AMY WINEHOUSE will be touring the world next year in the form of a hologram, announced the late singer’s father Mitch Winehouse. The tour will start at the end of 2019 and will feature a live band and backing singers. Tour destinations have not been confirmed. “We experienced first-hand how these hologram shows celebrate great artists,” said Winehouse Sr. “This is a wonderful way to bring focus back to her musical legacy, as well as raising funds for the Amy Winehouse Foundation. It’s time to remind everyone that Amy was one of the great musicians and performers,” he said. But not everyone is on board the hologram bandwagon. “It’s old footage. It can’t be anything new. It won’t be her interactions. It’s not going to be the same,” the singer’s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil commented on the U.K. show “Good Morning Britain.” The “Rehab” singer’s hologram will be created by the Los Angeles-based company Base Hologram, which has also produced and toured holograms of musicians such as Michael Jackson, Tupac, Roy Orbison, and opera singer Maria Callas. Proceeds from the hologram tour will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation to help prevent the effects of drug and alcohol misuse on young people. Winehouse died in 2011 at just age 27 after a long battle with drink and drugs. (SD-Agencies) |