Last year, it was revealed that fans would get the chance to see the late Amy Winehouse tour again.
Plans to create a hologram version of the late singer, who tragically died in 2011 at just 27-years-old, for a tour this year were announced last October, alongside the blessing of the Winehouse estate.
Many fans and Winehouse’s ex-husband Blake Fielder reacted negatively to the announcement, with Fielder describing the move as a “money-making gimmick”.
BASE Hologram, the company spearheading the posthumous hologram tour plans, say that they’ve “encountered some unique challenges and sensitivities”.
In a Twitter statement, the company wrote: “committed to remembering Amy Winehouse and her legacy in the most celebratory and respectful way possible” and were therefore intent on “determining the best path to a creatively spectacular production that would properly honour Amy’s legacy at its highest calibre”.
— BASE Hologram (@BASEHologram) February 20, 2019
Speaking to Billboard for further comment, BASE CEO Brian Becker said: “Sometimes in developing this type of highly ambitious, state of the art hologram/augmented reality theatrical event we encounter some unique challenges and sensitivities that cause us to take a step back. Developing our productions is a cross between a Broadway show and a concert spectacle which requires creative engineering and that type of creativity does not necessarily follow a schedule.
And that’s what happened with Amy Winehouse, we promised to celebrate her life in the most respectful way possible – as we did with Roy Orbison and Maria Callas – and to ensure we keep that promise we are putting the tour on hold while we plot out a creatively spectacular production fitting of her remarkable career.”
Recently, archived Amy Winehouse vocals featured posthumously on a new track from producer Salaam Remi, who worked with the late singer on her albums Back to Black and Frank.
Photo via Roger Kisby
