The nominees for the 29th annual Pollstar Awards were announced today and we are proud to be included alongside artists like Coldplay, Flying Lotus and others in the “Tech Enhancement of the Year” category! The Pollstar awards are based on input from “several hundred randomly selected concert industry executives.” There is no list of nominees…
Read MoreAs part of the Pollstar Live! conference program, Eyellusion organized a panel of music industry veterans to discuss the touring hologram opportunity. Led by Eyellusion CEO Jeff Pezzuti, the session featured Wendy Dio, digital effects pioneer Scott Ross, McGhee Entertainment senior vice president Mark Stroman, Rhino Entertainment president Mark Pinkus, TKO president Andrew Goodfriend, and…
Read MoreAs featured in Rollingstone, Loudwire, Blabbermouth, Pollstar (and more seeming to come every minute!), the Ronnie James Dio hologram made it’s U.S. debut with the official DIO band. The performance opened the annual Pollstar awards, giving concert touring industry execs in attendance just a glimpse of the show that will hit theaters and festivals around…
Read MoreDetails about the 2017 DIO hologram tour are still under wraps, but production is underway! Mark Strigl at Talking Metal podcast was kind enough to spend some time with us in New York a couple weeks back to hear what we’ve been up to. We shared info for the first time about some of the songs…
Read MoreThe legendary Eddie Trunk spoke with Eyellusion’s CEO Jeff Pezzuti and Wendy Dio for more than an hour on his weekly Sirius Radio show back in August. ICYMI, you can now check out that conversation over on Eddie’s podcast. We’ve been fans of Eddie’s for decades and being able to talk him through what we’re doing…
Read MoreRonnie James Dio, the diminutive and legendary frontman of Black Sabbath and Dio, took the stage at Germany’s Wacken Festival. It’s been six years since Dio died, on May 16, 2010 at the age of 67. The digital age means we no longer have to say good-bye — whether to friends from high school who…
Read MoreRonnie James Dio Hologram Debuts at German Metal Festival Creators Eyellusion hope for hologram to tour with Dio Disciples following Wacken performance The fervent Ronnie James Dio fans who gathered to watch a group of the late singer’s former bandmates close out Germany’s mega-sized heavy-metal festival Wacken Open Air Saturday night got a big surprise:…
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