A hologram of late British singer Amy Winehouse is set to embark on a worldwide tour next year. The singer’s estate joined forces with BASE Hologram to plot series of shows in the second part of 2019.
According to the press release, the tour will feature “digitally remastered arrangements of [Winehouse’s] classics” while “Rehab” singer’s hologram will be backed “by a live band, singers and theatrical stagecraft.” The shows are expected to last 75 to 110 minutes.
Amy Winehouse hologram tour will also help a good cause since part of the ticket sales will help raise money for the Amy Winehouse Foundation. The foundation was set up by Winehouse’s family in 2011 and helps combat and prevent drug and alcohol abuse among young people. The organization also provides other services to disadvantaged youth.
“This is a dream for us,” said Winehouse’s father Mitch about the tour. “To see her perform again is something special that really can’t be put into words. Our daughter’s music touched the lives of millions of people, and it means everything that her legacy will continue in this innovative and groundbreaking way.”
Hologram tours of late music stars are getting common in the past couple of years. This will be Base Hologram’s third similar project, with the company currently participating in hologram tours of Roy Orbison and the opera singer Maria Callas. A hologram of Billie Holliday is presently playing daily shows at LA’s Hologram USA Theater while hologram tours of Ronnie James Dio and Frank Zappa are currently in the works.
