So KISS Will Continue... As Avatars

At the end of the final KISS show last night in Madison Square Garden, the band announced they would continue... as avatars. Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) created the KISS character avatars. I guess this means avatar concerts, movies, videos... whatever. ILM was founded by famed director George Lucas.

Here's a hunk of the AP story linked below about this new evolution of KISS:

"The avatars were created by George Lucas’ special-effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, in partnership with Pophouse Entertainment Group, the latter of which was co-founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus. The two companies recently teamed up for the 'ABBA Voyage' show in London, in which fans could attend a full concert by the Swedish band — as performed by their digital avatars.

Per Sundin, CEO of Pophouse Entertainment, says this new technology allows Kiss to continue their legacy for 'eternity.' He says the band wasn’t on stage during virtual performance because 'that’s the key thing,' of the future-seeking technology. 'Kiss could have a concert in three cities in the same night across three different continents. That’s what you could do with this.'”

Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars https://t.co/yhUrIPoNaf

— The Associated Press (@AP) December 3, 2023

Comments

[stu]

oh good grief.

[EddieLongHair]

I'll take OVERRATED BANDS for 500, Ken.

[Texjay]

*shark virtually jumping