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I can't quite believe the negative reviews on here.. perhaps these people are just Karen's who are never impressed by anything. I found the whole experience to be much better than I expected. The technology is incredible! The holograms look like real people. At times it's hard to believe they are not. And the animation/avatars on the screens are impressive too. The lights etc added to the overall experience. In terms of the set list, there were plenty of the big hits and a couple of lesser known songs, which were also great. The venue was cool. The staff were exceedingly friendly and helpful. I'm not sure what there is to complain about. This show is like nothing else anywhere in the world. I am already planning on return it and I'll certainly recommend it to people in my life who haven't been. For the record, I'm not an ABBA super fan (I'm 33 and generally not that into pop music), but of course know and appreciate their songs. And I really was impressed and engaged by this!

Read another review on here saying it was completely spoilt by excessive volume and I couldn't agree more.
On entering the arena I was told by the guy scanning our tickets to get ear defenders for my 9 year old as the show was extremely loud.
I had ear plugs and still struggled. Unfortunately we ended up leaving the show as my daughter was upset and I was feeling unwell from the base levels.
On a plus side we were in the cheaper seats at block F and the view was good.
My daughter has seen 16 shows and has never asked to leave before.
I do believe the volume has changed recently so maybe it used to be more enjoyable.

My best mate booked tickets for us to see the show on 12.04.2025 in the standing area. It was hugely congested, maybe fire risk/health and safety issues. Went to the bar 20 minutes into the show with my other mate, when we came back I accidently trod on someone's foot and spilt a tiny bit of wine on her ABBA flares, she involved the security guard and I got evicted! They wouldn't let me back in, so she basically paid £104 for a ticket and I didn't even see the show!

I cannot believe some of the bad reviews.
It was fantastic. We were on the dance floor and had loads of room to move around. We arrived just as it started and I were at the right hand side of the stage at the front. It Doesn’t seem to matter where you stand the view is brilliant. The sound was brilliant. The avatars were brilliant. Personally, I wouldn’t book a seat. We kept looking back at the audience behind us and they didn’t look like they were enjoying themselves as much we were. You will not be disappointed. Also, all the staff were so friendly, from the security to the bar staff, they actually looked like they were enjoying their jobs. I cannot wait to go back.Btw Go to snooze box after the gig it carries on the party with the ABBA theme. Absolutely brilliant night. You will not be disappointed 😃

So id been to see this 2 years ago and it was fantastic. So we thought we’d return, wow what a disappointment. The volume of the show was simply ridiculous so loud it was painful to listen to. Spoilt what ABBA are about & turned into a heavy rock show. In fact it might be contravening health and safety for excessive decibels my watch went off several times, warning of an excessive loud environment.

I so looked forward to going to this event but what a disappointment! Tbh it was like going to the cinema! I'm not sure what I expected but it wasn't that! Abba looked like characters from a video game!
Extremely overpriced and disappointing 😞

Security staff were rude! I happened to stumble on the stairs...accused of being drunk, I got thrown out! Wouldn't listen and would not let me back in!
Several reviews on other platforms report the same by staff. Get a grip!

Well as a valentines treat I thought I would include the Oceanbird pre and post event. Well not sure why they say complimentary food and drink I’ve just paid £100 each. While there got offered the post event £40 for 2 people. Not bad I thought. Went in found a seat got 1 drink each. 30 minutes later it closed 2 drinks for £40 really. Felt totally ripped off. Dont bother is my opinion.

My husband bought us tickets as a surprise last weekend for a fun night out. What a fantastic show it was, we loved every minute of it. We had seats in row B behind the dance floor and the view was brilliant. Minutes in and you forget that you’re watching holograms. The detail is incredible, from the light reflecting off them in the dark to the texture of their skin. The band and live singers are brilliant, as are the staff who add to the atmosphere and know how to get the crowd going. Loved every minute and hope it’s the start of more shows like this. Only downside was the ridiculous price of the drinks. Even the bartender expressed their shock over the price of the bottles of water (£6 each) and helped us find a better priced alternative instead. Other than that, no complaints!

We sat down central position and all 6 of us thought it was an excellent show, really enjoyable. It actually did feel as if it was ABBA live!

