Dolly Parton at the press conference in London on June 29.Photo:Mike Marsland/WireImage
Mike Marsland/WireImage
Don’t expect a posthumous hologram concert fromDolly Parton— she’s not interested.
Musicians likeABBAandWhitney Houstonhave been digitally immortalized with hologram performances in recent years, and the country superstar shot down the idea of her own during a Thursday press conference for her upcomingRockstaralbum.
“I think I’ve left a great body of work behind,” said Parton, 77, perThe Independent. “I have to decide how much of that high-tech stuff I want to be involved [with] because I don’t want to leave my soul here on this earth."
“I think with some of this stuff I’ll be grounded here forever," the “Jolene” performer continued. “I’ll be around, we’ll find ways to keep me here.”
Dolly Parton in London on June 29.Gareth Cattermole/Getty
Gareth Cattermole/Getty
Infusing a bit of her classic humor into her feelings toward a hologram concert, Parton quipped that “everything” about her — such as “any intelligence” — was already artificial, per the outlet.
Musicians have expressed differing opinions on hologram concerts. Last year, ABBA launchedABBA: Voyagein London, and the band recorded their own performances using motion capture technology. “What you’re gonna see when you come to this show is us,” said co-founder Benny Andersson in 2021.
Victoria Beckhamsaid last year that she’s unsure about committing to a Spice Girls reunion tour but open to a hologram concert, as the girl group’s manager Simon Fuller orchestratedABBA: Voyage. “That’s a great idea,” said Posh Spice at the time.
Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda.Paul Archuleta/Getty
In an interview with94.5 The Buzz, Shinoda said the bandrefuses to perform alongside a virtual version of Bennington, despite one of the radio hosts telling him she’d pay “good money” to see it.
“I feel like those are creepy. Even if we weren’t talking about us, if we weren’t talking about Chester, which is a very sensitive subject, and we would have our feelings about how we would represent that,” said the vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. “For me, that’s a clear no. I’m not into that.”
Shinoda spoke about ABBA’s hologram show, noted that he’s a fan of the “Mamma Mia” performers and explained why that’s different than depicting a deceased band member onstage.
“They’re all still here, and yet they wanna do it this way because they wanna transport you back to that moment in time where those songs were new and it was whatever era it was,” he explained. “I get that. I see that. I’m not positive, even under those circumstances, I’m not positive I personally would buy a ticket to the show. But [other people] would. That’s fine.”
source: people.com
