Elvis Evolution

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Elvis Evolution is an immersive hologram concert.{{Cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |date=4 January 2024 |title=Return of the king: Elvis hologram show to premiere in London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/04/elvis-evolution-hologram-show-london-premiere |access-date=2025-02-27 |work=The Guardian}}{{Cite news |last=Fullbrook |first=Danny |last2=Perrone |first2=Roberto |date=8 January 2024 |title='Elvis AI show more like time travel than Abba hologram' - creator |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-67906106 |access-date=2025-02-27 |work=BBC News}} It was created by a British production company called Layered Reality, which had access to hundreds of hours of video footage and photography from Elvis Presley's personal archive at Graceland.{{Cite news |last=Feitelberg |first=Rosemary |date=April 13, 2024 |title=Elvis Presley Is Coming to London -- Sort Of |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=176623536&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2025-02-26 |work=WWD: Women's Wear Daily |via=EBSCOhost}}{{Cite news |last=Dawkins |first=Mia |date=October 2024 |title=With AI, Celebrities Never Die |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=179760893&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2025-02-26 |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |pages=101–102 |via=EBSCOhost |issue=4824}} The show follows Elvis' life story: from growing up in rural Mississippi, to becoming a global superstar, and ends with a concert.{{Cite news |last=Hanley |first=James |date=25 October 2024 |title=Behind the scenes of Elvis Evolution |url=https://www.iq-mag.net/2024/10/behind-the-scenes-of-elvis-evolution/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |work=IQ Magazine: Live Music Intelligence}}{{Cite news |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=4 January 2024 |title=Elvis to Make Comeback as Hologram at London Show |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=175104878&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2025-02-25 |work=People.com |via=EBSCOhost}} It will premiere at the ExCeL London in the spring of 2025 and is 110 minutes long. The production has drawn comparisons to ABBA Voyage.

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