George Harrison tribute movie ‘Live performance For George’ is being re-released in cinemas

A live performance movie devoted to George Harrison is being re-released in cinemas the world over later this month.

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Live performance For George, was first shot in 2002 at London’s Royal Albert Corridor, a yr after the late Beatles‘s demise and featured Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Ravi and Anoushka Shankar, Jools Holland, Jeff Lynne and members of Monty Python. It was organised by Eric Clapton and Harrison’s widow Olivia.

The movie and its soundtrack have been remastered in Dolby Atmos, and a brand new introduction by Olivia and daughter Dhani Harrison will precede screenings.

You could find a full checklist of cinemas, that are screening the movie to mark its twentieth anniversary on November 29, here.

“A very long time in the past, imagining his very best gig, George had mentioned, ‘I may do one thing like that sometime… If I had a ‘particular’ I wish to have just a few individuals who imply one thing to me,’” Olivia mentioned in a press launch. “[It was] essentially the most deep shifting songs written by George, whose meanings have been potentised by his absence, performed with coronary heart and soul by a core group of mates. It’s a pleasure to have the ability to relive that unbelievable night once more, on a giant display, 20 years on.”

Dhani added: “20 years in the past, I stood on stage beside my father’s dearest mates and celebrated his life and music. It was one of the stunning issues we may’ve finished on that day to mark his passing. There was quite a lot of love concerned in that present, which has been preserved on this Live performance For George movie. I hope you dig it.”

Earlier this yr, Olivia wrote a e book of poetry devoted to her late husband.

In the meantime, McCartney introduced a brand new vinyl boxset known as ‘The 7″ Singles’ earlier at the moment (November 10).