I've been away... I'm back.
As the world falls apart, at least we have music. There seems to be great live music everywhere now in this post-ish-pandemic period.
But of all the gigs I've been to recently – and that includes seeing Bob Dylan's resumed and wonderful Never Ending Tour at Le Grand Rex theatre in Paris – the most mindblowing, back in London, featured ABBA. Or at least the Other Fab Four's 3D avatars.
Performing alongside a live 10-piece band and with a light show and visuals worthy of a Pink Floyd wet dream, they left me and my companions speechless – which is quite an achievement.
There had been endless hype about how groundbreaking this show was going to be. But it didn't live up to that hype – it went far, far beyond it.
The music – 90 non-stop minutes of it – is just about all of ABBA's finest moments, with the dial turned up way past 11. The only pauses are for some genuinely funny and poignant comments from Benny, Bjorn, Agnetha and Anni-Frid – via their avatars but, like the whole extravaganza, full of warmth and humanity.
It's expensive but worth every pound. Just go!
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