CONCERT FILM

A 'concert movie', or 'concert film', is a type of documentary movie whose subject is an extended live performance or concert by a musician (or, more recently, by a comedian).
Typically, concert films have simple, descriptive names such as "(performer) Live", "(performer) In Concert".
Early concert films include:

★ ''The T.A.M.I. Show'' (1965), including performances by numerous popular rock and roll and R&B musicians at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on October 28 and 29, 1964.

★ ''Gimme Shelter'' (1970), chronicling the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour, which culminated in the disastrous Altamont Free Concert.

★ ''Woodstock'' (1970), focusing on the Woodstock Festival in 1969.

★ ''The Concert for Bangladesh'' (1972), showing the August 1, 1971 Madison Square Garden concert organized by George Harrison for the benefit of Bangladeshi refugees.

★ ''Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'' (1973), focusing on David Bowie's July 3, 1973 concert.

★ ''The Song Remains the Same'' (1976), showing scenes from three Led Zeppelin concerts filmed at Madison Square Garden in 1973.

★ ''The Last Waltz'' (1978), documenting The Band's final concert at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, on Thanksgiving, November 25, 1976.

★ ''Stop Making Sense'' (1984), taking footage from three shows performed by Talking Heads in Hollywood, California in December, 1983.

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Rockumentary