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Star-studded ‘Human Rights Concerts’ debut on DVD this week

By Chris Hicks, For the Deseret News | Published: Monday, Nov. 11 2013 6:17 p.m. MST

Sting, Bruce Springsteen, U2 and many other music giants perform their hits for a collection of four “Human Rights Concerts,” debuting on DVD this week, along with an array of complete TV-series sets.

“Released! The Human Rights Concerts: 1986-1998” (Amnesty International/Shout!, 1986-98, six discs, $59.98, four concerts, additional performances, new documentary about the concert series, new interviews). Only one of the four concerts included here has been previously available, and the collective talent is quite astonishing.

One could dismiss this as a sort of live greatest-hits collection of the various artists on display since most sing familiar hits, but there’s a feverish sincerity and electricity that signals the passion these artists have for the cause of Amnesty International. (All proceeds from DVD sales, and the sales of a two-disc audio CD, benefit Amnesty International.)

The first concert, “A Conspiracy of Hope” (1986), is gleaned from a U.S. tour, and performers include U2, The Police, Peter Gabriel, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and Aaron Neville, and Lou Reed, who died just last week, among others. The second, “Human Rights Now!” (1988), is from a world tour led by Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Tracy Chapman, etc. (The latter is the one that was released on home video 14 years ago, though it’s long been out of print.)

The third is “An Embrace of Hope” (1990), recorded in Chile at a celebration of the nation’s liberation from dictatorship, with Sting, Sinead O’Connor, Jackson Browne, Peter Gabriel, Wynton Marsalis, etc. The fourth is “The Struggle Continues” (1998), staged in Paris on the 50th anniversary of the city’s signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, featuring Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Alanis Morisette, etc.

Other performers in the set include Pete Paul & Mary, New Kids on the Block, Shania Twain, Carols Santana, Pete Seeger, David Byrne, Bono, and many more.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865590366/Star-studded-6Human-Rights-Concerts7-debut-on-DVD-this-week.html