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ABBA was really good. The first part with the choirs ws very boring would rather not see that again.

The second half of the show with the ABBA cover band was truly spectacular. This review is not meant for the ABBA cover band. Their portion of the show was worth every penny of my ticket purchase. My 3-star rating is really more in response to the first half of the show. Inviting collegiate a cappella groups to perform at the Hollywood Bowl is a big deal. But - Clearly, the producers of the show have no idea about producing an a cappella show. I hope that for next year, the producers will receive some guidance on the best way to showcase some of the most talented collegiate singers in the country -- who happen to reside right here in Southern California. Simply put, having all three groups on stage at once -- acting as each other's background -- was a bad choice. Also, having the groups rotate singing one song at a time was a bad choice. You should allow each group to sing their songs in a complete set... which allows the audience to "get to know" the group and their individual singers. While audience voting (by screaming), is never the best way to pick a "winner", I understand there is very little you can do in this situation without selected judges. Perhaps the Hollywood Bowl producers can do a better job next year of actually having a cappella experts on hand to select the winning group.... and then in addition to that winner, you could have an "audience favorite". And finally, the first half "host" of the evening needs to be someone who is a well-respected singer and performer. I am sure there is a B-list actor or actress who would have been more than happy to host the first half of the show and sing a song with the collegians. Sarah Horn was a bad choice. Yes, she is a good singer, and yes, the circumstances of her being selected by Kristin Chenowith were incredible, but no, she did not have to come back to the Hollywood Bowl as the "host" for ABBA Fest. Thanks for taking the time to read my review, and I hope this event is scheduled again next year!

This is the third time I have seen this show. The other two times were at other venues in other States. The Hollywood Bowl version was the best of the three I have seen so far.

it's awesome, i love abba...will def go next year :)

I bought tix for my husband's birthday. He has always loved ABBA and knows all the words. I loved it too! The music is happy and infectious and this tribute band is really excellent. It was fun to see all the kids, tweens and teens who were rocking out as well. Fun for the whole family.

Nowhere in Hollywood Bowl literature or on ticketmaster does it explain it's an amateur, accapella singing competition, not a band playing ABBA music. We didn't stay.

I am a progressive rock fan ... Beatles, Stones, The Who ... so my friends do not understand my appreciation for ABBA. This dates back to 1974 when I was a DJ and Waterloo first came out. They write GREAT songs. And those songs hold up. This was again obvious at the Hollywood Bowl concert. The band on stage did a wonderful job with those songs - obviously they are not ABBA. But the energy of the band, and the vocals and the sound was as close as I will get to seeing the real ABBA. I just visited the ABBA museum in Stockholm, so this was all fresh in my mind. The band on stage connected with the audience in a real and wonderful way. I think it's what those Swedes do. Everyone was up and dancing and singing ... such joy in that crowd.

the actual Abba band was great. a little too much talking between songs for my taste, as it messed with the excitement. but interesting bits of info about some Abba history. attention promoter of the event... the opening "act" was absolutely terrible. so boring it put the whole bowl to sleep and NO ONE wanted to participate. they just wanted it over. talk about putting the crowd to sleep. there was no energy there at all.

This was my second time seeing the group "Waterloo" perform and they were great. They were upbeat and fun and the audience was totally engaged. The evening started with a performance by three acapella choirs and a competition of sorts. This was OK. The students were very good, but the MC was extremely awkward. I found her stage presence annoying at best. She has a lovely voice, but should restrict her activities on stage to singing. I think if this had just been Waterloo, or a shorter performance by the choral groups, I would have given this 4 stars. The opening was too long, and by the time Waterloo started, the crowd was almost asleep. Aside from this, I would go again and enjoy seeing this Abba tribute band.

The sound was authentic, the singers were energetic. They had Invited two of the original musicians to accompany the troupe, which was fun to see.

Had a great time at the bowl with good friends and lots of dancing singing. I would abbasolutely recommend this show!

The first 45minutes - 1 hour was boring with the 3 teams participating in some sort of audience contest. It felt like it was just a time filler. The concert after the intermission was just out of this world. I felt like I was listening to the real ABBA band. Very high quality with nice surprises including couple of musicians from the real ABBA band.

My friend thought the group was the real original group and she wanted to know who their plastic surgeon was who did such a fabulous job to all of them! At the very end I had to tell her the truth and she could not get over it and thinks I was lying! So that says it all right there and we were set back through a magic show time machine during the great seventies before Aids and Global Warming came to live and it felt good to relive those moment! I hope this group will show up very soon somewhere else soon so that I can go and see them again with a bunch of friends and relive those incredible joyous moments.!

The a cappella acts at the beginning were not all that enjoyable, but the main act (Abba The Coincert) way exceeded my expectations. It was almost like the real Abba was back together and performing there in front of us, except with better dance steps by the two girls. I surely hope Hollywood Bowl brings back this act again next year. Every song was electrifying. The crowd was dancing in the aisles.