In a strange turn of events, the ghost of Frank Zappa – or more accurately, a hologram of the famed singer-guitarist – has responded to Ticketmaster’s recent censorship of tour art for the upcoming, and highly controversial, hologram Zappa tour.

Previously, the advertisement image featured a small two penguins, embodying Zappa’s mid-’70s tune “Penguin in Bondage.”

Apparently, Ticketmaster’s Content Governance team flagged the sadomasochistic image – which is barely noticeable and quite small – as “questionable content.” Specifically, the penguin’s exposed rear-end was the main issue, and organizers Eyellusion and the Zappa Family Trust complied with Ticketmaster’s censorship request to have it covered.

However, in classic Zappa form, they did not do it quietly.

Firstly, the penguin’s rear is now covered by a “Warning/Guarantee,” that mimics a similar tongue-in-cheek label that Zappa put on his albums in the ’80s, after the Parents Music Resource Center – led by Tipper Gore – cracked down on “questionable” and “offensive” rock music. Zappa famously testified in front of members of the PMRC and Senate in September 1985, defending musicians’ First Amendment rights.

With that in mind, event organizers for the hologram tour also released Zappa’s own “response” to the Ticketmaster censorship, giving fans a taste of what they can expect from computerized version of the musician.

The hologram echos Zappa’s 1984 quote, “I’m a person who likes to do what he wants to do…whether people like it or not and what I do is designed for people who like it, not for people who don’t.”

The Zappa hologram tour kicks off on April 19 at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY.

See the video, warning label and before/after artwork below: