Hologram tours

[TrainFan73]

So Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly were just here. I see they are planning a Whitney tour.

Has anyone been to one of these? Was it a worthwhile experience? Would you do it again?

A live show, for me, is about spontaneity and the ability to consistently perform. While a professional show can be a good time - see Bonnie Raitt (she put on a killer show, but it was very rehearsed - which is fine) - it can also be a disservice to the music and the fans - see Prince’s Jam of the Year tour (it was cold and by the Numbers)... I just can’t imagine having a good time going to a big venue and dealing with all of that to watch a next level movie.

 

[imtheocean]

I've been wondering about these too. My daughter works at a venue where the Orbison/Holly 'show' is coming in a few weeks. She gets comp tickets occasionally, I was going to see if she could get some for this so I could check it out. More out of curiosity than anything else.

It looks like its more than 50% sold from looking at the ticket site, so there is an audience for it.

 

[AnthonyI]

So Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly were just here. I see they are planning a Whitney tour.

Has anyone been to one of these? Was it a worthwhile experience? Would you do it again?

A live show, for me, is about spontaneity and the ability to consistently perform. While a professional show can be a good time - see Bonnie Raitt (she put on a killer show, but it was very rehearsed - which is fine) - it can also be a disservice to the music and the fans - see Prince’s Jam of the Year tour (it was cold and by the Numbers)... I just can’t imagine having a good time going to a big venue and dealing with all of that to watch a next level movie.

Curiosity would get me to one, but I agree, it's the spontaneity that makes great shows great. Every concert that I remember fondly always had those moments, the "....remember when" moments.

 

[Murfocakes]

There was a Dio hologram tour.

 

[Murfocakes]

 

[Dirtbag Auntie]

So weird!

 

[TheMythOfSisyphus]

So Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly were just here. I see they are planning a Whitney tour.

Has anyone been to one of these? Was it a worthwhile experience? Would you do it again?

A live show, for me, is about spontaneity and the ability to consistently perform. While a professional show can be a good time - see Bonnie Raitt (she put on a killer show, but it was very rehearsed - which is fine) - it can also be a disservice to the music and the fans - see Prince’s Jam of the Year tour (it was cold and by the Numbers)... I just can’t imagine having a good time going to a big venue and dealing with all of that to watch a next level movie.

Are you differentiating a live show from a "professional" show? I mean, was Jam of the Year tour not live? I'm just curious if you're conflating a hologram show w/ a well-rehearsed one. With that said, living in Vegas, I can get with some shows that the spontaneity is dead when it is over-rehearsed. For example, with some of the residency shows here I'm sure the show you see on Monday is identical to what someone saw on Saturday.

Also, holograms are stupid. And they're technically not holograms.

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[Murfocakes]

So weird!

The word you were after was blasphemous

 

[imtheocean]

Ok - that made me look up the Roy Orbison one. Nope, got no interest in seeing this after all.

Cut to about 3 minutes in for Roy's 'entrance'.

 

[Dirtbag Auntie]

The word you were after was blasphemous

Yes. Yes it was.

 

[Murfocakes]

Ok - that made me look up the Roy Orbison one. Nope, got no interest in seeing this after all.

Cut to about 3 minutes in for Roy's 'entrance'.

They should promote it as ‘Ghost Roy’. That would be a show i’d go to see.

Who you going to see tonight?

Ghost Roy

What, that stupid show with the hologram of Roy Orbison?

It’s not actually a hologram. It’s his ghost. It’s Ghost Roy.

Fuck that, i’m Getting a ticket too.

 

[Joe Mac]

They should promote it as ‘Ghost Roy’. That would be a show i’d go to see.

Who you going to see tonight?

Ghost Roy

What, that stupid show with the hologram of Roy Orbison?

It’s not actually a hologram. It’s his ghost. It’s Ghost Roy.

Fuck that, i’m Getting a ticket too.

Did you ever see Ghost Hunters with Sean Ryder & Bez? We should recreate that on stage with this technology and dead rock stars.

 

[Murfocakes]

Admit it everyone. My Ghost Roy pitch has sent you all onto ticketmaster looking for tickets to see the singing spectre. I would change his show to give him a little whispy bottom half like Casper the Friendly Ghost.

 

[imtheocean]

They should promote it as ‘Ghost Roy’. That would be a show i’d go to see.

Who you going to see tonight?

Ghost Roy

What, that stupid show with the hologram of Roy Orbison?

It’s not actually a hologram. It’s his ghost. It’s Ghost Roy.

Fuck that, i’m Getting a ticket too.

Too bad he never covered Ghost Riders in the Sky. That has to be the encore.

 

[brownsugah]

I see they’re having one for Whitney Houston. Smh. This, as a whole, just weird to me.

 

[Murfocakes]

Funny you should mention that

Too bad he never covered Ghost Riders in the Sky. That has to be the encore.

It seems Roy’s ghost appeared to Cash and told him to hold on to life in his final years. Maybe he can tempt him to float back onto the stage. Ghost Roy and Spooky Cash Dead On Stage.

 

[Teeeee]

Ok - that made me look up the Roy Orbison one. Nope, got no interest in seeing this after all.

Cut to about 3 minutes in for Roy's 'entrance'.

The production of the show makes me feel like I'm watching a Disney show at 2:00 in the amphitheater but don't sit in the splash zone.

 

[Murfocakes]

Michael Bolton is annoyed he’s not dead yet so he can’t appear on Ghost Roy’s tour.

 

[imtheocean]

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Funny you should mention that



It seems Roy’s ghost appeared to Cash and told him to hold on to life in his final years. Maybe he can tempt him to float back onto the stage. Ghost Roy and Spooky Cash Dead On Stage.

According to Wikipedia, over 50 people recorded Ghost Riders in the Sky. They can have a different special guest for each shows encore.

 

[TrainFan73]

Are you differentiating a live show from a "professional" show? I mean, was Jam of the Year tour not live? I'm just curious if you're conflating a hologram show w/ a well-rehearsed one. With that said, living in Vegas, I can get with some shows that the spontaneity is dead when it is over-rehearsed. For example, with some of the residency shows here I'm sure the show you see on Monday is identical to what someone saw on Saturday.

Also, holograms are stupid. And they're technically not holograms.

Tupac "Hologram" Wasn't a Hologram at All

VideoTupac Shakur rocked the Coachella music festival Sunday night, and videos of the late rapper strutting the stage like he never died have become a viral sensation. People are calling it a hologram. But despite being an impressive optical illusion, what’s commonly being described as a...

www.forbes.com

It’s an analogy. If a spontaneous show is awesome and a rehearsed show is less so (to be fair, I’ve been to amazing rehearsed shows too - Velvet Rope Tour was fantastic); a weird movie is even less appealing.