Cliff Richard & The Shadows Reunited with Via Vision on DVD November 18, 2009
It was in 1959 that Cliff Richard first recorded and performed with The Shadows. In 2009, exactly 50 years later, Cliff and The Shadows have reunited at London’s O2 Arena for a 50th Anniversary Concert, available in November on home video across Australia and New Zealand.
Melbourne – August 12th, 2009: Cliff and The Shadows (Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch and Brian Bennett) dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s enjoying both solo and joint successes. Between them they achieved no less than 19 number one hits including Living Doll, Bachelor Boy, Summer Holiday, The Young Ones, Apache and Wonderful Land. Via Vision Entertainment (VVE) is proud to release the November 2009 DVD, ‘Cliff Richard & The Shadows – The Final Reunion’, for the first time in Australia and New Zealand.
From 1968 both Cliff Richard and The Shadows pursued individual careers. Throughout the 70’s and 80’s The Shadows toured regularly and enjoyed Top 10 successes, often competing with Cliff for the number one spot. Cliff went on to achieve huge worldwide success as a solo artist, scoring the most Top 10 and Top 20 hits in the UK singles Chart. He remains the only UK artist ever to achieve a Number 1 single in five consecutive decades!
VVE Chief Executive Nick Wayman commented, “Cliff Richard & The Shadows – The Final Reunion” Live on DVD perfectly complements our ever growing range of premium releases. With the February 2010 Australian Tour just around the corner, there will be enormous consumer interest in this product. We are confident that this will become the biggest selling Cliff Richard DVD ever (for Australia and New Zealand)”.
"We sound as though we were having fun. We were, and our sound is just like the old days - except we're better". Sir Cliff Richard, July 2009
The 2009/2010 Cliff and The Shadows World Tour kicks off in September and will be arriving in Australia in February 2010. Tickets go on sale Friday the 14th August, 2009. Via Vision has had tremendous success with other key titles such as Robin Williams: Live and Uncensored, Crusty Demons, Bold and the Beautiful, Peter Brock, North & South: The Miniseries, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, The Drew Carey Show, Due South, Acropolis Now, Cliff Richard Time Machine Tour, 50th Anniversary Live at Wembley Arena Barack Obama His Story and the Manchester United Collector’s Pack, to name a few.
Cliff Richard & The Shadows – The Final Reunion
Released: November 18, 2009Duration: 160 mins (approx) Rated: E
Available at all good retailers. RRP $29.95
