BURBANK, Calif. ā Whitney Houston is about to appear on the concert stage again.
Eight years after her death, a holographic Houston will embark on a European tour that starts in England on Feb. 25 and runs through early April, with U.S. dates expected to follow.
āNow is just the right time," said Pat Houston, the singer's sister-in-law, former manager and the executor of her estate, which is producing the show in collaboration with BASE Hologram.
āIn the spirit of Whitney, I know we're doing all the right things right now.āLast week, a few dozen members of the media were given a dress-rehearsal preview in Burbank, California of most of āAn Evening With Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Tour," which features a Houston projected onto a nearly invisible scrim on a stage with real dancers and a live backing band.
āIt's lengthy, it's tedious, it's a big, complicated process, but I think it worked.āThe ambitious performance is the modest brainchild of Whitney Houston herself, in at least one respect.