No Longer Resting In Peace

Over the last few years we have seen a new trend being added to the entertainment world, especially in live show productions. I am all for new, exciting, and entertaining things but some things need to be left alone out of respect for the artist life and legacy. There is something just wrong with watching a hologram of an artist. It is cool that we have the technology to do it, but it seems wrong to be playing with the dead. A tribute show, with other artist singing the classic hits use to be the norm for showing our respects, but now we have hologram shows mix in with live performers. Will this become a great, good, bad or should have never happen thing? Time will tell and for now we have to deal with the fact that the money that will be drawn in will be great and maybe the motive.

It has been recently announced that they will being doing a Whitney Houston hologram next year in 2016. Not sure how it is going to turn out and I hope it is a success for those who will watch it, but it has been two years in the making and I think a little too early, like a joke about death right after someone dies; the emotions are still a little high. Especially in this case giving her daughter just passed away this year too. Maybe they should skip Whitney and do Luther Vandross.

There are mix feeling about the use of holograms at music events. Everyone was over the top excited about a Tupac hologram with Snoop Dogg at Coachella Festival back in 2012 but fans felt the Michael Jackson hologram at the Billboard Music Awards in 2014 was cool but a bit creepy and I have to agree it was weird watching it. I guess certain artist are better to watch alive than dead.