Rare Live Performances: Beatles, Hendrix, Thin Lizzy Online

A fresh wave of rare and previously unreleased live rock footage has hit the internet this week, spanning vintage TV broadcasts, restored concert films, awards-show highlights and contemporary livestreams. Here are twelve of the best, from The Beatles’ Beatlemania-era chaos to Smashing Pumpkins’ latest festival headline set — and a quick word of warning: a couple of these clips have a habit of vanishing, so it’s worth watching sooner rather than later.

1. The Beatles – Live At The Coliseum, Washington

In February 1964, at the absolute peak of Beatlemania, The Beatles played a sold-out show at the Coliseum in Washington, DC — a 12-song set filmed by CBS and broadcast the following month. This newly surfaced unofficial edit trims it down to three songs but upscales the footage to 4K, colourises it and remixes the audio, capturing the band holding it together as chaos unfolds around them. It’s also the infamous night the crowd pelted the stage with jellybeans, after the band mentioned in an interview that they liked them. “We were on a circular stage, so they hit us from all sides,” George Harrison later recalled. “Imagine waves of rock-hard little bullets raining down on you from the sky. It’s a bit dangerous, you know, ’cause if a jellybean, travelling about 50 miles an hour through the air, hits you in the eye, you’re finished. You’re blind, aren’t you?”

2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Live At The Royal Albert Hall

Jimi Hendrix’s February 1969 shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall were filmed by American company McCann Filming for a concert movie released later that year, and this newly surfaced hour-long compilation draws on the best available video and audio from the second night, February 24. Alongside the performance itself, it includes rare backstage footage, an interview filmed at Hendrix’s London flat, and two acoustic covers recorded at the same location.

3. Can – Halleluhwah (Live On Beat-Club)

Following last week’s previously-unreleased Black Sabbath clip from the German TV show Beat-Club, another gem from the same archive has emerged: Krautrock pioneers Can tearing through an eight-minute rendition of Halleluhwah in 1971. It’s a full ten minutes shorter than the version on their Tago Mago album — standard-length TV programming simply couldn’t accommodate a 20-minute avant-garde jam — but Jaki Liebezeit’s relentless drumming and Damo Suzuki’s stream-of-consciousness vocals still land.

4. Family (ft. Roger Chapman) – Part Of The Load (Live On Beat-Club)

Another 1971 find from the Beat-Club vaults sees Family blend progressive, blues and jazz influences into something genuinely adventurous, with Roger Chapman improvising on vocals over a rhythm section of bassist John Wetton and drummer Poli Palmer — who, through some clever post-production editing, also appears on vibes. Palmer was covering for regular drummer Rob Townsend, sidelined after being bitten by his own dog.

5. Uriah Heep – Return To Fantasy (Live On The Midnight Special)

The Midnight Special’s YouTube archive, launched in early 2023, has been steadily uploading hundreds of clips and full shows ever since. This one dates from summer 1975, with Uriah Heep promoting their Return To Fantasy album: Mick Box and co. — including new recruit John Wetton on bass, who’d replaced Gary Thain earlier that year — tear through the title track. The mix leans too heavy on bass and light on guitar, and singer David Byron sounds distinctly worse for wear, but it’s a full-throttle performance regardless.

6. Thin Lizzy – The Sun Goes Down (Sight And Sound In Concert)

Filmed at the Regal Theatre in Hitchin in early 1983, Thin Lizzy’s Sight And Sound In Concert captured the band’s Thunder And Lightning lineup, with the late John Sykes slotting in seamlessly next to Scott Gorham on guitar. This clip of The Sun Goes Down finds Phil Lynott at his most melancholic, and joins two other songs from the same show — Cold Sweat and Jailbreak — already on Thin Lizzy’s official YouTube channel.

