
The broadcast of the Concert for Diana will be replayed on VH1 Classic on November 11 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
On I July 2007, at the new Wembley Stadium in London, England, Concert for Diana was staged in front of an audience of 62,000 and beamed to a worldwide TV audience of many hundreds of millions in over 140 countries. The concert, organised by Prince William and Prince Harry to celebrate the life of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, on what would have been her 46th birthday proved to be a spectacular success, with the UK TV viewing figure peaking at a massive 15 million. The entire concert, and many extra features, is captured on a two disc DVD which is released worldwide today.
The Concert for Diana featured a unique artist line-up, spanning a broad artistic spectrum, from Pharrell Williams to the English National Ballet, with the criteria being that the artists invited were some of the favourites of the Princess and the Princes. This resulted in an intoxicating blend of rock, pop, rap, classical and musical theatre. The two disc DVD features all of the 21 memorable performances by many of the world's greatest musicians: Elton John, Rod Stewart, P. Diddy, Joss Stone, Bryan Ferry, Natasha Bedingfield, Fergie, Pharrell Williams, Lily Allen, Take That, Roger Hodgson of Supertramp, Tom Jones, James Morrison, Orson, Joe Perry, Kanye West, The Feeling, Status Quo, Will Young, Nelly Furtado and Duran Duran. In recognition of Diana's love of ballet, the English National Ballet gave a spell binding performance of an extract from Swan Lake, and the Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals medley, packed with surprise guests Anastacia, Connie Fisher, Andrea Ross, Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, Josh Groban, Donny Osmond, Jason Donovan and Lee Mead, reflected the Princess's fondness for musical theatre. Star presenters included Kiefer Sutherland, Sienna Miller, David Beckham, Ricky Gervais, Dennis Hopper and Jamie Oliver.
The Concert for Diana DVD, like the Concert itself, is presented in three Acts and includes much fascinating unseen footage. With a running time of over five and a half hours, the DVD includes all the artists and presenters as well as a fascinating behind-the-scenes documentary. It also contains all the poignant Diana and me films, a series of short films about Diana which were interwoven through the concert and give compelling testimony from people of all ages and walks of life about how the Princess touched so many people's lives.
The front cover of the DVD features one of the best-loved images of Diana, taken by Mario Testino at her last official portrait session. Accompanying the DVD is a 20 page booklet which contains a photographic record of the events on 1 July at Wembley stadium. The charities benefiting from the sale of Concert for Diana DVD will be the same as the Concert beneficiaries - The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, Sentebale, the Lesotho children's charity Prince Harry founded in her memory, and the six charities of which the Princess was Patron at the time of her death - Centrepoint, English National Ballet, Great Ormond Street Hospital, The National Aids Trust, The Leprosy Mission and The Royal Marsden Hospital,
The track listing is as follows.
DVD ONE, ACT ONE
ELTON JOHN - Your Song
Prince William and Prince Harry -Welcome
DURAN DURAN - Sunrise, Wild Boys, Rio
JAMES MORRISON -You Give Me Something, Wonderful World
DIANA & Me - PROFESSOR SIR MAGDI and LISA YACOUB
Sienna Miller and Dennis Hopper
LILY ALLEN - LDN, Smile
DIANA & Me - DOUG SMITH
FERGIE -Glamorous, Big Girls Don't Cry
DIANA & Me - CLARK DENMARK
Kiefer Sutherland
THE FEELING - Fill My Little World, I Love It When You Call
DIANA & Me - GEMMA QUINN
PHARRELL WILLIAMS - Drop It Like It's Hot, She Wants To Move
Tribute - BILL CLINTON
DIANA & Me - MIKE WHITLAM and SANDRA TIGICA
Simon Cowell, Ryan Seacrest and Randy Jackson
NELLY FURTADO - Say It Right, I'm Like a Bird, Maneater
DIANA AND BALLET Natasha Kaplinsky
ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET - Swan Lake
ACT TWO - Part One
Introduction - Live Aid
STATUS QUO - Rocking All Over the World
DIANA & Me - COLIN DAWSON
Dennis Hopper
JOSS STONE -You Had Me, Under Pressure
ROGER HODGSON - Dreamer, The Logical Song, Breakfast In America, Give a Little Bit
DIANA & Me - AUDREY WATSON
Fearne Cotton
ORSON - Happiness, No Tomorrow
DIANA & Me - RUTH SIMS and JONATHAN GRIMSHAW
Gillian Anderson
TOM JONES with JOE PERRY - Kiss, I Bet You Look Good On the Dance Floor
TOM JONES with JOE PERRY and JOSS STONE - Ain't That a Lot of Love
WILL YOUNG - Switch It On
NATASHA BEDINGFIELD - Unwritten
Additional Features DIANA & Me - Brigadier Andrew Freemantle
DIANA & Me - Sir Malcolm Green
DVD TWO, ACT TWO - Part Two
DIANA & Me - CHRIS ANDERSON and ANNE GRINDROD
Boris Becker and John McEnroe
BRYAN FERRY - Slave to Love, Make You Feel My Love, Let's Stick Together
Tribute - TONY BLAIR
Cat Deeley
DIANA AND MUSICALS - ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER: ANASTACIA - Jesus Christ Superstar, CONNIE FISHER and ANDREA ROSS - Memory Overture - Phantom of the Opera, ANDREA BOCELLI - Music of the Night, SARAH BRIGHTMAN and JOSH GROBAN - All I Ask of You, DONNY OSMOND, JASON DONOVAN and LEE MEAD - Any Dream Will Do
ACT THREE
Kiefer Sutherland
ROD STEWART - Maggie May, Baby Jane, Sailing
DIANA AND PHOTOGRAPHERS
Patsy Kensit
KANYE WEST - Gold Digger, Touch the Sky, Stronger, Diamonds from Sierra Leone, Jesus Walks
DIANA & Me - SIMON BARNES and DANNY AYKROYD
Jamie Oliver
P. DIDDY - I'll Be Missing You
DIANA & Me - JILL, HOWARD, RICHARD and MATTHEW ATTFIELD
David Beckham
TAKE THAT - Shine, Patience, Back for Good
DIANA & Me - DAVID LEONARD
Ben Stiller
RICKY GERVAIS with MACKENZIE CROOK
ELTON JOHN - Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, Tiny Dancer, Are You Ready for Love
Prince William and Prince Harry - Goodnight
Tribute - NELSON MANDELA
DIANA'S CHILDHOOD (Soundtrack: QUEEN - These Are the Days of Our Lives)
Additional Features DIANA & Me - Sophie and Jennifer Mason
DIANA & Me - Lord Attenborough
The Making of Concert for Diana -Documentary
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