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'Flight of the Conchords: Live in London' is a 2018 stand-up comedy and music special by Flight of the Conchords. The special was recorded live in July 2018 at the Eventim Apollo in London, and released by HBO on October 6, 2018. The special was released as a double album as 'Live in London' by Sub Pop in March 2019.

Outside of sets on shows like 'Just for Laughs' and 'One Night Stand', recorded in 2004 and 2005 respectively, 'Live in London' is the duo's first comedy special. The album release was their fifth overall, and fourth that was widely distributed.

Background and release



Flight of the Conchords launched a sold-out tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland in March 2018 titled 'Flight of the Conchords Sing Flight of the Conchords Tour'; many of the dates were rescheduled to JuneJuly 2018 following Bret McKenzie breaking his hand mid-tour. The reunion tour featured a sixteen song set which was a mix of their classics, songs from their television show, and six new songs.

Flight of the Conchords played four nights at the end of the tour at the Eventim Apollo in London during which they recorded their performances with director Hamish Hamilton for HBO. The special premiered on HBO in October 2018. Ahead of the premiere, they performed the song "Father and Son" on 'The' 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert'.

The duo said that they were interested in producing their first full-length comedy special to capture the essence of their live show, with McKenzie explaining, "I like the idea of capturing what we do live, because it doesnt really exist on tape. Weve spent so many years touring, but were more well known for the TV show, which is actually quite different from what we really do." They have indicated that this would likely be their only Flight of the Conchords project of this scope for some time.

Album



The album version of the special, titled 'Live in London', on March 8, 2019. It was released as a double album by Sub Pop, their fourth release with the label and their first in ten years. The album premiered in the United States in February on 'NPR's First Listen'.

'Live in London' album features six new songs by the band, Iain and Deanna, Father and Son, Summer of 1353, Stana, Seagull, and Back on the Road, as well as the first album version of Bus Driver. Additionally, the release includes versions of Carol Brown and The Most Beautiful Girl (In The Room)" which were edited out of the HBO special due to time constraints.

Track listing



Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Personnel



'Musicians'

* Bret McKenzie vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, recorder, percussion

* Jemaine Clement vocals, guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, flute, percussion

* Nigel Collins cello, bass guitar, vocals

'Production'

* Mickey Petralia producer, mixing engineer

* Mike Leach FOH engineer

* Matt Shane monitor engineer, backline

'Management & Art'

* Bret McKenzie art direction

* Jemaine Clement art direction

* Sasha Barr art direction

* Jennifer McCord photography

* Rebecca Travis tour manager

* Marc Janowitz production manager, lighting designer

* Red Light Management (Eric Mayers, Jay Barnings, Mike Martinovich, Olivia Harrington) management

* Mark Kaplan business management

* Doug Mark legal

* Jeff Endlich legal

* Hamish Hamilton other contributions

* James Merryman other contributions

* Jim Parsons other contributions

* Rachel French other contributions

* Simon Pizey other contributions


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