Total rip off

Amazing Experience. I went 2 years ago with my wife, had the best time and last week took my 25 yr son and 22 yr daughter (nether of whom are big Abba fans). Both my son and daughter said it was such an immersive spectacular show that they didn't want it to end! The 1.5 hours (no break) went by like 45 mins. You can't really go wrong anywhere you sit as it is only a 3000 capacity auditorium, there are no bad seats (we paid £50 a ticket booked 6 months in advance) In fact if you are at the front of the dance floor you will not see all the lighting effects which travel around the entire auditorium. The band were amazing as well and all staff were very friendly. The only criticism I have were the 2 songs where the stage just showed a cartoon animation for "Eagle" and "Voulez-Vous" neither animation had any relevance to Abba or the experience overall. Would much have preferred 2 further ILM motion captured performances. I am hoping there are further tracks that were motion captured to mix it up a bit for future concerts. I have no complaints about the song choices, all of which any real ABBA fan would know. The ones some people will say they don't know are: The opening track "The Visitors" followed "by Hole in your Soul" and 2 tracks from "Voyage": "I Still have Faith in you" and "Don't Shut me Down" the latter 2 very relevant as they are songs about their 40 year hiatus and comeback. I will no doubt be looking to go again in another couple of years time, Fantastic Show!
(BTW we parked at Westfield Stratford shopping centre, 8-10 hours cost only £8, had dinner there and took the DLR towards Lewisham for 1 stop to Pudding Mill Lane as ABBA auditorium is directly opposite the station, £1.90 per person per way using debit card, just remember to tap out when exiting Pudding Mill Lane!

I originally saw the show a year ago with my husband in the seated area (a present from our daughter) and I was blown away! I returned yesterday with my daughter and sister in the dance area. The show was fabulous once more, apart from the excessive amount of alcohol consumed by some people. We had a group of women that decided to start arguing and fighting amongst each other and then we had the constant pushing and shoving with people’s constant trips to the bar and spilling drinks on people. The organisers need to seriously look at this and beyond a certain point stop serving drinks. Tickets are not cheap so why should a few spoil it for the rest of us that know what our limits are!

As a lifelong ABBA fan I was a bit disappointed overall, I was in a close row but it was hard to see the avatars on stage. In front of me was a large standing area that was more like a moshpit than a dance floor, Things that did not work were animations for some songs instead of the avatars and having live band with female singers do Bjorns Does your mother know you are out, Lasers and lights were a bit too much at times and made me dixzy and drowsy. It felt less like an ABBA concert and more like an experimental exhibition to make money and boost egos by looking young.. Would have liked to see more favourites like Supertrouper and Money Money and they could have made show longer to accomodate both these and their new songs. It is the only way to see ABBA live and worth a look but not for the price they were charging.

We booked this as a special birthday treat for my wife. We attended the event with our daughter and son in law. Barely in to the show it was halted for over 1 hour due to “technical problems.” No apologies given by the company. After one song in to the restarted concert they stopped it again for a further 15 minutes. Again no apologies given. Just thanks for the audience being patient; the audience becoming restless. When the concert eventually restarted they ran numerous videos with the avatars not appearing on stage. This included numerous hits. The backing group even performed 1 track!

People left because they had trains to catch. We stayed but missed our meal which had been booked. But fortunately we did manage to get a later booking.

Our daughter has complained and these insensitive people have replied that the show was completed! It wasn’t because we have spoken with people who have seen the show previously and they say the avatars were on stage throughout all tracks. Shame on the company because it is clear they do not care about the customer experience. It was ruined for many people. And I have since discovered that it has happened before and again no apologies or refunds offered. My advice…just put on an old vhs video of ABBA as it will probably be just as good. If the avatars had been present for more than ten tracks I would be surprised. All this crap for a hundred pounds a ticket. Are ABBA so skint that they don’t think compensation should be paid to people when the experience was really very very poor.

Sound was a complete mess, no sound desk and the on stage muffled out the vocals of ABBA, for the price a ripoff.

Great experience but not worth the money at over £100 per ticket. Was quite disappointed that they didn't sing 'Take a Chance' but yet there were unknown songs which made no sense. The sound wasn't as I expected, not surround just seemed to be coming from one direction. This was a gift for my B'day so was left a bit disappointed.

We had a great time, dancing the night away! We’ll go back before it finishes in 2025. Make sure you book a dance floor ticket - seated tickets are no fun!

Yesterday I had the ABBA experience all the way from Australia and it was truly amazing worth all the money I didn't want it to end I would have liked some more of the hit songs but still excellent The light show for the experience was just amazing The public well behaved and it was well organised by staff who new there job Truly an amazing experience

Awful customer service for people requiring access seating and disabled parking. When will venues make booking for people with disabilities easier. Didn’t get as far as seeing the show. After two weeks of repeating myself and being given incorrect information I just gave up!