7. Freddie Mercury
This is what everyone wants to see, surely? Unlike the rather more tasteless prospect of reincarnating intense and emotional acoustic musicians like Jeff Buckley or Nick Drake as corporate shill holograms, an exuberant and arena-ready artist such as Freddie Mercury makes perfect sense for such a concept. The very much with us (his current Mozart grey hairdo an all) Brian May could re-join Mercury on stage: tell me this wouldnt be an amazing spectacle? Especially after witnessing the enormo-dome visage of Mercury singing tête-à-tête with spectators at the London 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony.
8. Marc Bolan
Ive chosen Marc Bolan for pretty much the same reasons Id like Freddie Mercury to be projected onto the stage like a particularly performance-minded ghost. It would be one hell of a show. Everyone singing along to 'Children Of the Revolution', glam-rock riffs and the obligatory disco-minded stomp of the drums. We've had the T-Rex imitating glitz of Goldfrapp to tide us over in recent years, but the real McCoy (even if it is an illusion) would be quite nice as well, thank you.