A performance clip of “Instant Karma!” is out now, and it’s your first real look at what’s coming. Power To The People: John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory and Special Guests, Live at the One To One Concert, New York City, 1972 arrives in cinemas worldwide starting April 29, for a limited engagement only. Tickets are on sale now at powertothepeoplefilm.com.
This is the only footage of John Lennon performing full-length concerts after leaving The Beatles. That alone makes it essential. The August 30, 1972 shows at Madison Square Garden drew a combined audience of 40,000 people and raised over $1.5 million (equivalent to $11.5 million today) for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The history here is real and it’s substantial.
The restoration took twenty years. Every frame, physically and digitally cleaned by hand. The definitive version has been re-edited and remixed by a seven-times GRAMMY Award-winning team, led by Sean Ono Lennon. Music production is by Sean Ono Lennon, mixed and engineered by Paul Hicks and Sam Gannon. The result is a full creative reconstruction, meticulous and deliberate from start to finish.
The setlist is stacked. John’s “New York City,” “Imagine,” and “Mother” sit alongside Yoko’s “Don’t Worry Kyoko” and “Open Your Box,” with rousing group takes on “Come Together” and “Hound Dog.” The encore is “Give Peace a Chance,” performed with a roster of special guests that includes Stevie Wonder, Sha Na Na, and Melanie Safka-Schekeryk. The “Instant Karma!” clip already sounds like a room on fire, big, alive, and completely in the moment.
Directed for the 2026 version by Simon Hilton, edited by Ben Wainwright-Pearce, and produced by Peter Worsley and Sean Ono Lennon, the film is released in partnership with Mercury Studios and distributed by Trafalgar Releasing. Audio is available in 5.1 Surround or Dolby Atmos at select locations.