Overheard at a recent meeting of Coachella organizers…
“Okay guys, what are we going to do to close out the festival this year? We need to do something bold, something no one has ever done before, something that will garner headlines, something that will make the thousands of people in attendance who’ve been tripping on acid for three days straight sh*t their fucking pants, and, most importantly, something that will GO VIRAL. Any ideas?”
“Um, how bought we bring back a dead-but-often-rumored-to-be-still-alive artist on stage in hologram form?”
“BRILLIANT! And to make it even more creepy, we’ll have that artist — OMG TUPAC!!! — yell, “What the f*ck is up Coachella?” to the crowd before he starts his set!”
Welcome to the future, guys. Once slimy music industry execs discover that they can make money off of dead artists in this way, well, get ready for the Hologram Michael Jackson Thriller tour to come to arena near you very soon. Thanks a lot, Coachella! Your move, Bonnaroo.
Video of Hologram Tupac’s, ugh, performance is below. The Smoking Section has video of many of the other key performances from the weekend if you’re interested in that sort of thing.
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Please tell me that the stage was pelted with rocks and garbage and that you couldn’t hear the fake Tupac over the boos …. please?
Wake me Tupac comes back in pog form
I think they did the same thing with Squeeze.
Hologram Tupac in front of 3D sinking Titanic. Your argument is invalid. Via [bestrooftalkever.com]
I didn’t think the song was particularly good… It was kind of boring to me but I understand that Tupac is much revered so I digress.
wow. can’t believe snoop was cool with this.
Why wouldn’t he be? In a way he gets to perform with his friend again. If it were me I would’ve jumped at the chance (if it was one of my friends, not Tupac, didn’t know him personally.) I’m sure it was a happy nostalgia trip for him.
How is nobody seeing how cool this is?
because they used it to make money off a dead person.
How are they gonna make money off of him, The Hammer?
The audience didn’t even know about this.
Money is made off of dead people everyday in media.
Wow. This is awesome. The fact that this is even technologically possible boggles my mind. Just wow.