Kiss announce ‘new era’ as a virtual band
nme.comKiss have unveiled their ‘new era’ as a virtual band at the last show of their farewell tour.The band have seemingly bowed out of live performing at their huge Madison Square Garden show last night (December 2).
They will reportedly be the first US band to become virtual.In the encore, the band’s remaining members – founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, along with guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer – left the stage, revealing their new digital avatars.
After walking off stage, the digital avatars performed “God Gave Rock and Roll to You”.“Today, A New Era Begins. #KISSARMY, the end is only the beginning!,” the band wrote on social media. “KISS have been immortalized and reborn as avatars to rock forever.”AP reports that the avatars were made by George Lucas’ SFX company, Industrial Light & Magic.
They were also made in collaboration with Pophouse Entertainment Group, which was co-founded by ABBA‘s Björn Ulvaeus.The two companies previously teamed up to create the ABBA Voyage show in London, which also features the Swedish band performing as digital avatars.
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