New Trailer For George Michael Film Features Never-Before-Seen Footage Of First 1988 Tour
Image: Wikimedia Commons, Screencap From George Michael: The Faith Tour Official Trailer / Youtube
A new trailer has dropped for George Michael: The Faith Tour, a concert film featuring restored, never-before-seen 35mm footage of the pop-icon’s first ever solo tour in 1988, beginning when he was just 24 years old.
The posthumous film aims to capture the Parisian concert as it was meant to be experienced, forever memorialising the turning point that transformed George Michael into the global fashion, music, and cultural icon the world knows him to be today.
The trailer kicks off with audio alone, featuring beautiful vocals from Michael’s “Careless Whisper” as the riotous crowd at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy arena sounds off in the background.
Michael is first revealed with his fist in the air, decked out in denim, silver chains, a white tank top, and black leather. The iconic pose, rendered in remarkable clarity, is followed by Michael’s concert renditions of “Father Figure,” “I Want Your Sex,” and the album’s title track.
“I suppose what faith meant to me was that life was still gonna deliver,” Michael says in a voiceover, the soundbite sourced from an archival interview.
“Finding Faith”: An Introduction To George Michael’s 1988 Tour
The film’s theatrical release will open with an original short film by Mary McCartney, titled “Finding Faith”, offering an intimate introduction to the tour’s cultural significance. The short film will include voiceovers from an unheard interview with Michael, alongside unseen images captured by American photographer Herb Ritts and behind-the-scenes footage of the Faith music video.
The album featured in the film, Michael’s debut studio album, Faith (1987), won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and sold over 25 million copies worldwide. Following its release, Michael went on to produce several multimillion-selling albums over the next two decades, cementing his place as an era-defining global pop sensation.
Michael, who died of heart-disease in 2016, is also remembered as a gay icon. The star publicly came out as gay in 1998, and was actively involved in LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS activism throughout his career.
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