Image Entertainment to Release The Who Concert

CHATSWORTH, August 14:
Image Entertainment has acquired from Spitfire Pictures all worldwide home
video, broadcast, digital and non-theatrical rights, with the exception of
Japan, to The Who At Kilburn: 1977.

The Who gathered in
December 1977 at the Gaumont State Theatre in Kilburn, North London, to record
a concert for Jeff Stein’s documentary The Kids Are Alright. Shot by six cameras with a 16-track audio recorder,
this never-before-released concert has been digitally restored and remastered
in high definition. The two-DVD set will also include The Who’s London Coliseum
concert from 1969 and 29 of the band’s biggest songs and rarely performed
favorites, as well as the first live recorded performance of “Tommy.”

“The release of this
concert is a milestone in the career of a band that defined an entire music
generation,” said David Borshell, the president of Image Entertainment.
“Original fans of The Who have been waiting more than 30 years for this moment,
and new fans will have a chance to see one of the great concerts in modern
music history.”

—By Jackie Stewart