May 31, 2012

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When Tupac Shakur took the stage in hologram form at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April, hundreds of thousands of onlookers reveled in seeing one of hip-hop's greatest performers seemingly brought back from the dead.

Shakur's music soon returned to the Billboard 200 album chart for the first time since 2000, and almost immediately, word spread about a possible tour.

The Hollywood Reporter has learned that a "live" Marilyn Monroe concert is being planned to take place before year's end with the working title Virtual Marilyn Live -- A Musical Celebration of the Birth of the Pop Icon.

The concert, which has yet to secure a venue (organizers also plan to stream it on the web), will feature the projected blond bombshell singing and interacting alongside live music stars.

Becky Altringer, managing director and co-founder of Digicon Media, the company doing the planning, says the event will employ the technology used at Coachella to launch virtual Marilyn's new career as "a performer, spokesperson, cultural pundit and computer avatar."