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Amy now as a hologram

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Fans of late British singer Amy Winehouse, whose untimely death in 2011 at age 27 shook the music world, will be able to see her on concert stages again in the form of a hologram, her father Mitch Winehouse said.

The show, expected to debut in 2019, will be created by the same company that has produced hologram tours for 1960s crooner Roy Orbison and opera singer Maria Callas. Producers hope to take the concert around the world for three years.

The Winehouse hologram will be projected on stage in front of a live band that will accompany the voice from her original recordings. Mitch said all of the money the family receives from the show will go to The Amy Winehouse Foundation, which was establishe­d after her death to help young people suffering with substance abuse and other challenges.

Amy Winehouse died from alcohol poisoning in July 2011 at her London home, at age 27. The singer, known for hits Rehab and Back to Black, had struggled with drinking and drug problems.

The company Base Hologram has said it will hire an actress to mimic Amy Winehouse’s stage movements and complete the image with prosthetic­s and computer-generated imagery.

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