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Dio To Tour.... Posthumously
Ex-Rainbow, Ex-Black Sabbath and solo artist Ronnie James Dio is set to tour in 2017 after dying back in 2010. The tour will consist of a hologram of the singer playing all his biggest hits such as "Rainbow In The Night" and "Holy Diver".
An entire tour dedicated to a hologram is a bit worrying to me, it seems in poor taste to make money off of someone a full 7 years after they died. Plus it's not even original material or anything like that, this is just a full on tour with the hologram tech trying to pass off as the real deal. And then the question is where does this end? If this tour becomes a success then what kind of precedent would it have on the music industry? Are we just going to bring back every dead artist as a hologram? Are new artists going to be completely drowned out as they have to fight against "The Best Of The Dead"? And what kind of impact would it have on the pop industry in particular given they obviously don't care about lip syncing, so why would this be any different? Bit worrying imo, but what do you guys think? |
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I think Dio himself would say this was a stupid idea.
I can sort of see the appeal for absolute megastars like Elvis, Michael Jackson, a reunited Beatles...but Dio? I am a huge fan of him and his music but the proper way to honour such a legacy is through covers and tribute acts, not a hologram. I think one obvious downside is the fact it loses the whole appeal of live music - interaction with the audience, vocal fluctuations, improvisation...you might as well just watch a YouTube video. |
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Ex-Rainbow, Ex-Black Sabbath and solo artist Ronnie James Dio is set to tour in 2017 after dying back in 2010. The tour will consist of a hologram of the singer playing all his biggest hits such as "Rainbow In The Night" and "Holy Diver".
An entire tour dedicated to a hologram is a bit worrying to me, it seems in poor taste to make money off of someone a full 7 years after they died. Plus it's not even original material or anything like that, this is just a full on tour with the hologram tech trying to pass off as the real deal. And then the question is where does this end? If this tour becomes a success then what kind of precedent would it have on the music industry? Are we just going to bring back every dead artist as a hologram? Are new artists going to be completely drowned out as they have to fight against "The Best Of The Dead"? And what kind of impact would it have on the pop industry in particular given they obviously don't care about lip syncing, so why would this be any different? Bit worrying imo, but what do you guys think?
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Not being funny but how on Earth could there be any original material?
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I think one obvious downside is the fact it loses the whole appeal of live music - interaction with the audience, vocal fluctuations, improvisation...you might as well just watch a YouTube video.
This would have been much better done if it was either Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow pulling it for maybe 1 or 2 songs, or even some of the Sabbath crew once their final tour with Ozzy has ended for a handful of songs, or even Tenacious D for a couple of songs, but a whole tour?! Madness. I dread to think how many people will be supporting it too. |
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I misread the thread title as "Dido to tour posthumously" and immediately thought not her as well!💀
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I think Dio himself would say this was a stupid idea.
I can sort of see the appeal for absolute megastars like Elvis, Michael Jackson, a reunited Beatles...but Dio? I am a huge fan of him and his music but the proper way to honour such a legacy is through covers and tribute acts, not a hologram. I think one obvious downside is the fact it loses the whole appeal of live music - interaction with the audience, vocal fluctuations, improvisation...you might as well just watch a YouTube video. To me once a band has gone, for whatever reason, they are gone. Listen to what they did but move on. |
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