Samantha Mumba, Blue and Una Healy Bring Allstars ABBA Show to Newcastle

Allstars: The Music of ABBA arrives at O2 City Hall Newcastle on Friday 26 March 2027 with a line-up drawn from several generations of British and Irish pop. Samantha Mumba, Duncan James and Antony Costa from Blue, and Una Healy from The Saturdays are the artists announced for the production. Doors open at 1.30pm ahead of the advertised 2.30pm performance, making this an afternoon concert rather than an evening ABBA tribute.

The singers are performing ABBA material together, backed by a live band. That combination is the difference between this date and an impersonator-led tribute: four performers whose own careers include major pop hits take on songs written and recorded by the Swedish group. The format allows the familiar tunes to be approached through different lead voices while the band supplies the arrangement and the rhythm section. The official billing gives all four artists rather than promoting one of them as the sole headliner.

The announced repertoire includes Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, Waterloo, Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!, Super Trouper, Fernando, Voulez-Vous and Take a Chance on Me. Those are examples included in the current event description, not a promise that every other ABBA recording will be performed or that the songs will appear in that order. The selection reaches from the early Eurovision breakthrough to later disco-pop material, giving the audience several different parts of the ABBA catalogue across one show.

Because the performance begins at 2.30pm, anyone travelling to Newcastle should plan for the earlier start rather than assume O2 City Hall’s usual evening doors. The show is described as a new concert experience and includes live instrumental backing, so it is not simply a playback party. The venue has not published a separate support bill or a minute-by-minute running order. Arrive for doors if you want to hear the programme from its beginning.

For the official booking route, accessibility arrangements and any updates to the advertised timings, check the O2 City Hall event page before setting off. The date is in March 2027, and the four named guest vocalists are the confirmed attraction for this Newcastle performance.

Read the official Allstars: The Music of ABBA Newcastle event and ticket information.