--- title: "Keith Richards Says He’ll Probably Keep Touring After He’s Dead" description: "Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards says he will probably keep touring as a hologram after he does finally pass on." date: "2023-10-25" modified: "2023-10-25" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/keith-richards-hologram-tour" categories: - "Future Society" - "Virtual Reality" tags: - "holograms" - "music" - "the digest" - "virtual" --- # Keith Richards Says He’ll Probably Keep Touring After He’s Dead ![Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards says he will probably keep touring as a hologram after he does finally pass on.]() *\Image: Kevin Mazur via Getty / Futurism\* ## Rock On Having [cheated death so many times]() already, the legendary Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards says that there's a good chance he'll keep touring as a hologram after he does finally pass away. In an interview with Matt Wilkinson, the host of a [self-titled Apple Music 1 show](), the hardest-partying of the Stones said that he "certainly wouldn’t" rule out a posthumous hologram tour after the aged rockers die. "I’m pretty sure that is bound to happen," Richards told Wilkinson. "Do I want it? Now, that’s another thing. I don’t know if I want to hang around that long, man. But at the same time, it won’t be up to me, will it?" That *other* Rolling Stone, Mick Jagger, suggested in a [*Wall Street Journal* interview]() in September that he's not altogether opposed to the iconic group touring as holograms after they shimmy off this mortal coil. "You can have a posthumous business now, can’t you?" Jagger told the *WSJ*. "You can have a posthumous tour." The famous frontman went on to point out that "the technology has really moved on since the ABBA thing," referencing the late Swedish pop group's 2022 hologram tour, titled Voyage, that took place last summer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEikjzZO2N8 ## Digital Getdown Earlier this year, [digital media researchers in New Zealand]() did a survey of fan reactions to the Voyage tour and its "ABBAtars," as they were called in press materials. The [Kiwis discovered]() that although there naturally were mixed reviews of the unprecedented experience, fans ultimately felt glad to be able to "see" the band that had last played a show together in 1979 and split up a few years later. It's unclear what aspects of the tech Jagger expects to be better than the ABBA Voyage tour, which by most accounts was [absolutely stunning](), but hologram and virtual concerts have indeed gotten significantly better since that [much-memed Tupac hologram]() that "[performed]()" alongside Snoop Dogg at Coachella in 2012. And given that the Stones just last week performed a [secret show in New York City]() alongside Lady Gaga and Questlove, there's no telling how advanced hologram tours will be by the time those old bastards are finally gone. **More on virtual resurrection:** [*Robin Williams' Daughter Disgusted by Efforts to Bring Her Dad Back With AI*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()