Editing Red Rocks Amphitheatre (section)

== Notable recordings ==
[[File:6601-RedRocksTheater.JPG|thumb|Aerial view<!-- of Red Rocks Amphitheatre-->, January 1966]]
Red Rocks has been a popular venue for live recordings, particularly videos, due to the visual uniqueness of the setting.  During the 1970s and 1980s, local [[folk-rock]]er [[John Denver]] recorded several world-televised concerts at Red Rocks. [[U2]]'s 1983 concert video, ''[[Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky]]'', became a bestselling long-form concert video and the performance of "[[Sunday Bloody Sunday]]" was played frequently on [[MTV]]. [[Fleetwood Mac]] singer [[Stevie Nicks]] released a [[Live at Red Rocks (video)|60-minute-long DVD]] of her August 1986 concert at the amphitheatre, towards the end of her [[Rock a Little]] tour.  In 1992, [[The Moody Blues]] performed live for the first time with a symphony orchestra for the PBS special "[[A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra]]". The concert also was released on CD and DVD, along with a companion DVD, ''The Other Side of Red Rocks'', which documented show rehearsals and preparation, as well as concert excerpts.

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Other Red Rocks material on CD and DVD includes [[Dave Matthews Band]]'s albums ''[[Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95]]'' and the CD/DVD ''[[Weekend on the Rocks]]'', which is a compilation of the band's four-night run in 2005, their last performances at the venue. Also recorded are [[The Samples]] live album ''Live in Colorado'', [[John Tesh]]'s ''Live at Red Rocks'' and ''Worship at Red Rocks'', the [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] DVD ''[[Alive at Red Rocks]]'', Blues Traveler's ''[[Live on the Rocks]]'' album, [[Steve Martin]]'s comedy album ''[[A Wild and Crazy Guy]]'', [[The Moody Blues]]'s ''[[A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra]]'', and [[Boukman Eksperyans]]' album "Live At Red Rocks". [[Widespread Panic]]'s DVD [[The Earth Will Swallow You]] features a 15-minute segment on Red Rocks.

The [[Grateful Dead]] performed at Red Rocks 20 times. 7/7/78 and 7/8/78 have been released in their entirety on ''[[July 1978: The Complete Recordings]]'' and ''[[Red Rocks: 7/8/78]]''.

The live [[Neil Young]] album ''[[Road Rock Vol. 1]]'' and its accompanying DVD, ''Red Rocks Live'', were filmed and recorded at Red Rocks in 2000 during the "Silver and Gold" tour. Local Colorado band [[Big Head Todd and the Monsters]] released a DVD and live album of a 1995 performance in 2003, capturing what has become a local annual early season tradition. In 2009, they followed the original recording with a two-CD/1DVD set from their June 2008 performance.

A two-volume 2003 album, ''Carved In Stone– Volume 1'', featured live recordings of 10 artists including [[R.E.M.]], [[Ben Harper]], [[Coldplay]], [[The Allman Brothers Band]], and [[Phish]],<ref>{{Cite web | title=Red Rocks Volume 1: Carved In Stone (2003, CD) - Discogs | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/8563643-Various-Red-Rocks-Volume-1-Carved-In-Stone | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215140713/https://www.discogs.com/release/8563643-Various-Red-Rocks-Volume-1-Carved-In-Stone | access-date=2025-02-18 | archive-date=2022-12-15}}</ref> with proceeds benefiting "Preserve The Rocks Fund", a donation-driven reserve dedicated to the rehabilitation and preservation of the historic Red Rocks Amphitheatre.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 17, 2004 |title=Red Rocks Rocks With Carved In Stone – Vol. 2, Live at Red Rocks |url=https://celebrityaccess.com/caarchive/red-rocks-rocks-with-carved-in-stone-vol-2-live-at-red-rocks/ |access-date=December 15, 2022 |website=CelebrityAccess |language=en-US}}</ref> The follow-up live compilation CD, [https://celebrityaccess.com/caarchive/red-rocks-rocks-with-carved-in-stone-vol-2-live-at-red-rocks/ Carved In Stone – Volume 2], Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre was released in October 2007.<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - Carved In Stone (Live) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3310234-Various-Carved-In-Stone-Live |language=en |access-date=January 17, 2023}}</ref> Erik Dyce, Trevor Pryce of Outlook Music Co., and Jeff Giarraputo of Factory Labs were the executive producers, making it the first venue to issue a CD and the first commercial release of these live tunes.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

Phish frontman [[Trey Anastasio]] included excerpts from his 2005 performance at Red Rocks on the DVD that accompanied his album ''Shine''. Country musician [[Gary Allan]] filmed the music video for his song "[[Watching Airplanes]]" during a live, sold-out concert at Red Rocks in August 2007. A portion of British rock band [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]'s [[rockumentary]] film ''[[Lord Don't Slow Me Down]]'' was filmed at Red Rocks. [[A Perfect Circle]] also included one live video recording on the CD-DVD ''[[AMotion]]''. [[Insane Clown Posse]] played with [[Twiztid]], [[Blaze Ya Dead Homie]], [[Boondox]], the [[Axe Murder Boyz]], Grave Plott, The ROC, and Motown Rage in May 2008 at Red Rocks at perform the 'first annual' Hatchet Attacks Super Show, for which they released a video later that year.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

[[Depeche Mode]] recorded their show at the amphitheatre on August 29, 2009, for their live album project, ''[[Recording the Universe]]''.

