl Alam Girl ✌️👍👌
Mmmmm….not sure what this has to do with F1???😂
$235 pounds! London style rip off!
Are you not to old to wear those shoes! Or you love to like as an American?
They didn’t have an age criteria on the box so I think I’m ok.
@@KymIllman It made you look American not Australian
@@KymIllman It's makes you look like an American.
Sorry my hormones. I have a 7 month girl and I can be emotional for no reason.
Man, I actually followed you because you're legit. And in one unnecessary video, you ruined it completely.
I’ve ruined it
I’m really sorry to hear about your horrible childhood.
Kym, please stick with covering F1. ABBA, really, are you kidding...??????
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