Whitney Houston World Tour 2016

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Yup, according to Rolling Stone

The late Whitney Houston will return to the stage as a hologram next year. The project is being organized by Hologram USA in conjunction with Pat Houston, the singer's sister and president of her estate.

The virtual recreation of Houston will be a multimedia endeavor. Not only will the hologram premiere at a U.S. venue and tour the world, but the content created by FilmOn Studios will be syndicated across all digital and cable platforms. The show will be interactive and feature the singer's greatest hits alongside as-yet-unannounced special guests.

"It's a great opportunity for her fans to see a reinvention of one the most celebrated female artists in history and to continue a legacy of performances that will not be forgotten in years to come," Houston's sister Pat, who serves as president of Houston's estate, added in a statement.​
 
And we thought we had it bad with resurrections in the Buffyverse!

You think I would pay real money to see a fake performance? We would have zompire Whitney straight out of the comics. No thanks.
 
I hope this doesn't become a regular thing. The Tupac hologram a couple years ago was neat; but the thought of people now putting on hologram concerts is a little odd...and a slightly creepy money grab.
 
brinkster130 said:
the thought of people now putting on hologram concerts is a little odd...
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I think you will see it more.. like the Black Eyed Peas at that awards show. I mean, having four people in the band, one person shows up, three are holograms... you could do four times the amount of shows that way! Each member plays their own show with holograms backing them up. Have a show in NY, Chicago, LA and Miami on the same night! cha-ching!
 
Buffy Summers said:
The sad thing is, that is exactly the world we live in where that would happen.
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But that has been going on for awhile. When the Stones did (I think it was) their Bridges to Babylon tour there were areas where they did not play.. I remember they doing CCTV telecasts in movie theaters from other venues so you could 'watch' the concert live.

At least with holograms there would be alittle more interaction as they usually have real people on stage with the holograms. I suppose the difference is that with a CCTV you are still watching a live performance (even if it is taped/tape delayed) whereas a hologram is just singular performances combined together as a group. I honestly don't know.. if I had a choice between seeing a hologram performance of a band/artist I really like versus not seeing them at all, I think the hologram would win.

(i just might not admit to it)
 
Mr. Pole said:
I think you will see it more.. like the Black Eyed Peas at that awards show. I mean, having four people in the band, one person shows up, three are holograms... you could do four times the amount of shows that way! Each member plays their own show with holograms backing them up. Have a show in NY, Chicago, LA and Miami on the same night! cha-ching!
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Man, next thing you know you'll be lucky to actually see a live performance. If this becomes common I think it'll drastically change the music industry in terms of its integrity. (Although maybe it doesn't have much to begin with?)

And where do you draw the line? Could family of dead actors start having them casts in movies? We have the technology to pretty much do that, right?
 
brinkster130 said:
Could family of dead actors start having them casts in movies?
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LOL I had a whole tirade about that actually.

brinkster130 said:
you'll be lucky to actually see a live performance
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I don't think you will ever lose live performances... but honestly, if you are at a sold out jam packed arena and you cannot even see the stage and are reduced to having to watch it (if you can watch it) on monitors, would you even care if it were "real"? It's not like you would necessarily know.. from what I have seen of them at least.

How much of it is the communal experience of going to a show versus going to actually see and watch the show?
 
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Well, I usually go for the visual show so from that standpoint it isn't bad...but I don't like the idea of paying to see a hologram performance. Seems almost scam like.
See, right there's your problem. It's not a broadway show, it's a concert. You shouldn't NEED to see everything in minute detail.

(And I don't mean YOUR problem, I mean the problem with music today lol)
 
Buffy Summers said:
See, right there's your problem. It's not a broadway show, it's a concert. You shouldn't NEED to see everything in minute detail.
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But see, that would actually lend itself to being in favor of holograms, "It's not a broadway show, it's a concert. You shouldn't NEED to see everything" so you don't really need everyone to be living people.. It's a concert, not a broadway show.
 
It also seems like the artists would be doing significantly less work it they were putting on hologram shows vs live shows. Like, would they prepare and record it once then sit back for months as someone presses play and the cash rolls in?
 
Buffy Summers said:
But if it's a hologram, it's not live.
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It depends on what you consider 'it' part of the performances are.. the crowd experience, the theatrics of the show are all live. Maybe one or two people aren't actually there in person but you dont need to see every "minute detail" so would you really notice? I mean, I would not want to go to a bar and see a hologram, but if my only choice is to see a hologram performance versus paying thousands of dollars and flying overseas to see a band that doesn't tour here, then I might go for the hologram.. I don't know, honestly. I can justify it... but I can also vilify it.
 
Buffy Summers said:
It's about seeing the artist in person - if they aren't there playing right in front of you, it isn't live.
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Ah. I see. So you dont go to, for instance, arena shows where you can't actually see them right there in front of you?

I just thought how horrible that would be to pay $300 for front row seats and they wheel out the projectors and you get to watch holograms.. It would be like going to see The Phantom Menace expecting Star Wars and you get Jar Jar Binks. So in that regard I can agree with you, but still in certain instances would have no problem with it.
 
To me, live = alive.

I have many, many dead artists and their bands I would love to have seen live - but a hologram just ain't gonna cut it. I'd rather watch a (free) YouTube video of an old performance than pay to see a hologram.

Also, arena shows suck. Never have, never will.
 
Even if you can't *see* you can *hear* the music, which is the whole point. And if the music is not being played in your general vicinity, then you might as well watch it in your living room.

🙂
 
Buffy Summers said:
Even if you can't *see* you can *hear* the music, which is the whole point. And if the music is not being played in your general vicinity, then you might as well watch it in your living room.

🙂
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But it would be being played by everyone else on stage.

For instance the Grateful Dead's last concert in Chicago was shown live in movie theaters. A hologram a concert would be similar to something like that.. but at least with the hologram 'performance' you can still see and hear the rest of the band live and in person.
 
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