‘Concert For George’ was originally released in 2003.
The George Harrison tribute night Concert For George – recorded on November 29th 2002 at London’s Royal Albert Hall – will be back in cinemas later this month.
Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Ravi Shankar, Tom Petty and many more paid tribute to The Beatles’ legendary guitarist and songwriter that night, and the opportunity to experience it in remastered form will be on offer at selected cinemas around the world on November 29th.
A long time ago, imagining his ideal gig, George had said, ‘I could do something like that someday…[it’s] the perfect idea…I mean if I had a ‘special’ I would like to have a few people who mean something to me’,” Olivia Harrison says.
“And he was right, he was so prescient and so right. It went from the sublime Ravi & Anoushka Shankar Orchestra to the ludicrous Monty Python.”
“The most deep moving songs written by George, whose meanings were potentised by his absence, played with heart and soul by a core group of friends. It is a joy to be able to relive that incredible evening again, on a big screen, 20 years on.”
“20 years ago, I stood on stage beside my father’s dearest friends and celebrated his life and music,” Dhani Harrison adds.
“It was one of the most beautiful things we could’ve done on that day to mark his passing. There was a lot of love involved in that show, which has been preserved in this Concert for George film. I hope you dig it.”
