John Lennon's Birthday Celebrated With Concert Film and Documentary Announcement

10-09-2026

(UMe) To celebrate John Lennon's birthday, today, October 9, Sean Ono Lennon, Mercury Studios and Universal Music Group are delighted to announce the release of the Blu-Ray Film Editions of "Power To The People," the highly acclaimed 2026 multiscreen concert film of John Lennon & Yoko Ono's legendary One-To-One live shows at Madison Square Garden, NYC in 1972 with Elephant's Memory and Special Guests - newly restored, re-edited and remixed by the Lennons' seven-times GRAMMY-Award winning team, with music produced by Sean Ono Lennon.

A 4-disc Deluxe Box Set, which also includes the award-winning documentary "One To One: John & Yoko," will be released on April 9, 2027 and is available for pre-order now along with a two-disc option here

John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory and Special Guests performed these now-legendary sold-out One To One concerts to a combined audience of 40,000 people, raising over $1.5M (equivalent to $11.5M in 2026) for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. They were the only full-length concerts John Lennon (with Yoko Ono) performed after leaving The Beatles.

Originally filmed by multi-camera director Steve Gebhardt in 1972, this 2026 version of the concert film is directed by Simon Hilton, edited by Ben Wainwright-Pearce and produced by Peter Worsley and Sean Ono Lennon. Music Production is by Sean Ono Lennon and mixed and engineered by Paul Hicks and Sam Gannon.

The film restoration was over twenty years in the making, overseen by the director with Executive Producer Yoko Ono Lennon. All the reels of vintage film negative trims were hand-cleaned, rejoined and retransferred by film restoration experts Dave Northrop and Bruce Goldstein at Deluxe Northvale, before being completely reordered, re-synced and re-edited by the editing team with a view to creating this multiscreen experience.

The audio multitracks were similarly given the ultimate restoration treatment, having been baked and re-transferred at high resolution by Rob Stevens and then digitally restored and remixed in High Definition 192/24 Stereo, 5.1 surround and Dolby Atmos.

Hits performed include John Lennon's "New York City," "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)," "Imagine" and "Mother," plus Yoko Ono's "Don't Worry Kyoko" and "Open Your Box," as well as rousing renditions of "Come Together" and "Hound Dog" and an incredible stage-filled encore of "Give Peace a Chance" featuring special guests Stevie Wonder, Sha Na Na, Melanie Safka-Schekeryk and many others.