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Live Aid to Sonic Death Monkey – the best gigs at the movies

As the Queen and Elton John biopics prove, great concert performances are at the heart of the best films about music. Here are 15 of the finest

As the elaborate live performance scenes in Elton John biopic Rocketman demonstrate, you can’t deny the power of a well-executed concert, one of cinema’s most rousing tropes. It can be anything from a poignant moment to a climactic triumph, so long as it follows one of Hollywood’s golden rules: if it’s worth saying, say it with a song. Here are the 15 best on-screen gigs.

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