Concert film

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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), inlcuding 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.
• Heart of Gold, by Neil Young.