{"id":35328,"date":"2019-12-06T10:17:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T10:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=35328"},"modified":"2019-12-06T10:17:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T10:17:22","slug":"mamma-mia-an-abba-exhibition-opens-at-the-o2-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/mamma-mia-an-abba-exhibition-opens-at-the-o2-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamma Mia! An ABBA exhibition is now open at the O2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ABBA is one of the most well-loved bands in history so fans will be thrilled to hear that an exhibition dedicated to the Swedish pop group is opening at the O2 today (Friday 6th December).<\/p>\n<p>ABBA: Super Troupers is an immersive experience that will look at the band\u2019s history, music, lyrics, creative processes and influence.<\/p>\n<p>The band &#8211; consisting of Agnetha F\u00e4ltskog, Bj\u00f6rn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid (\u2018Frida\u2019) Lyngstad &#8211; first came onto the UK music scene in 1974 with a spectacular Eurovision performance of the song that would eventually become their first UK number one \u2013 <em>Waterloo<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition will allow fans to go on a journey through time as it explores the rise in success of one of the world\u2019s favourite bands in a series of rooms dedicated to each of their eight multi-platinum selling albums \u2013 complete with items from Sweden\u2019s ABBA: The Museum.<\/p>\n<p>The show will be a step up from the 2018 exhibition shown at the Southbank Centre and visitors can expect to experience a behind-the-scenes view of ABBA\u2019s fame and influence, as well as learn about the public and personal journey of each band member.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you fancy saying \u2018<em>Thank You For The Music\u2019<\/em>, head over to the O2 where ABBA: Super Troupers The Exhibition runs from 6<sup>th<\/sup> December 2019 until 31<sup>st<\/sup> August 2020.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tickets: adult &#8211; \u00a327; child (16 and under) &#8211; \u00a313.50; family of 3 &#8211; \u00a354; family of 4 &#8211; \u00a365; family of 5 &#8211; \u00a372; concession &#8211; \u00a322; adult return (you can enter the exhibition four times) &#8211; \u00a359.50. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abbasupertroupers.com\">www.abbasupertroupers.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words: Jodie Shepherd<\/p>\n<p>Featured image: Andrew Ebrahim on Unsplash<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABBA is one of the most well-loved bands in history so fans will be thrilled to hear that an exhibition dedicated to the Swedish pop group is opening at the O2 today (Friday 6th December)&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":35329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,42,92,135],"tags":[283,579,1645,1694,2119,2128,2211,3769,3948,4322,4578,6001,6287,6538,6753,6818],"class_list":["post-35328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-entertainment","category-music","category-uncategorized","tag-abba","tag-arts","tag-culture","tag-dancing-queen","tag-england","tag-entertainment","tag-exhibition","tag-london","tag-mamma-mia","tag-music","tag-o2-arena","tag-super-troupers","tag-theatre","tag-uk","tag-voice-of-london","tag-waterloo"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}