Michael’s “Dangerous Tour” was the biggest tour any performer had done in history, breaking his own record from the preceding “Bad Tour.” The incredible staging took nearly three days to set up, and 20 trucks of equipment were shipped between countries on cargo planes, making headlines everywhere it went. The “Dangerous Tour” included 69 concerts reaching over 3.5 million fans.
George Michael winds down his 25 Live tour in his first-ever concert film, which finds the former Wham! leading man revisiting hits familiar and fresh in two sold-out shows at London’s Earls Court. Michael’s impeccable vocals take center stage, and his pop-song prowess is driven home with such classics as “Faith,” “Freedom” and “One More Try.” Even “Careless Whisper” gets a nod, as does the Police’s “Roxanne.”
One of the world’s biggest bands return to the scene of their Live Aid (1985) triumph a year earlier to play all their greatest hits in front of a packed Wembley Stadium.
The Royal Ballet performs Tchaikovsky’s magnificent classical ballet in a brand new production by the brilliant young choreographer Liam Scarlett, with sumptuous and evocative designs by John Macfarlane. The Royal Ballet’s new production of this iconic classic – the first in over 30 years at Covent Garden – garnered 5-star reviews when it opened in May 2018. Starring the Argentinian ballerina Marianela Nunez in the hugely challenging dual role of Odette/Odile, with Vadim Muntagirov as Prince Siegfried, the ballet is a showcase for the whole company, who dazzle in full royal finery during the ball at the palace and in delicate feathered tutus as flocks of swans in the unforgettable scenes at the moonlit lake.
In 1989, the Rolling Stones go on their “Steel Wheels” tour: Jagger, Richards, Watts, Wood, and Wyman, backed by three singers, a sax, four horns, and two keyboards. In Turin, Berlin, and London, they perform on a gigantic stage in front of masses. The staging includes huge air-filled figures of women and of a wolf; there are fireworks and a light show. On stage, the musicians are sometimes yards apart, with Jagger racing up and down wide staircases that project like wings to the left and right of the stage. All the while, the music pours forth, sixteen songs in all, from “Satisfaction” and “Sympathy for the Devil” to “Start Me Up” and “Rock and a Hard Place.”
Experience the high-spirited adventures of Oliver Twist in this Oscar(r)-winning musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale! Young Oliver (Mark Lester) is an orphan who escapes the cheerless life of the workhouse and takes to the streets of 19th-Century London. He’s immediately taken in by a band of street urchins, headed by the lovable villain, Fagin (Ron Moody), his fiendish henchman, Bill Sikes (Oliver Reed), and his loyal apprentice, The Artful Dodger (Jack Wild). Through his education in the fine points of pick-pocketing, Oliver makes away with an unexpected treasure… a home and a family of his own.
They’re pretty and they make good music too! This seems to be the layman’s reaction when first setting eyes upon the intra-family pop group that is The Corrs. Three beautiful sisters and a brother make up this Irish sensation whose unique blend of traditional Celtic music and pop music have propelled them into pop stardom. Huge in the U.K. for a couple of years now, the Corrs are poised to become chart toppers in America as well. This acoustic performance was filmed at Ardmore Studio’s in Dublin, and serves to demonstrate their talent at writing original and beautiful music.
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese’ captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year. Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, ‘Rolling Thunder’ is a one of a kind experience, from master filmmaker Martin Scorsese.
Multi Grammy Award-winning singer Michael Bublé celebrates the holiday season with his annual NBC Christmas special, Michael Bublé’s Christmas in New York at the Radio City Music Hall. Barbra Streisand, Ariana Grande, Miss Piggy and the Rockettes join Bublé for an hour-long celebration of Christmas, his favorite holiday.
When the world is faced with a holiday cheer crisis, the North Pole knows only one person who can solve it: Santa’s great friend, Mariah Carey.
The Grammy award winning singer songwriter will be sprinkling his unique blend of extraordinary talent and infectious humour in this one off Christmas Special.One-off special in which the Canadian crooner entertains an audience with classic festive tunes from his Christmas album and duets with Kelly Rowland for the first time on one of the nation’s best-loved seasonal hits. Kelly’s X Factor co-judge Gary Barlow also takes to the stage for a performance, and a host of other famous faces appear on the show, including Dawn French.
The two-time GRAMMY Award-winners return as you’ve never seen them before with Synthesis Live. Filmed in the fall of 2017 at the Grand Theater, Connecticut, this concert film features a reimagining of some of Evanescence’s best-loved songs with the spotlight on Amy Lee’s virtuoso piano and voice supported by the combination of full orchestra, electronics and the band. The new arrangements give a focus to the emotions and stories in the band’s songs.
