ABBA Voyage to revamp setlist for third anniversary

The setlist for ABBA‘s digital Voyage live performance residency is receiving a “small” revamp this Might for its third anniversary in London – discover out extra beneath.

At the moment (March 27), the band and the ABBA Voyage group have introduced new modifications being made to the acclaimed digital live performance expertise to rejoice its third consecutive 12 months.

The band mentioned per a press launch: “Once we first opened we by no means imagined that we’d nonetheless be in London 3 years on. We’re very grateful that so lots of you’ve gotten joined us. After all, the explanation for us having the ability to maintain our live performance for therefore lengthy is due to our unimaginable viewers. As we are saying in Sweden… Vilken resa!”

Consequently, the band will likely be implementing “somewhat one thing to our live performance” starting on Might 27, three years to the precise date that ABBA Voyage first launched.

Whereas particulars surrounding the precise modifications being made stay underneath wraps, ABBA’s group have confirmed by way of the press launch that “some additions and small modifications will likely be made to the ABBA Voyage setlist”.

This isn’t the primary time a change to the setlist has been mentioned. Talking to NME in April 2023, Björn Ulvaeus revealed that they did work on extra songs that would work their means into future iterations of the present. “We did movement seize extra songs that we’ve on this live performance,” he mentioned. “There are songs within the pipeline which could be animated and ‘ABBA-tarred’ sooner or later. Who is aware of? There could be a brand new track once in a while someplace – however I can’t offer you any particulars as of proper now.”

ABBA Voyage first kicked off in Might 2022, and was resulting from wrap in November final 12 months, however has since been prolonged to January 2026 resulting from overwhelming demand – you can get tickets here.

As soon as the present wraps in London, the band intend on bringing the Voyage expertise world wide, together with Asia, Australia and North America although concrete plans have but to be made public.

Reviewing the primary evening of the present on Might 27, 2022, NME gave it 5 stars and referred to as it “an epic avatar mega-mix from a courageous new world,” and mentioned, “Ageing rockers and poppers are certain to mimic the concept, but it surely’ll be a wrestle to come back near the expertise of ABBA Voyage. We for one welcome our new ABBAtar overlords, if just for giving these songs again to us in a very new and joyful means.”

As for the way forward for ABBA themselves, the band stay assured that ‘Voyage’ was their final launch, and in June final 12 months, Ulvaeus shared that they could by no means make one other public look collectively after they had been honoured with the Royal Vasa Order, a Swedish knighthood.

Talking on the honour, Ulvaeus revealed that he and his bandmates had quietly realised it may need been “the final event” that every one 4 members can be out and about collectively. “We stood there quietly, accepting it out of the king’s hand and him saying a couple of phrases, it was a really quiet and really elegant ceremony. All 4 of us after all we there.”

When requested if the band meet one another usually, Ulvaeus mentioned: “In public very hardly ever, and Frida (Lyngstad) mentioned to me afterwards, ‘This could be the final event.’ Very unhappy, and I thought of that afterwards, however we’re not getting any youthful.”