Chicago carried out what would develop into their final pre-pandemic live performance on March 14, 2020, on the Venetian Theatre in Las Vegas. The journey they launched into subsequent is now the topic of a brand new documentary known as The Final Band on Stage.
“It actually hadn’t sunk in, at that time, once we have been taking a bow,” keyboardist Robert Lamm says within the movie. You may view an unique clip under.
The film culminates in Chicago’s return to stay performing in 2021 and was narrated by actor Joe Mantegna, a longtime buddy of the band. It is set for launch in choose theaters and on demand on Sept. 30. The Final Band on Stage can also be presently accessible to pre-order on iTunes.
“Chicago has confronted many obstacles in lasting 55 years however the pandemic was presumably their biggest problem,” director Peter Curtis Pardini mentioned in a press release. “I am excited for folks to see the story of how they received again to the stage to proceed performing.”
The group has since maintained a gradual touring schedule. Chicago additionally launched a brand new album, Born for This Second, earlier this 12 months.
“I hope that 55 years from now, listeners will really really feel one thing about our music and our lyrics,” Lamm mentioned when the LP was introduced. “I imply, we’re all human. All of us undergo some variation of the identical ache and pleasure sooner or later in our lives, and there is a commonality to that. I hope listeners sooner or later will really get all these emotions whereas listening to our music.”
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