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2000 Today - Millennium Concert with Kiri Te Kanawa

Television (Full Length) – 2000

Over the 48 hours following Kiri's performance, she's said to have sold 14 million albums worldwide.
– Producer Richard Hansen, in his backgrounder
Staging a concert of international quality for a worldwide audience of 800 million potential viewers, on a beach in a city with little local infrastructure for such a big concert, proved extremely challenging. The logistics were complex.
– Producer Richard Hansen, in his backgrounder
...the BBC will be attempting the most ambitious live broadcast ever undertaken.
– PR Week writer Ed Shelton describes the global 2000 Today broadcast, 10 December 1999