Fans of late British singer Amy Winehouse (right), whose untimely death in 2011 at age 27 shook the music world, will be able to see her in concert again!
It is said she will make her (second) debut in 2019 – as a hologram. Producers are hoping to take the concert around the world for three years.
Created by the same company that has produced hologram tours for 1960s crooner Roy Orbison and opera singer Maria Callas, the Winehouse hologram will be projected on stage in front of a live band that will accompany the voice from her original recordings.
To create the hologram, I read that BASE will hire an actress to mimic Amy Winehouse’s stage movements and will complete the image with prosthetics and computer-generated imagery. Moreover, the technology permits the projection to move across the stage, according to BASE Hologram chief executive Brian Becker.
“We will do the best we can in terms of honouring her legacy”, he said. “This is a celebration”.
"In Dreams: Roy Orbison in Concert” during The Hologram UK Tour in London, UK on April 19, 2018. Image credit: Tabatha Fireman/Getty Images For BASE Holograms.
This year, Roy Orbison is the latest act to be resurrected, so to speak, in "hologram" form (or, for the fusspots, in 3D projection form).
The singer of hits like “Only the Lonely” (1960), “Running Scared” (1961), “Crying” (1961) and “Oh, Pretty Woman” (1964), may have died in 1988 – but that hasn’t stopped him from re-discovering fame!
A 28-date American tour that started on October 01, 2018 – following a run of European shows collectively called, "In Dreams: Roy Orbison in Concert" – featured "digitally remastered arrangements of his classics" with live instrumentation.
The idea of bringing back deceased stars via hologram gained momentum after a three-dimensional image of rapper Tupac Shakur (right) famously joined Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg onstage – thrilling the crowd at California’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2012.
The practice has stirred heated debate, with some stars objecting to posthumous digital creations.
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