With live concerts, tours, and music events cancelled this year, that’s left music performances to be mostly livestreamed.

However, there are a number of music-related releases for the big screen or home theatres to take note of that may help us remember what live music was like in days of yore.

Stevie Nicks

There’s been so much viral online interest in Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 “Dreams”—thanks to TikToker Nathan Apodaca lipsyncing to the tune while skateboarding, followed by videos by Fleetwood Mac members Mick Fleetwood, Lindsay Buckingham, and even the song's original singer Stevie Nicks (not to mention a cover by Lanie Gardner)—that the song reentered the charts.

It’s good timing for Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold the Concert, which was released on October 21. The film captures Nicks on her 67-city tour performing songs such as “Rhiannon,” “Stop Draggin' My Heart Around,” "Edge of Seventeen," “Stand Back,” and “Landslide”, in addition to sharing stories and insights about these songs.

It’s screening in Vancouver on select dates this week at Cineplex Odeon International Village.

Then on October 30, BMG will release a two-CD and digital release live album featuring Nicks performing 17 of her hits, including her first live recording of “Crying in the Night”, from the tour.

The Beatles

When the Beatles travelled to Rishikesh, India, to study transcendental meditation at a spiritual retreat in 1968, Canadian filmmaker Paul Saltzman encountered them there upon his own spiritual quest.

Saltzman recalls that life-changing trip, which gave rise to The White Album, in the 82-minute documentary Meeting the Beatles in India, which also features appearances by “Bungalow Bill”, surrealist auteur David Lynch, Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn, and more.

The film is streaming at VIFF Connect until November 8.

Justin Bieber

Following the 10-episode series Justin Bieber: Seasons, which delved into the Canadian pop star’s life during his two years away from the spotlight, YouTube Originals announced it will release the 30-minute special Justin Bieber: Next Chapter, which details the making of his latest album Changes that was released in February.

This documentary also takes a look at what his life is like now, after the release of the album, and the struggles he has gone through.

It will premiere at 9 a.m. PT on Friday (October 30) on Bieber’s official YouTube channel.

Nick Cave

This year, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds had planned to embark upon a European tour to be followed by a North American tour, with its final date to be in Vancouver on October 17.

With the tour cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave instead held a solo piano performance from London, U.K., streamed online on July 23.

The extended film of the performance, Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace, will be released in cinemas on November 5.

It’ll be followed by the release of the live album of the concert on vinyl, CD, and streaming on November 20.

A video for the unreleased track “Euthanasia” was released on October 16.

Shawn Mendes

The documentary In Wonder will explore the emotional and physical pressures of stardom while  growing up in front of the world that Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes faced on his last world tour.

The film ventures into his home life and his journeys around the world during his rise to international stardom.

It’ll be released on November 23 on Netflix.