ZAPPA HOLOGRAM TOUR HEADS TO THE UK

The Frank Zappa hologram tour is to visit five UK cities in May.

The dates are Edinburgh Playhouse May 9, Gateshead Sage 11, Manchester Bridgewater Hall 12, Birmingham Symphony Hall 13, London Palladium 14. Tickers go on sale from 10am on January 25.

Dubbed ‘The Bizarre World Of Frank Zappa’, the touring line-up is to include Ray White, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Robert Martin, Ed Mann and Joe ‘Vaultmeister’ Travers. There will also be lots of previously unseen footage of Zappa performance footage from the early ’70s.

Says Ahmet Zappa, “As a futurist and hologram enthusiast, Frank fearlessly broke through boundary after boundary as an artist and in honouring his indomitable spirit, we’re about to do it again, 25 years after his passing.

“This mind-melting show we’re putting together celebrates the music, often surreal imagery and humour synonymous with Frank. We will be pushing the limits of what anyone has seen holographically on stage before in a live venue.

“Circumstances, objects, places and subject matter from Frank’s songs and imagination will be brought to life for the first time on stage.

“We are anthropomorphising Frank’s music, so his own hand drawn illustrations, classic imagery from his album artwork and characters from his songs can all interact and perform on stage.”