To celebrate a momentous 25 years in music and theatre, multi-platinum recording artist Michael Ball rounds off 2009 with the launch of his brand new DVD: “Michael Ball Past & Present Live at the Royal Albert Hall.”
An outstanding collection of his best known songs, recorded live during his recent tour, is a must have present for fans who would like to find Michael in their stockings this Christmas...
From his West End debut in Les Miserables in 1985 to his Olivier Award winning performance as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, his concert DVD is a two hour extravaganza packed with Michael’s favourite songs over the past two and a half decades.
Highlights in this show include Michael’s many West End and Broadway credits, which are almost too numerous to mention (see list below!)
From his 1985 debut as Marius in Les Miserables Michael sings the beautiful Empty Chairs at Empty Tables. Love Changes Everything Michael’s chart topping song from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love in which he starred in the West End and on Broadway and Michael’s concert favourite, the Rice/Lloyd Webber composition Gethsemane from the 1972 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.
Tell Me It’s Not True is from Willy Russell’s enduring musical Blood Brothers and fans’ favourite and fans will love Michael’s spine tingling version of The Winner Takes It All from Mamma Mia.
The concert opens and closes with show stopping hits The Impossible Dream, a great favourite with concert goers and taken from the Broadway production and film Man From La Mancha and from the popular Hairspray - You Can’t Stop The Beat.
The Prayer, Don’t Stop Me Now, Seasons of Love, Mack the Knife and Put a Little Love in your Heart feature alongside numerous other instantly recognizable songs along with Michael’s 1992 Eurovision entry, One Step Out Of Time and his own composition, Just When which was originally recorded for his ‘This Time It’s Personal’ album.
A truly unmissable treat for all the family, guaranteed to induce a cosy feeling in your home this Christmas.
Michael says: “25 years is a milestone and I really think that if you can still be doing this after so many years, it’s worth celebrating!
I hope viewers enjoy watching it as much as I did performing my favourite songs while on tour.
“Every song on this DVD represents a major memory for me. Every time you open in a show, every time you create a new character, it’s a career highlight. Who’d have thought a housewife from Baltimore would be my soulmate!
“The obvious ones are Les Mis, Phantom, Aspects of Love, Passion; the Proms, winning the Olivier and the whole Hairspray experience has been the best of my life.
"Appearing on Broadway for the first time, singing at the Sydney Opera House, the millennium concert in Kuala Lumpar, Windsor Castle – all these amazing places you get to perform in.
“This last year has, without question, been the busiest and most varied of my entire career.”
Our DVD giveaway is now CLOSED and Click Lancashire is pleased to announce the two lucky winners of our SIGNED DVD give away.
Vanessa Rozee, from Blackburn, and Julie Bowers, from West Sussex, knew Hairspray’s Edna Turnblad hometown is: Baltimore. Congratualtions! Your DVD will be on its way this week!
Full song list:
The Impossible Dream - The Man of La Mancha
You Can't Stop The Beat - Hairspray
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
Jesus Christ Superstar Theme - Jesus Christ Superstar
I Was Made For Lovin' You
Hot Stuff
One Step Out of Time - Michael Ball Eurovision Song
Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen
Seasons Of Love - Rent
The Rose - Bette Midler
If Everyone Was Listening - Supertramp
Empty Chairs - Les Miserables
Tell Me It’s Not True - Blood Brothers
Heaven On Their Minds - Jesus Christ Superstar
Everything’s Alright - Jesus Christ Superstar
I Don’t Know How To Love Him - Jesus Christ Superstar
Hosanna - Jesus Christ Superstar
Gethsemane - Jesus Christ Superstar
Starlight Sequence -Starlight Express
Next Time We Fall In Love - Starlight Express
Love Changes Everything - Aspects of Love
Winner Takes It All - ABBA
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Andrews Sisters
Mack The Knife - Kurt Weil
Just When - Michael Ball
The Prayer - Bocelli/Dion
I Know Where I’ve Been - Hairspray
Mercy - Duffy
Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Dolly Parton
You Can’t Stop The Beat - Hairspray
“Michael Ball Past & Present Live at the Royal Albert Hall DVD” is on sale nationwide from 23rd November 2009 (RRP £19.99). ©2009 Universal Studios. All rights reserved.
For further information please visit www.michaelball.co.uk
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