Country singer [[Kenny Chesney]] included a live version of "[[You and Tequila]]", a duet with [[Grace Potter]], on his album ''[[Welcome to the Fishbowl]]''. The recording has a segment with audience participation singing the chorus "You and Tequila make me crazy, run like poison in my blood, one more night could kill me baby, one is one too many, one more is never enough".

[[A Perfect Circle]] recorded the DVD portion of their ''[[A Perfect Circle Live: Featuring Stone and Echo]]'' box set on August 2, 2011. Also included in the box set is a CD of the audio from the show.

On August 29, 2012, [[Mumford & Sons]] recorded their live performance of their first single, "[[I Will Wait]]" from their new CD ''[[Babel (Mumford & Sons album)|Babel]]'' at the amphitheatre. The performance was released on September 9, 2012, as the band's official video for the song.<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/mumford-sons-match-grandeur-of-red-rocks-on-i-will-wait-20120910 "Mumford & Sons Match Grandeur of Red Rocks on 'I Will Wait']. ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved September 24, 2012</ref> The band released a full-length DVD of their show at Red Rocks, recorded on August 28 and 29, 2012, entitled ''The Road To Red Rocks''.

On September 1, 2014, [[OneRepublic]], a band hailing from [[Colorado Springs]], announced they would be heading back to Red Rocks for a special performance to close out the North American leg of their Native Summer Tour. While performing the song "[[I Lived]]" they recorded the band, the audience, and one of their fans (Bryan Warnecke) for the "I Lived" music video. The video also featured several aerial views of the venue during the day as well as during the concert itself. This performance of the song was done to help spread awareness for [[cystic fibrosis]] and to share Bryan's journey with the disease. The music video was released on September 25, 2014.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

On June 10, 2015 [[Barenaked Ladies]] performed at Red Rocks on their Last Summer on Earth 2015 tour. The performance was aired on [[AXS TV]], then later released on May 20, 2016, as a live album titled ''[[BNL Rocks Red Rocks]]'' and in 2017 the English [[hard rock]] [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] [[Bad Company]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

[[Opeth]] released a live DVD and Blu-ray of their May 11, 2017, performance at Red Rocks on November 2, 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/opeth-to-release-garden-of-the-titans-live-at-red-rocks-amphitheater-in-november/|title=Opeth To Release 'Garden Of The Titans: Live At Red Rocks Amphitheatre' In November|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=August 17, 2018|access-date=November 20, 2018}}</ref> [[Gojira (band)|Gojira]] performed the same night and released the full concert, titled ''Live At Red Rocks'', on YouTube on May 20, 2020.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mathieu|first=David|date=May 19, 2020|title=Gojira : un live entier à découvrir en streaming|trans-title=Gojira: an entire live to be discovered in streaming|url=https://www.ouifm.fr/gojira-un-live-entier-a-decouvrir-en-streaming/|url-status=live|work=[[Ouï FM]]|location=Paris|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210306162513/https://www.ouifm.fr/gojira-un-live-entier-a-decouvrir-en-streaming/|archive-date=March 6, 2021|access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref>

Singer-songwriter [[Vance Joy]] released a live recording of his performance at Red Rocks recorded during his [[Nation of Two World Tour]]. The album was recorded on May 30, 2018 and released in November 16, 2018, entitled ''[[Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre]]''.<ref name="VanceJoy">{{cite web|url=http://launch.theaureview.com/music/album-of-the-week-vance-joy-live-at-red-rocks-amphitheatre-2018-lp/|website=[[The AU Review]]|title=Album Of The Week: Vance Joy – Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (2018 LP)|date=14 November 2018|access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref>

The American pop-punk band [[Nofx]] released a live recording of their full 18-minute song "[[The Decline (EP)]]" featuring Baz's orchestra in a 2019 performance at the venue.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} Comedian [[Bill Burr]] filmed a comedy special at Red Rocks in September 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelaughbutton.com/bill-burr-announces-new-netflix-special-live-at-red-rocks|title=Bill Burr announces new Netflix special "Live at Red Rocks"|first=Andrew|last=Buss|date=June 22, 2022|accessdate=July 28, 2022|publisher=thelaughbutton.com}}</ref>