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

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

The legendary band performed their final gig Saturday night time at Madison Sq. Backyard — this as a part of their ‘Finish of the Street’ farewell tour … which marked their last dwell efficiency ever. Or so everyone thought, anyway — ‘trigger they are saying they’re preserving the social gathering going.

Quite 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 exhibits fairly actually perpetually. It is referred to as KISS On-line … and it marks their new period.

The entire thing would possibly sound goofy, however it’s really a development that legacy bands are beginning to embrace increasingly — together with ABBA, which has not too long ago 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 might then be repurposed and re-aired for years to come back … with cool results and stunts they would not usually be capable of do on their very own (particularly at their age).

The KISS avatars really 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 sooner or later.

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

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