11/12/2022 0 Comments Last soul on a summer night review![]() A tough feat, in the age of the uncanny valley.Īs soon as tickets went on sale, the demand to see ABBA in the synthetic flesh was overwhelming. It’s a virtual concert, and you’re meant to imagine that they’re real. The point is, the desired effect isn’t just ABBA from their younger days thrown up onto a screen. It’s a combination of 160 cameras, hundreds of hours of footage and a hell of a lot of computer stuff I’m not even going to pretend to understand. Though billed as ‘holograms’, or the ‘ABBA hologram thing’, the virtual avatars aren’t really holograms. Selections of their greatest hits would play over the top, set to live accompaniment from an in-house band on the nights. It’s the ultimate fusion of old and new modern, digital technology creating lifelike, 3D models (or ABBAtars) that would be beamed onto the stage, interacting with the audience in pre-recorded segments featuring the actual voices of the band, and using motion capture to embody their actual movements and mannerisms. It’s a bit tough to explain, as a concept. With the help of Industrial Light & Magic (you know, the state-of-the-art visual effects company that George Lucas set up for Star Wars) and countless hours of work, the members of ABBA would be brought to life in their prime, set to a night of classic hits the closest one could get to seeing them live in the 21 st century. Photo of the ABBA Arena, as viewed outside Pudding Hill Lane DLR station, London.ĪBBA Voyage would also be the name given to a year-long concert residency based at the custom-built ‘ABBA Arena’ in Olympic Park, London. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – ‘Mojo’ Album Review – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: ‘Southern Accents’ – Reviewed by Jacob Bishop.Come Find All The Rest: Tom Petty’s Vision, Reborn – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Queen: Jazz – Reviewed by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Lost in Space: Queen’s ’39 – by Kaitelyn Chappell.Queen: The Essentials – Part II – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Queen: The Essentials – Part I – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.A New Sensation – INXS: Live Baby Live – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Hear That Sound: INXS’ Top Ten – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.INXS: The Essentials – Part II – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.INXS: The Essentials – Part I – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Ghost On the Square: Ghost Live at Wembley Arena – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Osculum Obscenum: Ghost’s 7 Inches of Satanic Panic – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Ghost – ‘Meliora’ Album Review – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Ghost – Infestissumam Review by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Ghost: Opus Eponymous – Reviewed by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.The Mac’s Masterstroke: Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Tusk’ – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Heroes to Zeroes: David Bowie’s ‘Never Let Me Down’ Reviewed – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.David Bowie’s ‘Hunky Dory’: An Album Review – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Here Comes The Rain: The Cult’s Sonic Temple in Portsmouth – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.I’m The Sun King, Baby: 30 Years of The Cult’s Sonic Temple – Jacob Wingate-Bishop.The Cult’s ‘Love’: An Album Review – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Kings of the Mountain: Bon Jovi’s ‘7800 Fahrenheit’ Album Review – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi – Reviewed by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.The Right Album: How The Beatles shaped our way of thinking – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.The Beatles’ Deep Cuts – Top Ten – Part II – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.The Beatles: Deep Cuts Part 1 – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.The Money Shot: AC/DC’s Power Up Reviewed – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.The Deep Cuts: AC/DC’s Underrated Masterpieces – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop.The Albums: AC/DC Ranked – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop. ![]()
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