Have you heard about this? A newly restored concert film capturing one of the most important shows of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s post-Beatles era is heading back to the big screen!
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Power To The People: John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory and Special Guests – Live at the One To One Concert, New York City, 1972 has been remastered and will screen in theatres worldwide on April 29 and May 3.
The film documents the historic “One To One” benefit concerts held August 30, 1972 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The matinee and evening shows marked Lennon’s only full-length concerts after leaving The Beatles and the last time he and Ono performed a full concert together.
The new version has been restored, re-edited, and remixed from the original footage shot by director Steve Gebhardt. The film was also physically and digitally cleaned frame-by-frame by Lennon’s longtime production team led by his son, Sean Ono Lennon.
Tickets go on sale March 20, timed to coincide with Lennon and Ono’s 57th wedding anniversary.
The original shows drew more than 40,000 fans and raised over $1.5 million for disabled children (about $11.5 million today). The setlist included classics like Imagine, Come Together, Instant Karma! and Give Peace a Chance, with a finale featuring Stevie Wonder.
Looking back at the performance, Lennon once said the Madison Square Garden shows gave him the same rush he felt playing the early days of The Cavern Club in Liverpool and the band’s wild nights in Hamburg.
For Sean Ono Lennon, restoring the film was deeply personal. The concert remains the last full show his father ever played.