7. King Crimson – Sleepless (Live At Tokyo’s Kani Hoken Hall)

Three Of A Perfect Pair isn’t necessarily peak 80s-era King Crimson on record, but this 1984 clip is a reminder of how monstrous the band could be live. Filmed on the final night of a three-show residency at Tokyo’s Kani Hoken Hall, it features some genuinely heroic bass work from Tony Levin. It’s the latest in a long run of songs pulled from that same show — Discipline, Frame By Frame, Sartori In Tangier and Elephant Talk have all already surfaced — which was originally filmed for Nippon TV and later released on LaserDisc as Three Of A Perfect Pair – Live In Japan.

8. Pink Floyd – The Great Gig In The Sky (Live In Venice)

It’s easy to lose sight of the drama behind Pink Floyd’s celestial 1989 performance of The Great Gig In The Sky, filmed in Venice: getting it staged took three months of wrangling with local authorities, cost the town’s mayor his job, and ultimately took place on a barge. Backing vocalists Rachel Fury, Durga McBroom and Lorelei McBroom deliver Clare Torry’s original freeform vocal part brilliantly — a performance an estimated 100 million people caught when Pink Floyd In Venice: A Concert For Europe was broadcast worldwide. The Venice show has been steadily resurfacing on YouTube in recent weeks, with Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Time, Learning To Fly, The Dogs Of War, On The Turning Away, Yet Another Movie, Sorrow and Round And Round all already uploaded.

9. David Bowie – Rebel Rebel (TFI Friday)

It’s easy to forget just how big a deal Chris Evans’s TFI Friday was in the late 1990s — for a while it was the UK show to perform on, hosting everyone from Bon Jovi and Slipknot to Tina Turner and Prince, all genuinely live. The show’s official YouTube channel launched earlier this year and has already uploaded more than 300 clips, the latest batch including a pair of David Bowie performances — China Girl and Rebel Rebel — from an October 1999 broadcast. Sharp-eyed viewers will spot Helmet’s Page Hamilton on guitar.

10. Tom Waits And Neil Young – Get Behind The Mule

Back in 2011, Neil Young inducted Tom Waits into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame with a typically off-the-cuff speech: “I didn’t bring my teleprompter or my notes, and I don’t have any real thoughts,” he joked, before adding, “I will say that this next man is indescribable and I’m here to describe him.” The pair then performed Waits’ Get Behind The Mule, from his 1999 album Mule Variations. Waits has barely played live since — his only notable outing in the years that followed was a 10-song set at a Bridge School Benefit show in 2013 — making this newly released clip a genuinely rare sighting.

11. Tedeschi Trucks Band – Live At Red Rocks

Few pairings feel as perfect as Tedeschi Trucks Band and Denver’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre. This twenty-minute teaser, filmed late last month, opens with a pair of joyous Sly Stone covers — You Can Make It If You Try and Everyday People — before moving into their own Don’t Let Me Slide and the beginnings of Crazy Cryin’ as the footage fades out (the first five minutes of audience preamble are skippable). The full show isn’t on YouTube, but it’s available in full through Tedeschi Trucks Band’s streaming deal with Nugs.

12. Smashing Pumpkins – Lollapalooza 2026

Filmed the same night as the Tedeschi Trucks Band show above but on the other side of the country at Chicago’s Grant Park, this clip captures Smashing Pumpkins’ entire Lollapalooza 2026 set. It’s packed with classics — 1979, Bullet With Butterfly Wings, Disarm, Tonight Tonight, Cherub Rock and more — plus guest appearances from Yungblud, Olivia Rodrigo and Melissa Auf der Maur. Billy Corgan, dressed for the occasion as Nosferatu, looks like he’s having the time of his life, and it shows in a set that’s both sonically huge and genuinely triumphant.

It has been one full year since the heavy metal world lost its founding agitator, Ozzy Osbourne. The Prince of Darkness passed away on July 22, 2025, at the age of 76, following his retirement performance at the blockbuster Back To The Beginning concert in his hometown of Birmingham.

