Rockshow

Rockshow
Release poster
Produced byBob Mercer
StarringPaul McCartney
Linda McCartney
Denny Laine
Jimmy McCulloch
Joe English
CinematographyJack Priestley
Edited byRobin Clarke
Music byWings
Production
company
Distributed byMiramax Films
Release dates
  • 26 November 1980 (1980-11-26) (premiere screening)
  • 30 January 1981 (1981-01-30) (NY commercial release)
  • 27 March 1981 (1981-03-27) (LA commercial release)
Running time
125 minutes (unedited cut)
102 minutes[1] (edited cut)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Rockshow is a 1980 concert film released by Paul McCartney and Wings, filmed during the band's 1976 North American tour. The film features 30 songs from segments of four concerts of the tour: New York, on 25 May (four songs); Seattle, Washington, 10 June (five songs); and Los Angeles, California, 22 June (fifteen songs) and 23 June (six songs).[2] However, both the cover of the home video release and McCartney, in his intro to The McCartney Years DVD, acknowledge only the Seattle concert. These concerts were part of the 1975–76 Wings Over the World tour, which also produced the triple live album Wings over America (1976) and the Wings Over the World television documentary (1979). This is also the first film released by Miramax.

  1. ^ "ROCKSHOW (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 28 August 1980. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  2. ^ Madinger, Chip; Easter, Mark (2000). Eight Arms to Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium. Chesterfield, MO: 44.1 Productions. ISBN 0-615-11724-4.