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Duran Duran to Perform Virtual Gigs
Sir Haxalot writes "The British band Duran Duran is to create a virtual island within the online world of Second Life, on which they will perform actual live concerts." From the article: "Three-dimensional versions of the band members - called Avatars - have been commissioned and will be revealed in September. The band hopes to perform their first virtual concert in the coming months. Rhodes added: 'We are hoping to give the crowd that come to the virtual concert a real immersive experience, so they can interact with us and react while we are stage.'"
They are embracing new technology and trying new distribution methods, good for them.
If this signature is witty enough, maybe somebody will like me.
...if they need any virtual roadies?
A virtual island? Will there be an NPC named Rio who dances on the sand?
Are people actually paying for this? Okay, it may be great for fans, but...do you have to pay extra for this? It just makes no sense to me...
They are going to turn into a stage! Will they transform into tour buses at the end of the gig?
No, they have actually sucked. Perhaps you meant to say they have virtually no talent?
And to think that's longer than you've been alive. "Woah."
Are they just doing this to create publicity for themselves or is SL paying them to do this to bring in the older crowd?
Maybe virtual Barbarella will show up, destroy the evil Duran Duran, and help rid the world of the scourge of crappy music.
/dance
I find it ironic that someone named "Karma Farmer" is trolling.
Have you actually listened to their early stuff? (I'd guess the answer is 'no') They get a lot of crap for their later stuff, but they had some great songs early on. Rio was a great album (in fact, I'd say every song is good), and their early hit Planet Earth was really good, too.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
Maybe he's more like American farmers, and hoping to be paid karma to not post.
I wholeheartedly agree. 1983 was not a random date - that's when Seven and the Ragged Tiger came out.
I contend that was an even better record than Rio.
But since then,
Karma: Can only be portioned out by the Cosmos.
Boy, do I feel old right now...
I wholeheartedly agree. 1983 was not a random date - that's when Seven and the Ragged Tiger came out. I contend that was an even better record than Rio.
I liked Rio more than 7RT (though that was a good album too), but I agree that it was all over after that. They should have just let the band die.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
I hope I get a good view...
Interact and react. In Quake or Unreal Tournament sense? Duran Duran Deathmatch.
I for one welcome my virtual gigs!
"You can justify anything by putting it in quotes, adding a famous name and making it a sig" - Albert Einstein
I find it ironic the above post is an offtopic troll, yet was moderated "informative."
The Gorillaz did a virtual performace using holograms at the European MTV Music Awards show in Nov 2005.
Deltron 3030 - Virus (music video)
Does Second Life take place in 1983?
Seriously - Duran Duran has virtually sucked for virtually 25 years.
I know you're trolling, but that does beg the question-- will the Duran Duran avatars be modelled after their 40-50 year old bodies today (complete with wrinkles) or will they be the pretty-boys from the Rio video? Not that I particularly care, of course... Ahem...
This kind of this could literally give a "Second Life" to musical acts whose careers ended when their looks started to go.
No no no, they did Take On Me, these guys are one of those other groups from back then.
XML is like violence. If it doesn't solve the problem, use more.
I bet they've been performing virtual concerts in their minds for years now...
It's probably just bad boys experiencing the reflex.
if I claimed I was emperor just because some watery tart lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away!
Personally, I like Duran Duran, but I decided to be kind of minimalist when it came to buying the cds and just got the greatest hits album. It had basically everything I wanted from them. I took that route with a few bands that I had a lot of stuff for on tape and lp just because, while I liked them, I didn't want to deal with all of the filler.
On the upside, their greatest cd makes for really fun driving music =]
Everything I need to know I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.
I'll be there with my Chicken Hat on! :D
~Ulrika~
One more thing to add to my iptables block list...
On the upside, their greatest cd makes for really fun driving music =]
damn you! You've found me out!
Who run Barter Town?
This sounds like anything but an Ordinary World.
Duran Duran is a staple in my driving music selection. It's right up there with Placebo, ZZ Top, Tom Petty, and Garbage.
Everything I need to know I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.
As long as they don't mind being paid virtual money.
Why is it that many people who claim to support standards have such atrocious spelling and grammar?
> "The British band Duran Duran is to create a virtual /shout "Free tickets at loc 9232.18, 8108.77!"
> island within the online world of Second Life, on
> which they will perform actual live concerts."
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
For some strange reason this sounds like an excerpt from Snow Crash, though I highly doubt Duran duran would need to do this to avoid stalkers.
And he swears he's never seen some many hot late 30-somethings show up for a gig in his life than at a Duran Duran concert. Of course I ask him if he hit on any of them... "I'm running sound for them dude".
He also said they had an army of laptops running Logic during the show. So... they might as well put on a virtual show, sounds like they already are!