LONDON, July 9, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Mercury Studios, Universal Music Group's innovative
and multi-faceted content studio, has today announced they
have acquired the rights to distribute the iconic Live from
Abbey Road series. Mercury will represent the
classic series globally after a decade off-screen.
Live From Abbey Road
revolutionized music television. Produced by Michael Gleason between 2006-2012, the hybrid
performance/documentary format showcases many of the world's most
popular and culturally-influential acts within the iconic, intimate
setting of Abbey Road studios (also home to some of the greatest
recordings of all time). The show's mix of live performance and
interviews attracted an original global audience in over 100
countries, with a stellar mix of A-list, emerging, local and
international guests. As true now as then, Live From
Abbey Road offers a magical
insight into the world of music and its makers.
Commenting on the news, Mercury Studios VP of Content
Acquisitions, Amy Freshwater, said:
"Recognition for the legendary Abbey Road Studios is global -
and the world-class music and compositions recorded within those
walls is unrivalled. Mercury are proud to partner on the re-release
of one of the most famous showcases of artist versatility and
quality; intimately united with a famous location once
more."
"Amy and her team at Mercury are trusted to deliver the very
best in music television entertainment," said Michael Gleason, owner and producer of Live
from Abbey Road. "From Sheryl Crow,
Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Counting Crows, to Ed Sheeran and the legendary David Gilmour, these performances showcase the
magic made inside Abbey Road Studios. I'm delighted to see the
series re-released to a global audience."
Live from Abbey Road, produced under a license from
Universal Music Group, the owner of Abbey Road Studios, marries the
best in sound with the finest in film. Viewers will soon be able to
experience the classic series again as Mercury roll out the
collection for international sales after ten years off-screen.
About Mercury Studios: Mercury Studios is a full-service
production studio, focused on telling compelling stories through
the lens of music. Current and recent projects include Oscar and
BAFTA award nominated American Symphony, directed by
Matthew Heineman for the Obamas'
Higher Ground Productions/Netflix, If These Walls Could
Sing, directed by Mary McCartney
for Disney+, My Life as a Rolling
Stone for the BBC and MGM+, Shania Twain: Not Just A
Girl for Netflix, This Town, a six-part series for the
BBC from writer, creator, and executive producer Steven Knight, Linda
Perry: Let it Die Here, which premiered at Tribeca Film
Festival and the recently announced One to One: John &
Yoko from Oscar and BAFTA award winning director, Kevin Macdonald. Mercury Studios also produced
Sam Smith: Live at the Royal
Albert Hall for BBC, Billie Eilish's Overheated at the
O2 London and Lang Lang Plays
Disney for Disney+. Editorially independent, Mercury Studios is
powered by Universal Music Group and represents the world's leading
catalog of music-related content, consisting of thousands of hours
of premium music-driven film and television programming.
About Live From Abbey Road LTD: Live from Abbey Road Ltd.
is a specialist studio formed by series producer and former MGM
Studios board member Michael Gleason
along with the late Apple Inc. board member Jerome York. The series is the first music
performance series filmed in high definition while utilizing the
advance sound recording only available at Abbey Road Studios. The
production goal was to produce a series which looks like a movie
and sounds like a record. With a production team including
Directors Annabel Jankel and
Matthew Amos, and co-producers
Peter van Hooke and Fraser Kennedy, this vision was achieved by
filming over 130 artists.
Artist
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