The tour, which starts Friday in Ft. Myers, Florida, will include a lineup of former Dio band members and special guest vocalists playing a variety of Dio’s songs. The Dio hologram will perform on eight songs, with former Judas Priest singer Tim “Ripper” Owens and Lynch Mob’s Oni Logan handling the rest during the 90-minute show. Wendy Dio first had the idea of a Ronnie hologram when she was approached by Eyellusion CEO Jeff Pezzutti in 2015. You want to create some of the excitement from back then.”Eyellusion, a Los Angeles-based hologram production company, uses some of the same motion-capture techniques James Cameron pioneered in the movie “Avatar” to create the Dio hologram. Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley performed as holograms, and a Whitney Houston hologram tour could be coming soon.

Source: National Post May 30, 2019 20:30 UTC