Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda Says a Chester Bennington Hologram Performance Would be ‘Creepy’
variety.comThania Garcia Though technology has allowed for the execution of hologram tours to be sharper than ever — with performances from late legends like Tupac and Amy Winehouse — some of the existential aspects of those showcases are still a major turn-off to many musicians.
Most recently, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda shut down the idea of performing with a hologram of the band’s late vocalist Chester Bennington, who died by suicide in 2017.
Chatting with 94.5 The Buzz, Shinoda said he wasn’t interested in a Bennington hologram after the radio host said she’d pay “good money” to see it. “Those are creepy,” he interjected. “Even if we weren’t talking about [Linkin Park], if we weren’t talking about Chester, which is…that’s a very sensitive subject, and we would have our feelings about how we would represent that.
For me, that’s a clear no. I’m not into that.” Shinoda also approached the topic from the lens of a fan, referencing ABBA’s computer-generated ‘Voyage’ tour. “They’re all still here, and yet they wanna do it this way because they wanna transport you back to that moment in time where those songs were new and it was whatever era it was,” he explained, noting the drab differences in having to portray his deceased bandmate. “I get that.
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