Wendy Dio planning to use Ronnie James Dio film rather than Hologram on upcoming Dio band tour

Wendy Dio planning to use Ronnie James Dio film rather than Hologram on upcoming Dio band tour

Wendy Dio recently spoke with Brazilian rock media outlet, Kazagastao, about a variety of topics, including 2022 tour news and the controversial Dio hologram.

On the 2022 tour, Wendy Dio stated (as indicated by Loudwire): “So we are going out next year in March – the Dio band will go out again – but this time I found an ISO film, a 17-camera shoot, there’s an ISO one of Ronnie only. So we took that, and we’re making this with special effects. So it won’t be a hologram – it’ll be a film of Ronnie himself with the Dio live band and special effects.”

In terms of the hologram, she indicated: “[The hologram] was well received sometimes, sometimes not; it all depends on the people. The problem with the hologram, and it’s great – and I won’t say never again – but it costs so much money, you can only go into certain venues because of the height and the size of it.

In a May 2021 interview with ToneDeaf, Wendy Dio revealed the hologram cost “over two million dollars [USD] to make.”

The 2019 “Dio Returns” tour saw the late Ronnie James Dio appearing as a hologram, accompanied by a live band that included former Dio band members Simon Wright, Scott Warren and Craig Goldy. Wendy Dio did not mention if the 2022 touring band line-up would remain the same.

You can listen to the interview with Wendy Dio on Kazagastao below: