Posted on 01/06/2024 7:09:51 PM PST by DoodleBob
Long live the King!
The Elvis Presley revival that began with Austin Butler’s Oscar-nominated turn in 2022’s “Elvis” and then continued with Jacob Elordi’s portrayal of the late rock legend in Sofia Coppola’s recent “Priscilla” drama is showing no signs of dying down with a new immersive show that will bring him back to life in an AI hologram.
Forty-seven years after Presley’s 1977 death, “Elvis Evolution” will open in London in November 2024 at a theater yet to be announced.
And Layered Reality — the UK company producing the event — promises a “jaw-dropping” experience.
“The show peaks with a concert experience that will recreate the seismic impact of seeing Elvis live for a whole new generation of fans, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy,” a statement announcing the show explains. “A life-sized digital Elvis will share his most iconic songs and moves for the very first time on a UK stage.”
“Elvis Evolution” — which follows Presley recently hitting the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time since 1977 with “Blue Christmas” — comes on the heels of the hit London show “ABBA Voyage,” which employs digital avatars of the “Dancing Queen” band.
“Elvis fans can look forward to a memory-making experience like no other,” the show’s website explains. “Through AI and groundbreaking tech, you’ll be able to witness iconic Elvis performances as if you were really there, and celebrate defining moments in Elvis Presley’s extraordinary life and career.”
And this AI show is going on the road.
In a video announcement, Layered Reality founder and CEO Andrew McGuinness said that the “Elvis Evolution” will go on a global tour after its London debut, including stops in Las Vegas, Berlin and Tokyo.
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ABBA did a concert/movie with all four of them in GGI - because they’re what? In their 70’s and 80’s by now?
I heard it was a hit, and if it had been shown anywhere near me I’d go see it!
I can live with Elvis lovers doing it, too.
I was a teenager when Elvis died. I only got to see fat, drug-addled Elvis in my lifetime. :(
Thank you! This is what I’ve been looking for. “Layered Reality”
A few years ago, my brother saw a hologram of Roy Orbison in concert. It was good enough that the crowd gasped when the show started.
Holographic Elvis in the film Bladerunner 2049, in the future ruins of Las Vegas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSC7FFCH8x8
My girlfriend went to a live ABBA concert December 30th in Spokane.
I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I got the news that The King had died. After all these years. Seems kinda creepy, and all.
(Seems kinda creepy, and all.)
Yes
“I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I got the news that The King had died. After all these years.”
I was a little kid, sitting in front of the tv watching Gilligan’s Island, my mother was in the kitchen cooking dinner. A “special report” interrupted the show with the news Elvis had died. My mother came flying into the den from the kitchen and just stared at the tv.
Isn’t it funny how events can stick in your mind in such detail?
Holograms are essentially cartoon animations.
Yawn.
Glad to hear they’re still performing. Music of my YOUTH. :)
Let’s see. A live symphony band and Elvis on the big screen. Showed it at the SF Opra House years ago. Rave reviews.
Saw them a few times.
Elvis died on my 10th birthday.
My mom bawling her eyes out sort of put a damper on the celebration...
Elvis needs boats.
Don’t Be Cruel
LOL.
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