Concert for Diana (2007) (TV)

Directors:

Janet Fraser-Crook
Sally Norris

Release Date:

1 July 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Music

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

TV Special | Live Concert | Tribute | Princess Diana | Live Broadcast

Cast

Lily Allen	...	Herself
Anastacia	...	Herself
Gillian Anderson	...	Herself - Presenter
Gary Barlow	...	Himself (as Take That)
Boris Becker	...	Himself - Presenter
David Beckham	...	Himself - Presenter
Natasha Bedingfield	...	Herself
Tony Blair	...	Himself - Pre-recorded Message
Andrea Bocelli	...	Himself
Tom Bradby	...	Himself
Sarah Brightman	...	Herself
Bill Clinton	...	Himself - Pre-recorded Message
Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs	...	Himself (as P. Diddy)
Fearne Cotton	...	Herself - Presenter
Simon Cowell	...	Himself - Presenter
Alice Crawford	...	Herself
Mackenzie Crook	...	Himself
Derek Deane	...	Himself
Cat Deeley	...	Herself - Presenter
Clark Denmark	...	Himself
Howard Donald	...	Himself (as Take That)
Jason Donovan	...	Himself
Duran Duran	...	Themselves
The Feeling	...	Themselves
Stacy Ferguson	...	Herself (as Fergie)
Bryan Ferry	...	Himself
Connie Fisher	...	Herself
Andrew Freemantle	...	Himself
Nelly Furtado	...	Herself
Ricky Gervais	...	Himself
Malcolm Green	...	Himself (as Prof. Sir Malcolm Green)
Josh Groban	...	Himself
Roger Hodgson	...	Himself
Dennis Hopper	...	Himself - Presenter
Randy Jackson	...	Himself - Presenter
Elton John	...	Himself
Tom Jones	...	Himself (as Sir Tom Jones)
Natasha Kaplinsky	...	Herself
Patsy Kensit	...	Herself
Adi Konfino	...	Backing Choir Elton John
Simon Le Bon	...	Himself (as Duran Duran)
Andrew Lloyd Webber	...	Himself
Nelson Mandela	...	Himself - Pre-recorded Message
Andrew Marr	...	Himself
John McEnroe	...	Himself - Presenter
Lee Mead	...	Himself
Sienna Miller	...	Herself - Presenter
James Morrison	...	Himself
Jason Orange	...	Himself (as Take That)
Orson	...	Themselves
Donny Osmond	...	Himself
Mark Owen	...	Himself (as Take That)
Joe Perry	...	Himself
Princess Diana	...	Herself (archive footage)
Gemma Quinn	...	Herself
Nick Rhodes	...	Himself (as Duran Duran)
Andrea Ross	...	Herself
Ryan Seacrest	...	Himself - Presenter
Wayne Sleep	...	Himself
Status Quo	...	Themselves
Rod Stewart	...	Himself
Ben Stiller	...	Himself - Pre-recorded Message
Joss Stone	...	Herself
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Himself - Presenter
Take That	...	Themselves
John Taylor	...	Himself (as Duran Duran)
Roger Taylor	...	Himself (as Duran Duran)
Mario Testino	...	Himself
Jamie Theakston	...	Himself - Presenter
Sandra Tigica	...	Herself
Kanye West	...	Himself
Mike Whitlam	...	Himself
Pharrell Williams	...	Himself
Prince Harry Windsor	...	Himself
Prince William Windsor	...	Himself
Claudia Winkleman	...	Herself - Presenter
Lisa Yacoub	...	Herself
Magdi Yacoub	...	Himself (as Prof. Sir Magdi Yacoub)
Will Young	...	Himself

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, England, UK

Company:

Live Nation

Quotes:

Ricky Gervais: [to audience] Hello! You alright? Hello, thank you so much, thank you. And thank you to Ben Stiller there. Sorry we had to bleep that, because there's no swearing tonight. You can't swear in front of the Princes, apparently. They've never heard a swear word, I mean, Harry's in the army but he's never heard a swear word. No one in his regiment swears. If one of them was, say, shot in the groin, they'd go "Oh for f...
[...]

Soundtrack:

(Reach Up For The) Sunrise

The hour-long Concert for Diana I saw on NBC was very enjoyable

Before I watched the one-hour version of the Concert for Diana on NBC which aired on what would have been her 46th birthday of July 1, 2007, I watched the encore of Dateline that featured Matt Lauer's interview of her sons William and Harry. They seemed to have adjusted nicely 10 years after her death despite the tabloids and everything. As for the concert itself, Elton John did nicely in the beginning singing "Your Song" (which I identified earlier when I reviewed his birthday concert at Madison Square Garden as "How Wonderful Live Feels"). Then came Di's favorite music group, Duran Duran, with a lively "Rio". After that were Fergie and Nelly Furtado with songs I didn't recognize but were nice anyway. Then came a duet with Tom Jones and Joss Stone, both looking radiant. Then Rod Stewart sang my favorite song of his, "Maggie May", which he still enjoys singing the hell out of though I wish for once he'd sing the words in the same order that he first sang it when he recorded it in 1971. Still a good performance, though. Then Diddy (I can't get used to the fact that he no longer uses the name Puff Daddy) performed "I'll Be Missing You" which contained a sample of The Police's "Every Breath You Take" and directly mentions Diana by name as smiling up there in the heavens to the audiences' pleasure. Finally, after Elton John closed with "Saturday Nights All Right For Fighting" and William and Harry thanked the audience, we're treated to early childhood home movies of Diana, from when she was born to her early teenage life. All in all, a most enjoyable hour that left me wanting more. I would have especially liked to have seen Lilly Allen when she came on...