Tour with R.J. Dio's hologram?

2016-12-30 by dynamic range police | 36 Comments
Eyellusion, a hologram production company, recently created a hologram of Ronnie James Dio that "sung" during the show of Dio Disciples -the band managed by Wendy Dio- at Wacken Open Air 2016. Standing by what Jeff Pezzuti of Eyellusion said at Talking Metal, a full tour with Dio's hologram is taking shape for 2017. The hologram is going to have a different look depending on every song's release date.

Together with Dio Disciples, Tim "Ripper" Owens (ex-Judas Priest, ex-Iced Earth) and Oni Logan (Lynch Mob) are going to perform in the tour. The hologram is supposedly going to appear in six to seven songs per show. Pezzuti promised a mindblowing experience, they are going to "bring album covers to life". Pezzuti also confirmed the presence of a few classics like 'Holy Diver', 'Rainbow in the Dark' and 'We Rock'.

Wendy Dio, Ronnie's widow, approved all of this. No tour dates have been confirmed as of now.

Read more here, there's also a link to listen to the podcast where Pezzuti talked with Talking Metal: www.eyellusiontech.com/coverage/dished-dio-hologram-tour-production-talking-metal-podcast/

This is the hologram's apparition at Wacken:


Tagged: Dio

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Mythodea
December 31st 2016
7457 Comments


I think there's a good ABBA song predicting sth like this, but I can't remember the song rn.

betray
December 31st 2016
9392 Comments


super unethical tbh

Ovrot
December 31st 2016
13304 Comments


this is like cyber-necromancy
thats pretty m/ tbh

betray
December 31st 2016
9392 Comments


nah its

super unethical tbh [2]

voltairesangryglove
December 31st 2016
700 Comments


profiting off dead people is m/ as fuck

tbh they should just replace ozzy with a hologram and get it over with

betray
December 31st 2016
9392 Comments


oh but apparently his widow approves of it so it's cool

voltairesangryglove
December 31st 2016
700 Comments


it's cool no matter who approves or not so kindly stop bitching you fucking ninny

betray
December 31st 2016
9392 Comments


off yourself tbh

voltairesangryglove
December 31st 2016
700 Comments


i mean if ever get to the point where i'm whining about holograms on the internet i probably will tbh

betray
December 31st 2016
9392 Comments


how about if you get to the point where you make 443 comments on sputnikmusic.com in a matter of days

voltairesangryglove
December 31st 2016
700 Comments


Joined 12-16-15

how r u this dumb

Cimnele
December 31st 2016
2527 Comments


how about if i put seven chocolate limes in my mouth all at once

betray
December 31st 2016
9392 Comments


ah damn u got me thought that said 16

gg wp

voltairesangryglove
December 31st 2016
700 Comments


let's hit the showers

Sabrutin
December 31st 2016
9698 Comments


@Myth: I googled "abba hologram" and turns out there's a plan for an ABBA "reunion" with holograms. What a world we live in.

I'm not that surprised by Wendy for agreeing with this thing. She always wanted Ronnie to be the center of everything in his music and it seems she never really cared for the rest of the band and it's known that she doesn't like the Last in Line band

TheBarber
December 31st 2016
4130 Comments


Nostalgia is getting ugly

Sabrutin
December 31st 2016
9698 Comments


Don't know how to feel about this. My first reaction was negative, but simply playing covers with a cover band (and making a publicized tour I mean) wouldn't be that much better if you ask me. Idk

betray
December 31st 2016
9392 Comments


how is playing covers with a cover band in any way equally as offensive and unethical as the hologram idea

betray
December 31st 2016
9392 Comments


o ok good edit fam

Flugmorph
December 31st 2016
34235 Comments


this is fucked up tbh

Cimnele
December 31st 2016
2527 Comments


all the humans in the band have to address the hologram as "Sir Ronald" and he gets a dressing room to himself while everyone else sleeps in the van

Sabrutin
December 31st 2016
9698 Comments


Added the video from Wacken 2016

KILL
December 31st 2016
81580 Comments


its kinda dumb but how is it fucked up? absolute fannies

AlexKzillion
December 31st 2016
17224 Comments


Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse, and ATCQ with hologram Phife Dawg already confirmed for Coachella 2017

Snide
December 31st 2016
7050 Comments


Honestly. I don't feel as though utilizing holograms for dead performers is bad, or immoral (as long as the performer's widow approves [which it was approved here], or it's long past and the relatives / loved ones of said performer are all gone). It's an absolutely awesome way to honor someone's memory by having their legacy live on past their death, and is a great way to show people who didn't get to see their performances a passage into another time.

tl;dr: Hologram technology is lit, and I'd go see this concert if I could.

Satellite
December 31st 2016
26539 Comments


pretty sure betray is confusing holograms w/ cloning

judasgoat
December 31st 2016
352 Comments


This is pathetic and sad at best, absolutely unethical at worst.

Dio is dead. Let him be dead.

ZippaThaRippa
December 31st 2016
10671 Comments


idk who the fuck would pay to go see a hologram

SCREAM!
December 31st 2016
15755 Comments


I couldn't get into it tbh. You're just listening to a recording, cheapens the idea of the live experience.

And it's all well and good that they got the widow's approval, I still can't help but wonder what the man himself would've thought of the idea.

SCREAM!
December 31st 2016
15755 Comments


Edit: accidental double post

Ovrot
December 31st 2016
13304 Comments


necrocybermancy is here an alive boys

colony666
January 1st 2017
7 Comments


Is it unethical though? it's basically just a video, you can watch thousands of Dio videos anytime you want

SCREAM!
January 1st 2017
15755 Comments


Eh saying this is just a video is like saying virtual reality is just a video. I mean, you're not wrong, but there's a certain distinction to be made

Satellite
January 1st 2017
26539 Comments


it's not like dead people are capable of being offended. if there's a demand for this sort of thing (which is doubtful tbh--tupac at coachella was cool but the novelty has almost certainly worn off by now) then go for it.

tigersbrokefree
January 2nd 2017
375 Comments


I can't wait until people find a way to print money by holding actual hologram concerts. This is a little gross, but it has actual performers.

Krvst
January 5th 2017
479 Comments


How about no



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