QUEEN's Budapest Concert Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Newly Restored 4K Release
The restoration uses original 35mm footage and newly remixed audio to mark the concert’s 40th anniversary, with cinemas and IMAX screenings starting Oct. 7.
- Sony Music Vision announced that 'Queen Budapest,' a restored 4K film of the band's historic 1986 concert behind the Iron Curtain, will arrive in cinemas and IMAX worldwide beginning October 7.
- Captured on July 27, 1986, at Budapest's Népstadion, the performance marked the first time a Western rock band played behind the Iron Curtain, drawing 80,000 fans inside the stadium.
- Sir Peter Jackson's Park Road Post Production facility restored the footage in 4K from original 35mm film, preserving the band's final live performance with frontman Freddie Mercury before touring ended one month later.
- A multi-format package accompanies the film on October 30, featuring a newly remixed soundtrack released on Blu-ray, DVD, CD, and as a 3LP vinyl set for the first time.
- Their music continues to influence generations, evidenced by induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and more than 2.6 billion streams for 'Bohemian Rhapsody' on Spotify.
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"It’s going to be definitively the most real experience ever of us, Queen, in our glory days. I think people will get lost in it and even forget they're watching a film": A restored and remixed version of Queen's final filmed performance is on the way
It’s 40 years this summer since Queen’s final tour, and to mark the occasion, the band have announced the reissue of Queen Budapest, the film of their show in the Hungarian capital that summer. The original footage has been restored by Peter Jackson (who’s fast becoming the go-to guy for this sort of project). It’ll be getting a limited cinema and IMAX release on 7 October, before editions on all formats – DVD, Blu-Ray, digital, LP and CD – beco…
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Queen’s 1986 Budapest concert to hit theaters for 40th anniversary
Queen performed a historic concert in Budapest in 1986, making them the first Western rock artists to perform behind the Iron Curtain. Now, in celebration of the milestone's 40th anniversary, the concert is coming to the big screen. Queen Budapest, a recording of the July 27, 1986, concert at Budapest's Népstadion, is set open in cinemas and IMAX worldwide on Oct. 7. The film has been restored in 4K by Peter Jackson's Park Road Post Production i…
Queen Budapest, the first rock show of a Western band in a stadium beyond the Iron Curtain, as well as the latest live performance of Queens on full film, will be screened in cinemas and Imax halls around the world since October 7. (ANSA)
The film will not only feature the concert, but also the band's visit to Budapest, with footage such as the band's go-karting at the Hungaroring.
It's been four decades since the Spring Wind blew water into the Népstadion. Click for the video!
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