Duran Duran to Perform Virtual Gigs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday August 8, 2006 @10:41AM from the for-varying-degrees-of-'live' dept.

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.'"

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Re:Hmm by apflwr3 · 2006-08-08 12:59 · Score: 4, Interesting

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.