No sooner do we announce the one-day US-only cinema
presentation of Live In Gdańsk than we
can counter with UK-only information: David and band
will be performing live on BBC TV's Later...with
Jools Holland on Tuesday 23rd September.
The Later... TV format includes one song from
each guest in a half-hour show transmitted live between
10.00 and 10.30PM. There is also an extended version
of the show (taped separately on the 23rd), which
transmits in the late evening of Friday 26th September.
The full one-hour show will include three songs.
Later...with Jools Holland is syndicated around
the world by the BBC, so it may be possible to catch
the performances outside the UK, although we don't
have any details of BBC Licensees' broadcasts.
Friday 29th August 2008
Gdańsk Onscreen For One US Night – The
Emerging Picture
It's a holiday weekend in the US, so here's something
to check out in a spare moment: The
Bigger Picture will soon be running details
of a one-night-only big screen version of Live
In Gdańsk on Monday 22nd September in
the US only.
Similar to what was done for Remember That Night,
it will be a cinema presentation of select songs from
the Gdańsk concert (108 minutes in total) but
with one difference – it will include the audio-visual
presentation of five songs not included on the Concert
DVD with the live album. So, if you want to see Breathe
(known as Breathe (In The Air) in the US),
Shine On You Crazy Diamond or Wish You Were
Here, this will be the place to go. There might
of course be other places to see these songs in the
future, but this is all that is confirmed for now.
The whole programme has been re-transferred from the
original source masters by director Gavin Elder, and
the sound will be played out in full Surround Sound
in every cinema. However, although most of the concert
was shot in HD, some of the shots are from the Standard
Definition cameras covering the musicians in close-up.
Therefore there is a mixture of styles which adds
to the excitement of the experience but may not be
to the taste of some high-definition purists. Please
also note that some songs (in particular Take A
Breath and Astronomy Domine) are very heavy
on strobe effects, so the show is NOT suitable for
those with photo-sensitive epilepsy or other such
conditions. (Please note that only the local cinema
manager controls the playback volume, which concerned
a few cinema-goers at the Remember That Night
screenings.)
The full song list is: Speak To Me; Breathe
(In The Air)/Time/Breathe (In The Air)
(reprise); Castellorizon; On An Island;
The Blue; This Heaven; Smile;
Take A Breath; A Pocketful Of Stones;
Where We Start; Shine On You Crazy Diamond;
Astronomy Domine; High Hopes; Wish
You Were Here; A Great Day For Freedom;
and Comfortably Numb.
Around 106 cinemas are expected to participate and
we will list all details when available.
