[From Ben Beaumont-Thomas at the Guardian]
New deal with estate clears path for raft of new projects featuring the late soul and R&B singer.
The late Whitney Houston is set to tour as a hologram, according to the company behind the postponed Amy Winehouse hologram tour.
In a statement, Base Hologram described the show as an “awe-inspiring live theatrical concert that will celebrate her amazing life, work and everlasting legacy”. It will feature Houston appearing as a 3D hologram, with recordings of her vocals backed by a live band. No dates or locations have been announced.
Pat Houston, the singer’s sister-in-law and president of her estate, said: “Whitney prided herself on her family and that included her fans. She adored her audiences and that’s why we know she would have loved this holographic theatrical concept.”
The show follows Base Hologram’s successful Roy Orbison hologram event, which toured the US and Europe in spring 2018; it is returning in October, pairing Orbison with a holographic Buddy Holly. The company also successfully staged a Maria Callas holographic tour in 2018. A rival company, Eyellusion, recently staged a well-received Frank Zappa hologram tour, and is about to launch one featuring a hologram of hard-rocker Ronnie James Dio, who died in 2010.
Base Hologram’s plans for a 2019 Amy Winehouse tour were postponed, after the company faced “unique challenges and sensitivities” in trying to replicate Winehouse in “the most celebratory and respectful way possible”.
The Houston estate has also partnered with Primary Wave Music Publishing to produce projects featuring the Houston name. The company hopes to put out an album featuring unreleased songs from her 1985 self-titled debut, and is in discussions about a Broadway musical and a Las Vegas show.
In 2012, Houston accidentally drowned in her bathtub; she had drugs including cocaine and Xanax in her system. A pair of recent documentaries, the authorised Whitney and Nick Broomfield’s Whitney: Can I Be Me, explored the singer’s troubled life. The film Whitney explored the accusation that she was sexually abused by her cousin Dee Dee Warwick as a child – a claim that Houston’s mother, Cissy Houston, denied, describing it as “rumour, innuendo and hearsay”.
In an interview with the New York Times, Pat Houston said: “Before [Whitney] passed, there was so much negativity around the name. It wasn’t about the music any more … It’s been quite emotional for the past seven years. But now it’s about being strategic.”
Lawrence Mestel of Primary Wave said that Houston’s name and likeness would be used sensitively: “We wouldn’t do a fast-food brand relationship.” The company has acquired the rights to other heritage artists, including Bob Marley, Smokey Robinson and Paul Anka. It is also planning a hologram tour of late Canadian pianist Glenn Gould with Eyellusion, despite Gould disliking live concerts.
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- Whitney Houston - It Isn't It Wasn't It Ain't Never Gonna Be - UK - 12" vinyl - £8.00, $10.32, €9.52 (New Item) (arrived 24-Jul-2024 09:35)on July 27, 2024 at 1:19 am
WHITNEY HOUSTON & ARETHA FRANKLIN It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be (1989 UK 3-track 12" including Extended Remix and Hip Hop Mixes by Teddy Riley plus Think, picture sleeve.)
- Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston: 35th Aniversary Edition - Box Set - US - vinyl box set - £124.99, $161.24, €148.74 (New Item) (arrived 21-May-2024 10:42)on July 27, 2024 at 1:19 am
WHITNEY HOUSTON Whitney Houston (Rare 2022 US VMP [Vinyl Me, Please] exclusive 2nd edition Deluxe 2-LP Box Set. Comprising the 10-track self-titled debut album and a 'Whitney Dancin' Special' 6-track LP [which was previously a Japan-only release] - both pressed on 180-gram Bronze Vinyl. The vinyl is issued in a glossy heavy board gatefold picture sleeve. Also includes a 40-page hardcover photo and lyric book with liner notes. Housed in a beautiful off-white textured slipcase style box with metallic bronze titles and tracklisting on reverse) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Whitney Houston - So Emotional - UK - 12" vinyl - £12.00, $15.48, €14.28 (New Item) (arrived 19-Apr-2024 14:51)on July 27, 2024 at 1:19 am
WHITNEY HOUSTON So Emotional (1987 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single, featuring the Extended Remix 7:51 plus Didn't We Almost Have It All [Live Version] and For The Love Of You. The glossy picture sleeve displays light wear and the vinyl shows onlyafew signs of play RIST43)
- Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All - UK - 12" vinyl - £12.00, $15.48, €14.28 (New Item) (arrived 19-Apr-2024 14:53)on July 27, 2024 at 1:19 am
WHITNEY HOUSTON Greatest Love Of All (1986 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single, including Thinking About You and Shock Me [with Jermaine Jackson]. Apart from a very light loss of the gloss on the front from a sticker being removed, the glossy picture sleeve displays minimal wear and the vinyl appears barely played ARIST12658)
- Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £29.99, $38.69, €35.69 (New Item) (arrived 08-May-2024 11:32)on July 27, 2024 at 1:19 am
WHITNEY HOUSTON I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston (2021 UK/EU limited edition 19-track double album 2-LP, available for the first time since its original 2012 release, featuring classic tracks such as Saving All My Love For You, How Will I Know, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, I'm Your Baby Tonight, I Will Always Love You, I'm Every Woman, My Love Is Your Love and more, plus the bonus song Higher Love [with Kygo]. Single pocket picture sleeve with illustrated innersand liner notes by album producer Clive Davis, factory sealed. Recommended)
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