From a cancelled Libertines gig to Elton John’s Russian pranksters and Morrissey’s last UK tour, here’s the week’s music news roundup
News of a planned Billie Holiday hologram last week was bad enough. Now it seems truly nothing is sacred, after Hologram USA – the same company behind Holiday’s creepy incarnation – announced a Whitney Houston hologram. When Houston’s sister-in-law Pat Houston called the hologram a “great opportunity for her fans to see a reinvention of one the most celebrated female artists in history”, I think she may have meant: “a great way to traumatise Whitney fans.” It is set to tour the world next year, for those of you who are keen.
We should uplift more boys/girls like Ahmed! Brilliant minds! Embrace the things that make you unique even if it makes others uncomfortable.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 15 hours ago.
News of a planned Billie Holiday hologram last week was bad enough. Now it seems truly nothing is sacred, after Hologram USA – the same company behind Holiday’s creepy incarnation – announced a Whitney Houston hologram. When Houston’s sister-in-law Pat Houston called the hologram a “great opportunity for her fans to see a reinvention of one the most celebrated female artists in history”, I think she may have meant: “a great way to traumatise Whitney fans.” It is set to tour the world next year, for those of you who are keen.
We should uplift more boys/girls like Ahmed! Brilliant minds! Embrace the things that make you unique even if it makes others uncomfortable.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 15 hours ago.
