A Selena Hologram Is Going On Tour, Set to Release New Music

By Staff Reporter - 09 Apr '15 02:34AM

Selena Quintanilla is coming back with new music and a tour. Days after the 20th anniversary of her death, her family revealed on Wednesday that the late queen of Tejano music would be brought back to life as a hologram.

The late singer's family has been working closely with tech company Acrovirt LLC to create "a walking, talking, singing, and dancing digital embodiment of iconic singer," a statement read on her official Facebook page on Tuesday, April 7.

"Selena is a Latin- American icon who was taken before her time. Acrovirt and the Quintanilla family are excited to announce that Selena will continue to share her creative talents with the world in a new innovative way," said Terry Kennedy, Co-Founder of Acrovirt.

The hologram has already been named as "Selena The One," and has been said to be a "walking, talking, singing, and dancing, digital embodiment" of the icon.

The official site for the upcoming hologram has launched an IndieGoGo campaign, which will go live on April 16th, in hopes of raising $500,000 for Independent tech company Acrovirt LLC to build it.

The superstar was killed in 1995 at the hands of her fan club president, Yolanda Saldivar, who is serving a life sentence in Selena's death.

Last June, the Quintanilla family told The Associated Press they canceled plans to create a hologram because they did not have full body images of her performing.

The announcement coincides with Fiesta de la Flor, a two-day festival celebrating Quintanilla-Perez's life and legacy in Corpus Christi on April 17 and 18.