KISS Announces Plan to Tour Forever with Digital Avatars After Final Show

KISS may be finished performing in particular person, however they are going to carry on rocking out as digital pixels for years to return … one thing they simply introduced at their final present this weekend.

The legendary band performed their final gig Saturday evening at Madison Sq. Backyard — this as a part of their ‘Finish of the Highway’ farewell tour … which marked their closing stay efficiency ever. Or so all people thought, anyway — ‘trigger they are saying they’re maintaining the get together going.

Moderately than proceed to sing and dance themselves, Gene Simmons and co. are gonna let their AI counterparts do it for them … within the type of computerized avatars that may carry on enjoying reveals fairly actually perpetually. It is known as Kiss On-line … and it marks their new period.

The entire thing may sound goofy, however it’s truly a pattern that legacy bands are beginning to embrace increasingly — together with ABBA, which has lately trotted out their very own digital avatars in full live performance … and enjoying to packed crowds, no much less.

The fellows merely placed on movement seize fits and recorded a full-blown live performance of theirs … which may then be repurposed and re-aired for years to return … with cool results and stunts they would not usually have the ability to do on their very own (particularly at their age).

The KISS avatars truly got here out onstage Saturday throughout an encore … and carried out ‘God Gave Rock and Roll To You” … however they solely did so onscreen, versus showing as full-blown life-size holograms. Time will inform if these holograms will debut in some unspecified time in the future.

Anyway, it is definitely the top of an period and the start of a brand new one. As you possibly can think about — there’s combined reactions to the information … some hate it, others are high-quality with digital KISS.

It additionally serves as one more reminder that we’re very a lot dwelling sooner or later proper now … with the best way tech/AI goes — increasingly stuff like that is going to be launched.