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Undead Rock Stars Shouldn't Play Stadiums
The hologram wave is another example of tech entrepreneurs trying to abolish death.
The show need not go on.
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As a middle-aged rock fan, I have a problem many of my peers would relate to: Every year, more of my favorite musicians die, and every year, the list seems to get longer. If you've been listening to them for decades, every death is a painful blow. It took me a few days to get over the recent loss of The Fall's Mark E. Smith; my wife was stricken when the Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan -- who was my age -- suddenly died last month.
I'm not sure, though, that I'm down with the way some innovative companies are trying to fill the void.