MUSIC NEWS - American music legend STEVIE WONDER celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Motown Records with the release of his first-ever live concert DVD, ‘LIVE AT LAST – A Wonder Summer’s Night’, Universal Motown Records announced today. Check out the trailer below.
The dvd program (full specs below), is releasing worldwide on March 9, 2009, was filmed at the O2 Arena, in London, England, on two nights, September 30 and October 1, 2008, before a rapturous audience of 15,000 each night. The concerts were part of the first Stevie Wonder world tour in over a decade, which sold 120,000 tickets in the UK alone.
The ‘LIVE AT LAST’ set list traces a lifetime of innovation and accomplishment, and, in fact, our own lifetime appreciation of his music, stretching from Wonder’s teens with “My Cherie Amour” and “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours.” Along the way, the program encompasses iconic hits that redefined pop and R&B music, including “Superstition,” “Higher Ground,” “Living For the City,” “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” and “I Wish,” while reaching into his classic albums for such enduring fan favorites as “All I Do,” “Overjoyed” and “Knocks Me Off My Feet.” The exuberant “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing” is preceded by Wonder’s interpretation of Chick Corea’s instrumental “Spain.”
And in a delightful, impressive and emotional moment, Wonder’s daughter Aisha Morris -- the inspiration of his classic “Isn’t She Lovely” -- steps from the background vocal group and performs Nat “King” Cole’s jazz standard “I’m Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life.” Mr Wonder also takes time out in the set to salute the British audience with a medley of two Beatles songs (“Fool on the Hill,” “I Want To Hold Your Hand”) and a Rolling Stones classic (“[I Can’t Get No] Satisfaction”), book-ending them with the traditional “London Bridge is Falling Down.”
Wonder has been very visible on the political scene lately, performing “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)” to a crowd of 85,000 at Denver, Colorado’s Invesco Field, just prior to then-Senator Barack H. Obama’s nomination acceptance address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, and he also is prominent among performers at the public Obama Inaugural celebrations held in Washington, DC in January 2009. His new song “All About the Love Again,” is featured on the special all-star compilation project ‘CHANGE IS NOW: RENEWING AMERICA’S PROMISE’, released on Inauguration Day. He was also recenlty honored by President Obama, gave a private concert in the East Room of the White House for 150 invited guests.
Order a dvd or blu ray copy of Live at Last, here and check out the Live at Last trailer .
| DVD / Blu Ray details: | ||||
| DVD | DELUXE DIGIPAK | |||
| 1 X DVD9 (NTSC 0) | ||||
| 12 PAGE BOOKLET | ||||
| BLU-RAY | BLU-RAY BOX | |||
| 1 X BD50 | ||||
| 12 PAGE BOOKLET | ||||
| TECHNICAL SPECS | ||||
| PICTURE FORMAT: | 16:9 Widescreen | |||
| AUDIO FORMATS: | DVD | |||
| LPCM STEREO | ||||
| DTS 5.1 Surround Sound | ||||
| BLU-RAY | ||||
| LPCM STEREO | ||||
| DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 | ||||
| Dolby Digital 5.1 | ||||
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