Stevie Wonder – Live At Last (DVD)

Lifelong
American legend STEVIE WONDER adds special luster and excitement to the
50th Anniversary celebration of Motown Records with the release of his
first-ever live concert DVD, ’LIVE AT LAST’, Universal Motown Records
announced today.

The DVD program, released worldwide on March
9, 2009, was filmed at the O2 Arena, in London, England, over two
nights, September 30 and October 1, 2008, before a rapturous audience
of 15, 000 each night. The concerts were part of the first Stevie
Wonder world tour in over a decade which sold 120, 000 tickets in the
UK alone.

‘LIVE AT LAST’s set list traces a lifetime of
innovation and accomplishment – and, in fact, our own lifetime
appreciation of his music, stretching from Wonder’s teens with “My
Cherie Amour” and “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours.” Along the way,
the program encompasses iconic hits that redefined pop and R&B
music, including “Superstition, ” “Higher Ground, ” “Living For the
City, ” “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” and “I Wish, ” while reaching
into his classic albums for such enduring fan favorites as “All I Do, ”
“Overjoyed” and “Knocks Me Off My Feet.” The exuberant “Don’t You Worry
‘Bout a Thing” is preceded by Wonder’s interpretation of Chick Corea’s
instrumental “Spain.” And in a delightful, impressive and emotional
moment, Wonder’s daughter Aisha Morris — the inspiration of his
classic “Isn’t She Lovely” — steps from the background vocal group and
performs Nat “King” Cole’s jazz standard “I’m Gonna Laugh You Right Out
of My Life.”

Wonder also takes time out in the set to salute
the British audience with an affectionate medley of two Beatles songs
(“Fool on the Hill, ” “I Want To Hold Your Hand”) and a Rolling Stones
classic (“[I Can’t Get No] Satisfaction”), book-ending them with the
traditional “London Bridge is Falling Down.”

Aside from being
his first DVD release, ‘LIVE AT LAST’ is Stevie Wonder’s first high
definition release on Blu-Ray disc. Blue laser disc reader technology
provides unparalleled picture quality (at 1080i) as well as pure and
uncompressed 5.1 surround sound — the highest standard of sound
quality ever achieved on a Stevie Wonder release.

STEVIE
WONDER was introduced to the world at age 12 in the 1963 hit
“Fingertips – Pt. 2, ” his first of nine No. 1 records and he has also
charted eighteen more Top 10 hits so far. He has won 22 Grammy Awards
since 1973, when Innervisions won Album of the Year, among his first
four Grammys that year. He is the recipient of NARAS’ Lifetime
Achievement Award (1996) and Billboard Magazine’s Century Award (2004).
He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. His
10-million selling 1976 double album Songs in the Key of Life was the
first album by an American artist to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard
album chart. His most recent studio album is 2005’s gold-certified Top
5 A Time To Love.

Wonder performed “Signed, Sealed, Delivered
(I’m Yours)” to a crowd of 85, 000 at Denver, Colorado’s Invesco Field,
just prior to then-Senator Barack H. Obama’s nomination acceptance
address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, and he also is
prominent among performers at the public Obama Inaugural celebrations
held in Washington, DC in January 2009. His new song “All About the
Love Again, ” is featured on the special all-star compilation project
‘CHANGE IS NOW: RENEWING AMERICA’S PROMISE’, released on Inauguration
Day.

At age 58, Stevie Wonder remains among the most
visionary, influential and admired of singers, songwriters, musicians
and producers in the history of American music. Packaging formats
include:
DVD DELUXE DIGIPAK
1 X DVD9 (NTSC 0)
12 PAGE BOOKLET

BLU-RAY BLU-RAY BOX
1 X BD50
12 PAGE BOOKLET

TECHNICAL SPECS
PICTURE FORMAT: 16:9 Widescreen