Kiss is dead, long live Kiss! The American hard rock group, who gave the last concert of their carrière last night at Madison Square Garden in New York, concluded the show in presenting their avatars, the numbered versions of the songs that were intended to be read. relief.
Paul Stanley, leader of the quartet, declared on stage that these digital substitutes would allow Kiss to be “immortalized”, as reported by Sky News. Following this announcement, a video featuring this digital quartet was posted on social media.
“What we have achieved is extraordinary,” declares the singer. “But that is not enough. The group deserves to continue living, because it is beyond us.”
Same team as ABBA
These images also show the process of creating the avatars of Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer, the four current members of the group. According to the English media, they were created by the Hollywood special effects company Industrial Light & Magic, founded by George Lucas, and the Swedish company Pophouse Entertainment. The latter is at the origin of the Abba holograms, at the heart of the ABBA Voyage show launched in 2022 in London.
According to videos published on the web, the four avatars of the Kiss members appeared on a giant screen interpreting the title. God gave you Rock and Roll. It is unknown if, as with ABBA, these avatars are destined to leave the screen in the future to take the form of holograms or if they will perform on platforms like Fortnite, as Ariana Grande did. No concert date has been announced yet.
The Kiss musicians, now in their seventies, announced at the beginning of the year that this tour, which began in 2019, End of the Road Tour, it would be the last. The group was formed 50 years ago, in 1973.
Source: BFM TV
