- Pete Townshend's Lifehouse

Yahoo! Online Music Event of the Year,2001
Release of the Year : Surround Sound Awards, 2002

Thirty years have passed since Pete Townshend began work on "Lifehouse," but it's only now that the technology exists to make the experimental nature of the piece a reality. This recording of the concerts held at Sadler's Wells in London on February 25 and 26, 2000, is a celebration of the music of "Lifehouse" rather than the culmination of the project. To this day, Pete Townshend is continuing the exciting musical experiments he first pioneered in a small South London theatre back in 1971.

Co-directed by Hugo Currie & Toby Leslie, and shot using 15 cameras (Digibeta & Mini DV) over two nights at Sadler's Wells, Lifehouse was streamed live in a pioneering pay-per-view broadband transmission. The event won the Yahoo Online Music Event of the year 2001, pipping Madonna's live webcast from Brixton Academy. The DVD was a four-times nominee in the Surround Sound Awards in Beverly Hills, 2002, going on to win Release of the year.
 

"Beautifully filmed, the show emphasises the spirituality at the heart of the story. Truly captivating ****." UNCUT Magazine May 2002

To watch clips, and other footage, click on the Watch The Films button in the menu bar on the left. The DVD is available on Amazon, or directly from Eel Pie.