Elton John has reportedly bagged a hologram residency in Las Vegas with “more advanced” technology than ABBA Voyage.
Hologram Residency
The 79-year-old music legend, who stepped away from touring in 2023, is believed to have landed a mega-money deal for the show at the brand-new Hard Rock Hotel opening in Sin City next year.
It features the Tiny Dancer hitmaker in hologram form alongside collaborators, Dua Lipa and Kiki Dee. All three avatars will perform songs together.
A source told The Sun, “Elton, Dua and Kiki will be holograms. It’s similar to the ABBA Voyage show in London, but far more advanced as the technology has come on so much.”
“Elton signed a seven-figure deal with Hard Rock. It’s a shift away from a traditional residency and is billed as a fully immersive experience. It’s going to look phenomenal.”
ABBA Voyage has lined the pockets of the Swedish pop icons, who reunited in digital “Abba-tars” in 2022. The avatars have played their hit tracks to millions of people since the virtual concert began in May 2022. The virtual show uses high-tech motion capture, while their original vocals are used.
Brand New Album
Despite scaling back his live performances, Elton shows no signs of slowing down completely.
He recently revealed he quietly completed a brand‑new album, which exists because his eyesight troubles forced him to rebuild his entire creative process from scratch.
While accepting the prestigious Glenn Gould Prize at the Theatre at Great Canadian Casino Resort in Toronto in May, Elton John explained that his eye condition made his usual lyric‑first method impossible.
He told the audience, “I’ve had eye trouble recently and I always make records by looking at lyrics and writing to lyrics, and so I’m kind of f***** at the moment.”
Elton’s eye issues began in France in the summer of 2024. A serious infection left him blind in his right eye. For the first time in his five‑decade career, he had to flip his approach completely.
“What my eye has given me is a chance of, at 80 years of age, completely reversing how I write. I’m writing melodies first, and lyrics coming second. I’ve never done that. And I’ve just done it.”
A Creative Shift
The shift sparked a creative breakthrough, resulting in an album he describes as unlike anything he’s ever made.
He finished by saying, “I’ve just done an album, which is so different to anything I’ve ever done before, but it’s so happy. I’m so thrilled with it because it’s given me another chance to make music.”
Elton stepped away from touring three years ago, wrapping his mammoth Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour after more than 300 shows. He released Who Believes in Angels? with Brandi Carlile last year.