Dr. Dre To Bring Tupac And Nate Dogg To Life At Coachella Via Hologram

April 12, 2012 11:27 PM

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Headlining this weekend’s Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is a daunting task, even for one of the most beloved rapper-producers in hip hop. In order to top last year’s giant LED ball drop by The Arcade Fire, Dr. Dre will have to bring something special to push his performance over the top.

Although most of Dr. Dre’s songs can be performed along side Snoop, a few are difficult if not impossible to complete without their original collaborators.

A source close to the project revealed that complex, highly technical movie magic will bring Tupac Shakur to life during Dr. Dre’s performance with Snoop Dogg. This would make for a realistic Death Row reunion of “California Love’” performers Dre and Tupac.

Word spread of Long Beach’s Nate Dogg being added to the holographic mix. The singer’s 2011 passing left a hole in a few key Dre-produced tracks. Nate Dogg’s smooth singing is integral in songs such as Dr. Dre’s “The Next Episode.”

Word leaked earlier this week that Eminem, Warren G and Wiz Khalifa would be joining Dre and Snoop on stage.

Calls to the production company producing the hologram were not immediately returned.

Last year Deutsche Telekom surprised Europe with a Mariah Carey Christmas concert in five different places at the one time. Thousands were convinced Mariah was there in person but in actuality she was a hologram.

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Dr. Dre To Bring Tupac And Nate Dogg To Life At Coachella Via Hologram

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[...] Tupac too. What the [...]
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[...] read about Dre bringing Nate Dogg on stage via hologram last night, but now it looks like 2Pac will also get a holographic treatment during his Coachella [...]
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[...] to KROQ Radio, Tupac will appear during Dre’s rendition of ‘California Love,’ their 1996 No. 1 [...]
http://techland.time.com/2012/04/13/nate-dogg-and-tupac-shakur-to-play-coachella-as-holograms/ Tupac Shakur and Nate Dogg to Perform at Coachella… as Holograms | Techland | TIME.com

[...] to Los Angeles-based radio station KROQ, holographic technology will bring the star back from the dead to join in on a rendition of [...]
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[...] Angeles-based radio station KROQ says holographic technology will help resurrect the rapper for Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s set Sunday [...]
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[...] Angeles-based radio station KROQ says holographic technology will help resurrect the rapper for Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg’s set Sunday [...]
http://www.fillbag.com/2012/tupac-shakur-to-reportedly-play-coachella-as-a-hologram/ Tupac Shakur to reportedly play Coachella — as a hologram

[...] Angeles-based air wave hire KROQ says holographic record will assistance revive a rapper for Dr. Dre as well as Snoop Dogg’s set Sunday [...]
http://www.radio-javan.com/2012/04/14/dr-dre-to-bring-tupac-shakur-and-nate-dogg-holograms-to-coachella/ Dr Dre to bring Tupac Shakur and Nate Dogg holograms to Coachella

[...] to Los Angeles radio station KROQ, Tupac will appear during a performance of his 1995 hit ‘California Love’, which Dre [...]
http://www.theweeklysheet.com/?p=518 Is Rapper Tupac Shakur Going to be at Coachella in Hologram Form? « The Weekly Sheet

[...] hologram technology as well and could it be the future of performing arts technology? Check out KROQ directly for even more information on the [...]
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[...] a huge crowd and a golden opportunity to do something dramatic: Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. It’s speculated that the pair will being out holograms of the late Nate Dogg and [...]
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[...] his appearance someone had already created a Twitter account from hologram version of Tupac. There were rumors that a Nate Dogg hologram would also appear, but instead there was a video montage of the deceased singer’s [...]
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[...] KROQ Radio reports that the technology was used before to allow singer Mariah Carey to perform five concerts across Europe at the same time last year. [...]