A boom in music documentaries and concert films is filling cinema screens, with the Guardian's Guide column pegging the trend to the release of Don't Look Back in Anger, which captures Oasis's 2025 reunion tour and the Gallagher brothers' first joint interview since their 2009 split. The article argues these films let ageing or reconciled artists cement a lasting legacy, while giving cinemas a reliable way to draw fans, particularly younger ones, at a time when overall audience numbers remain well below pre-pandemic levels.

The piece notes more than 30 such films have reached cinemas this year alone, spanning K-pop acts including Enhypen, Stray Kids and Ateez, veteran bands such as Megadeth and James, and restored archive footage of late performers like Elvis Presley. It links the surge to easier capture and digitisation of live and archive footage, following the success of last year's Becoming Led Zeppelin, and observes that artists or their estates increasingly negotiate creative control over such projects given their ownership of rights and material.