The World Remembers the Prince of Darkness

In the twelve months since his death, Osbourne’s presence has continued to loom large across music and pop culture through a steady wave of tributes, award wins, posthumous releases, and high-profile commemorations.

Getty Images / Ozzy Osbourne, SiriusXM Studios, New York City, 2014

In the immediate aftermath of his passing, condolences poured in from across the rock and alternative community. Elton John called him a “huge trailblazer who secured his place in the pantheon of rock gods,” while Billy Idol stated that Ozzy “embodied the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll,” and Robert Plant declared that he “changed the planet of rock.” Acts including Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Motörhead, Rage Against the Machine, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Kiss, Metallica, and Pantera all credited Osbourne as a major influence.

Not all responses were universally reverent, however; Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters sparked controversy and a public war of words with Ozzy’s son, Jack, after criticizing the late singer and Black Sabbath’s music.

A Legendary Farewell in Birmingham

Osbourne was honored on July 30, 2025, with a funeral procession through Birmingham that drew over 10,000 mourners. Led by the Bostin’ Brass Band playing Black Sabbath tunes, the hearse stopped at the Black Sabbath Bench before a private funeral was held at Ozzy’s Buckinghamshire residence. Attendees included his Black Sabbath bandmates Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, and Bill Ward, alongside Elton John, James Hetfield, Zakk Wylde, Rob Zombie, Corey Taylor, and Marilyn Manson. A separate public memorial was hosted by London bar Helgi’s on August 2.

Tony Iommi live performance — Tony Iommi, Photo: Photobra (Adam Bielawski), licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ozzy Osbourne’s Legacy Lives On

Tributes quickly spilled onto the festival circuit. At Bloodstock 2025 in August, headliners Trivium performed “Symptom of the Universe” with Machine Head’s Robb Flynn. Mastodon closed their set with “Supernaut,” and Gojira performed “Under The Sun / Every Day Comes And Goes,” with Joe Duplantier wielding a Gibson SG in honor of Tony Iommi. At the MTV Video Music Awards in September, Yungblud joined Nuno Bettencourt, Steven Tyler, and Joe Perry for a three-song medley of “Crazy Train,” “Changes,” and “Mama, I’m Coming Home.”

Later, at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2026, a heavy in memoriam segment featured Slash, Duff McKagan, Chad Smith, Andrew Watt, and Post Malone delivering a rendition of “War Pigs.” Yungblud also won the Grammy for Best Rock Performance for his rendition of “Changes” recorded at Back To The Beginning.

Posthumous projects have further kept Osbourne’s memory front and center. His memoir, Last Rites, arrived in October 2025, detailing his health battles, Parkinson’s struggles, and the heart condition discovered in his final days. The documentary Ozzy: No Escape From Now also documented his final years and work ethic. Additionally, Judas Priest released a duet with Ozzy on a version of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs,” which frontman Rob Halford called a deeply special milestone.

Black Sabbath band members — Black Sabbath, Photo: Warner Bros. Records, licensed Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

In Birmingham, the free-to-enter Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero exhibit at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery was extended multiple times, running through September 27, 2026, and recently adding the performance throne from his final concert. Meanwhile, a fan-led petition launched by podcaster Dan Hudson to rename Birmingham Airport after the singer garnered 77,000 signatures and family endorsement, though airport CEO Nick Barton ruled out the name change.

There Will Never Be Another Ozzy

Marking the one-year anniversary, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi shared on Instagram that he still watches footage of Ozzy on YouTube. “We always stayed in touch, almost every week or so, and we’d usually talk about our ailments and then about what we’d been doing that particular week,” Iommi wrote. “There will never be another Ozzy. I miss you, my dear friend.”

Sharon Osbourne also reflected on the milestone, revealing that Ozzy had knowingly faced his final days head-on before the performance, stating, “Whether I die in two weeks or I die in six months, I’m still dying. And I wanna go my way.”