The upcoming concert film George Michael: The Faith Tour captures two nights in Paris, in the spring of 1988, from recently rediscovered footage.
It’s directed by two of George’s longtime collaborators, Andy Morahan and David Austin. There will also be a live album of previously unreleased performances, similarly called The Faith Tour.
An unheard interview with George Michael will serve as a voiceover, and unseen images shot by Herb Ritts and behind-the-scenes footage from the Faith music video will also be featured.
The film will also open with an original short film by Mary McCartney, which will offer “an intimate introduction contextualizing the tour’s cultural significance”.
The Faith Tour supported George Michael’s debut solo album, released in 1987 after his years with Wham!. The tour began in February 1988 at the Budokan in Tokyo before traveling to 16 countries across 109 concerts in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America.
The live album contains 18 tracks of unreleased recordings, and will be released by Sony Music.
The collection includes live renditions of singles from 1987 album Faith, like Father Figure, Kissing A Fool and One More Try. The album also includes several of George Michael’s own versions of other artists songs, like Stevie Wonder’s Love’s in Need of Love Today.
Faith was released in 1987, and was written, produced, and performed almost entirely by George Michael. The album won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Following it’s release, George became the only British male artist ever to achieve four U.S. No.1 singles from a single album on the Billboard Hot 100.
