New York, NY (Top40 Charts) CHICAGO & FRIENDS IN CONCERT (Official Trailer) from FanTracks on Vimeo. The theatrical release of
Chicago &
Friends in Concert will premiere on April 18 and April 21, in select theatres via Iconic Events Releasing, Mercury Studios and FanTracks.
"This concert film is a unique approach to any of our previous live performances," said
Chicago founding member Lee Loughnane. "We very rarely play with guest artists, much less seven of them. It was very interesting to work with each guest and experience their interpretations of our music."
Chicago, the legendary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band with more than 100 million albums sold worldwide, bring their iconic sound to moviegoers across North
America in this 2½ hour cinematic event. Recorded this past November at Ovation Hall at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, NJ in front of a live audience of 10,000 fans over two nights, the band was joined by special guests
Robin Thicke, Chris Daughtry, Steve Vai, VoicePlay,
Judith Hill, Robert Randolph and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram. Each performance is visualized in vibrant video and animation.
This once-in-a-lifetime event showcases Chicago's greatest hits and celebrates their 55th Anniversary of their groundbreaking Double-Platinum debut album, CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY. The film also captures the "unplugged" a capella arrangements and re-imagined Chicago's hits in an emotionally moving centerpiece.
Chicago &
Friends In Concert's Executive Producer Barry Summers worked directly with co-producer, Chicago's Lee Loughnane, and each special guest on song selections. Loughnane also acted as music director and managed the post-production audio mix.
Barry Summers, Award Winning Producer & Creator of the Decades Rock LIve series of which this film is the latest, exclaims "We are very excited to be presenting "Chicago &
Friends in Concert" 4K UHD Dolby 5.1 at cinemas in North America.
Ty Roberts, CEO, FanTracks added "We are thrilled to showcase the Decades Rock Live series in theatres which brings multiple generations together to celebrate iconic music."
The Decades Rock Live
Chicago &
Friends production was filmed on a custom-built LED stage set with nine 4K cameras. This film premiere contains Chicago's greatest hits and classics with each visualized in all original full length animations shown against an amazing custom LED backdrop.
The legendary rock and roll band with horns, Chicago, came in as the highest charting American band in Billboard Magazine's Top 125 Artists of All Time.
Chicago recently received The Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award from the GRAMMYS and was previously inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame in 2014. Band members Robert Lamm and
James Pankow have been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017.
Further to that, the band has 21 Top 10 singles, five consecutive Number One albums, 11 #1 singles and five Gold singles, with a total of 48 Gold and Platinum awards. The original three band members are Robert Lamm on keyboards and vocals, Lee Loughnane on trumpet and vocals and
James Pankow on trombone.
The band line-up also includes Ray Herrmann on woodwinds, Walfredo Reyes Jr. on drums, Neil Donell on vocals,
Ramon "Ray" Yslas on percussion, Tony Obrohta on guitar, Loren Gold on keyboards and vocals, and Eric Baines on bass and vocals.
