Yesterday saw the release of Alter Bridge's special 3-disc DVD/CD/Documentary boxed set, Alter Bridge: Live At Wembley. Directed and co-produced by Alter Bridge's longtime director, Daniel E. Catullo III (Rush, Nickelback, Smashing Pumpkins, Godsmack, Steve Miller Band), Live At Wembley is the maiden release from The Dude Films, a new multimedia company specializing in live concerts.
Live At Wembley includes every key Alter Bridge track from their three studio albums, including "Isolation," "Ghosts Of Days Gone By," "Wonderful Life," "Watch Over You," "Broken Wings," "Rise Today," "Open Your Eyes" and many more, and was captured in late November during the Fall 2011 European tour at the historic Wembley Arena.
"When the tour was booked, we saw that there were a few arenas, Wembley being one of them," says lead guitar player Mark Tremonti. "We were excited and nervous, wondering if the tickets would sell. They did, and we were blown away. The first four or five songs of any set are usually pretty nerve-wracking. Those are the tunes where we're finding our footing and trying to get comfortable. But Wembley was different. Even with all of the cameras and the fact that we were filming and we couldn't make any mistakes, it was fun right from the start."
Directed by long time Alter Bridge Director Daniel E. Catullo III (Rush, Nickelback, Smashing Pumpkins, Godsmack) and produced by Catullo and Lionel Pasamonte with executive producers Stuart Margolis and Chris LaBarbera, the 16-camera, state-of-the-art high definition shoot was filmed in front of a fanatical audience of over 10,000 English fans as the band gave the performance of a lifetime, captured in pristine audio visual perfection, in 5.1 DTS Surround Sound, at Wembley Arena in London. The Deluxe Edition of the DVD is set to include a second bonus disc of content shot specifically for this release, plus a 60-minute documentary called "The Road To Wembley" and photo gallery, and 16-page souvenir booklet.
In addition to the main HD shoot, the show was shot in 3D using 3Ality Technica technology and cameras. The 3D version will be released in late 2012 as a separate 3D film/3D Blu Ray package by 3Dimensions, Inc. The 3D production was produced by Catullo and Pasamonte, along with Ted Kenney, Producer/ Director of such iconic 3D Concert Films as U23D, Kenney Chesney: Summer in 3D, Black Eyed Peas in 3D and Britney Spears in 3D.
With the band members busy this spring touring the U.S. in their other projects – frontman Myles Kennedy singing with Slash and Mark Tremonti, Scott Phillips, and Brian Marshall playing with Creed -- Live At Wembley will more than compensate in keeping the Alter Bridge stage show front and center this season.
The DVD and Blu Ray includes the following songs:
1. Slip To The Void
2. Find The Real
3. Ghosts Of Days Gone By
4. Before Tomorrow Comes
5. Come To Life
6. All Hope Is Gone
7. White Knuckles
8. Brand New Start
9. Metalingus
10. Broken Wings
11. I Know It Hurts
12. One Day Remains
13. Coeur D' Alene
14. Buried Alive
15. Blackbird
16. Wonderful Life
17. Watch Over You
18. Ties That Bind
19. Isolation
20. Open Your Eyes
21. Rise Today
The live CD includes the following songs:
1. Slip To The Void
2. Find The Real
3. Ghosts Of Days Gone By
4. Come To Life
5. All Hope Is Gone
6. Metalingus
7. I Know It Hurts
8. Coeur D' Alene
9. Blackbird
10 Wonderful Life
11 Watch Over You
1T Ties That Bind
13 Isolation
14 Rise Today