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When Abba Arena goes dark and
Skallgång
, an instrumental by Benny Andersson, resonates, the emotion is palpable.
Under the screams of the public, four Chinese shadows emerge from the ground.
The sound bursts out on
The Visitors
, taken from the last eponymous album by the Swedish pop group Abba before their separation in 1982. Under an extraordinary play of light which makes one think of hundreds of aquarium portholes, Björn Ulvaeus multiplies the guitar riffs on the left, Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad sing in the middle, Benny plays the piano on the right.
The sound bursts under an extraordinary play of light.
John Persson/ 2022
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The text of the song, which denounces totalitarian regimes and refers to Russian agents who have come “
on a visit
” to a dissident, resonates with the invasion of Ukraine and Sweden's entry into NATO.
As the amphitheater is on a human scale with 3,000 seats, or half of a Zenith, they can be distinguished extremely well, including the bleachers.
The hall is packed.
Young people…
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