Things may have finally gone too far. The good doctor Andre Young and his canine themed comrade Calvin Broadus are one of the big acts at the music festival, and to set things off, they'll perform some of their collaborative hits and posse cuts regardless of whether or not the other people in the song or there, or even alive.
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg are one of the headlining acts at this year's Coachella music festival, but there's a good chance their performance will be upstaged by two stars who are no longer with us. Both TMZ and KROQ radio are reporting that Tupac and Nate Dogg — who passed away in 1996 and 2011, respectively — will be resurrected on stage as holograms so that Dre and Snoop can perform classics like "California Love" and "The Next Episode" without missing a beat.
The performance will reportedly use the same hologram technology that allowed Mariah Carey to perform a Christmas concert in five European cities at the same time. And while the Coachella show has the potential to be more than a little creepy, we also have to wonder if there will be any legal issues with using the likeness of a deceased celebrity. If you can't be there in person to check out the concert, don't forget: YouTube will be livestreaming the entire three-day festival free of charge.
Will this begin an era of people performing concerts in their living rooms, of Frank Sinatra on stage with Biggie and Jay-Z, Josephine Baker dancing next to Beyonce? The possibilities are endless … but should they be?
[Source: The Verge, Passion of the Weiss]