The Long-lost George Michael “Faith Tour” Film Is Finally Getting A 2026 Cinema Release
A restored and remastered concert film of George Michael’s 1988 Faith Tour is heading to cinemas worldwide this year, almost a decade after the singer’s death, as Deadline first reported in March.
George Michael: The Faith Tour is built from previously unseen footage shot across two nights at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, captured on 14 cameras and 35mm film during the European leg of the original run. Andy Morahan and David Austin, both longtime Michael collaborators, directed the film, which is backed by George Michael Entertainment and Mercury Studios.
Why the “Faith” era still pulls a crowd
He was 24 when Faith dropped. The album won the Grammy for Album of the Year, sold more than 25 million copies worldwide, and produced four US number-one singles in Faith, Father Figure, One More Try and Monkey. George remains the only British male solo artist to pull that off from a single album.
The footage catches him at full sex-symbol pitch. Leather jacket, aviators, a beard that defined a decade. A closeted gay icon broadcasting on every frequency except the obvious one, which is part of why the Faith era still feels charged almost 40 years later.
When the film opens it will be preceded by an original short by photographer Mary McCartney, daughter of Paul McCartney. According to Deadline, the short includes voice-over from a previously unheard George Michael interview, unseen photographs taken by the late Herb Ritts, and behind-the-scenes material from the Faith music video.
An 18-track live album lands alongside it
George Michael Entertainment and Sony Music will release a companion live album, also titled The Faith Tour, with 18 previously unreleased recordings from his Wham! and solo catalogues. It arrives a decade on from his death from heart disease in December 2016. He was 53.
The man behind the records is still worth talking about
The other reason this film matters is the man at the centre of it. Stories about George Michael’s quiet generosity keep surfacing because there were so many of them. British TV presenter Richard Osman shared that a Deal or No Deal contestant once revealed on the show she needed £15,000 for IVF treatment.
According to Osman’s account, reported by the BBC, George quietly paid the full amount the next day. In 2006, he played a free concert for NHS nurses at the Roundhouse in Camden as a personal thank-you to the staff who had cared for his mother. Proceeds from his 1991 duet of Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me with Elton John went to HIV and children’s charities, including the Terrence Higgins Trust.
He came out publicly in 1998 on CNN, days after his arrest in Beverly Hills, on his own terms and with the kind of dry humour fans had loved for a decade. The Faith Tour film won’t capture any of that. It captures him on stage in Paris at 24, mid-flight. For a generation of gay men, he was the soundtrack and the proof, and the chance to see him in a cinema again has been a long time coming.
A specific 2026 release date and distributor are yet to be announced.
