Rock is dead. Or does Gene and Paul truly believe technology will somehow keep it alive? Fans will reportedly have to wait more than three years to see the first KISS avatar concert. The cost of the production will be over 200 million dollars, according to Gene Simmons.
Not one performer in the new KISS lineup is a human being.
Earlier today, KISS released a short video announcing that “a show” featuring the KISS avatars “is coming” in “2027”. The band captioned the clip: “50 years is a long time, and what the future holds is in the making.”
The technology being used for the KISS avatars, originally developed for ABBA‘s “Voyage” show in London, will allow KISS to stay “on the road” in retirement.
As opposed to the “ABBA Voyage” show, which remakes a 1970s-era ABBA concert in a custom-built London arena, KISS‘s avatars that appeared at the band’s final concert in New York earlier this month will not be as grounded in reality as ABBA‘s digital replicas.
According to BBC News, the KISS avatars will see the band appear as fantasy-based superheroes who are eight feet tall, breathing fire and shooting electricity from their fingers, while floating above the audience.
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