A concert film or concert movie is a film that showcases a live performance from the perspective of a concert goer, the subject of which is an extended live performance or concert by either a musician or a stand-up comedian .
17-494: Rockshow is a 1980 American concert film released by Paul McCartney and Wings , filmed during the band's 1976 North American tour. The film features 30 songs from segments of four concerts of the tour: New York, on May 25 (four songs); Seattle, Washington, June 10 (five songs); and Los Angeles, California, June 22 (fifteen songs) and June 23 (six songs). However, both the cover of the home video release and McCartney, in his intro to The McCartney Years DVD , acknowledge only
34-535: A 1959 feature film produced by the promoter Lee Gordon. As it also features some Jazz performances and was released prior to Jazz on a Summers Day, it arguably has claims to being the first Jazz concert film as well. A latter notable concert film, the T.A.M.I. Show , featured acts such as The Beach Boys , James Brown , Marvin Gaye , and the Rolling Stones . One of popular music's most ground-breaking concert films
51-614: A Menudo concert (in Merida, Venezuela ) with movie scenes and a plot, while the latter follows Duran Duran as they travel around Canada and the United States doing concerts and actual tourism. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour , which has grossed $ 267 million worldwide, is the highest-grossing concert film of all time; the previous record for the concert film was held by Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011). The top 15 are among
68-493: Is Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972), directed by Adrian Maben, in which Pink Floyd perform a short set of songs inside the amphitheatre of Pompeii without an audience (save for the recording crew). The term "rockumentary" was first used by Bill Drake in the 1969 History of Rock & Roll radio broadcast and is a portmanteau of "rock" and "documentary". The term was subsequently used to describe concert films containing appearances by multiple artists. Then, in 1976,
85-530: Is for the full-length, 125-minute version of Rockshow . * Songs edited out of the first home video versions of the film. + Songs included in The McCartney Years DVD box set. Concert film One of the earliest-known concert films is the 1944 film Adventure in Music . Another early film is the 1948 picture Concert Magic . This concert features virtuoso violinist Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) at
102-532: The Yale College student ensemble that included trombonist Roswell Rudd , shown driving around Newport in a convertible jalopy, playing Dixieland . As was scheduled in advance and announced in the program, the last performer Saturday night was Mahalia Jackson , who sang a one-hour program beginning at midnight, thus ushering in Sunday morning. The film concluded with her performance of The Lord's Prayer . In 1999,
119-466: The Charlie Chaplin Studios in 1947. Together with various artists he performed classical and romantic works of famous composers such as Beethoven, Wieniawski, Bach, Paganini and others. The earliest known jazz concert film is the 1959 film Jazz on a Summer's Day . The film was recorded during the fifth annual Newport Jazz Festival . The earliest known rock concert film is Rock’n’Roll ,
136-593: The Seattle concert. These concerts were part of the 1975–76 Wings Over the World tour , which also produced the triple live album Wings over America (1976) and the Wings Over the World television documentary (1979). This is also the first film released by Miramax . The music for what was to become Rockshow and part of Wings Over the World was produced by Chris Thomas and engineered by Phil McDonald during 1979. However,
153-530: The Seattle performance while the actual song was taken from a Los Angeles show: "Magneto & Titanium Man", "Spirits of Ancient Egypt", "Lady Madonna", "Let 'Em In", and "Soily". The introduction of the horn section was a composite as well with portions coming from Seattle and the final Los Angeles show. The film premiered on November 26, 1980 at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York; McCartney did not attend, as he
170-532: The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film received a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes . The film premiered at the 1959 Venice Film Festival . The film was also re-released in 2009 by Charly Records and sold with an audio CD of the music and some of
187-703: The film. The Columbia Records jazz producer, George Avakian , was the musical director of the film. The film mixes images of water and the city with the performers and audience at the festival. It also features scenes of the 1958 America's Cup yacht races. The film is largely without dialog or narration (except for periodic announcements by emcee Willis Conover ). The film features performances by Jimmy Giuffre ; Thelonious Monk ; Sonny Stitt ; Anita O'Day ; Dinah Washington ; Gerry Mulligan ; Chuck Berry ; Chico Hamilton , with Eric Dolphy ; and Louis Armstrong , with Jack Teagarden . Also appearing are Buck Clayton , Jo Jones , Armando Peraza , and Eli's Chosen Six ,
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#1733085634162204-540: The general public until 31 years later, as McCartney had remained reluctant to make the entire film available on VHS or DVD . In 2007, a shortened cut with only seven songs was released as part of The McCartney Years DVD set – one of which, a version of the Beatles ' " Lady Madonna ", was originally left out of the Rockshow home video release. In June 2013, a new version of the film was released. The longer 125-minute version
221-477: The highest-grossing concert films. André Rieu is the most frequent performance with 13 titles on the list. Jazz on a Summer%27s Day Jazz on a Summer's Day is a 1959 concert film set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Newport , Rhode Island (which took place from July 3 to July 6 of 1958). The film was directed by commercial and fashion photographer Bert Stern and Aram Avakian , who also edited
238-411: The processing of the Rockshow overdubs was obviously completed by the airdate of Wings Over the World , as these same performances were featured in both productions. Not all of the songs made it to the film in their entirety ("Medicine Jar" and "Letting Go" have been edited), and the song introductions did not always match the performance that followed. For example, several of the introductions came from
255-405: The term was used by the promoters of the live musical production Beatlemania which documented the evolving career of The Beatles . The 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap notably parodied the rockumentary genre. Other examples of this type of film include Menudo 's 1981 film, Menudo: La Película , and Duran Duran 's 85-minute 1984 video, Sing Blue Silver . The former mixes
272-492: Was digitally restored from the 35mm negative with the soundtrack remixed in 5.1 surround sound . The film had a limited worldwide cinema re-release on May 16, 2013, with an exclusive introduction and interview with McCartney. An exclusive VIP premiere screening, with McCartney in attendance and introducing the film, took place at BAFTA on May 15. This restored cut was released on DVD and Blu-ray in June 2013. The following list
289-634: Was in the studio at the time. He did attend the London Premiere at the Dominion Theatre in Piccadilly Circus on April 8, 1981. The film was later edited down to 102 minutes for its home video release. Its first home video release was on Betamax in October 1981, with a VHS , laserdisc , and CED release in 1982. This would be the last time a feature-length version of the film would be available to
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