Thorpe Hologram For Aussie Retro Tour

Chugg Entertainment’s retro “It’s A Long Way To The Top” sequel tour in October is bringing back the original 2002 tour’s headliner, Billy Thorpe.

His hologram will appear as Cold Chisel guitarist Ian Moss performs Thorpe’s hits.

In the ’70s, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs were the biggest-drawing – and loudest – Australian act. It was Thorpe who suggested to his former roadie, Michael Chugg, that they put together a tour featuring acts from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s.

The tour was a runaway success: 160,000 attended 18 sold-out shows.

Ted Robinson, director of the 2012 tour, said of the hologram plans, “To my knowledge this is the first time anyone has undertaken this sort of exercise with a music icon of Billy’s stature in Australia.”

Thorpe died in 2007.

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