George Michael London Views
The question arises anew as I am here to review 'George Michael: Live in London,' a long-ass (2 hours and 13 minutes) show, the last in his farewell concert series from 2006. I guess I should say farewell, since how many performers go on tour one more time, only to notice how many millions of dollars they have raked in and think, well, maybe I'll go out oooooone more time?
Maybe it's the fact that I just reviewed two peerless-sounding concert docs ('This Is It' and 'Soul Power') but 'George Michael: Live in London' seemed a little, well, limp. It didn't sound bad by any stretch of the imagination, but it's front-loaded to the point that, while you never want to be overwhelmed with rear-channel activity, it could have really added another dimension to the experience.
'George Michael: Live in London' is an engaging and fun concert film that, while not exactly delivering reference-quality audio or video, is still well worth watching. There are a couple of nice supplements and the overall packing is fairly stellar. To quote Michael: you've got to have faith. This blinding discoball extravaganza is recommended. But if you owned a copy of Faith music videos as a child as I did, then you can go ahead and bump that up to 'Highly Recommended.'
Live in London is a live concert recording of George Michael's finals two concerts in London's Earls Court Exhibition Centre on 24 and 25 August 2008 as part of his 25 Live tour. This is the first live DVD of George Michael's career. It will be released on both DVD and Blu-ray formats. The DVD version will come out 7 December 2009 in the UK, Europe and Australia, and on 8 December 2009 in the USA and Canada.[1] The Blu-ray version will also be released on 7 December 2009.
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