Monty Python Live (Mostly)

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'''''Monty Python Live (Mostly)''''' (also billed as '''''Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down, Five to Go'''''<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=Global finale for Monty Python show on stage and in cinemas|work=BBC News |date=20 July 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28390310|access-date=21 July 2014}}</ref>) was a [[variety show]] by the [[Monty Python]] comedy group at [[The O2 Arena|The O2]] in [[London]] in July 2014. Planned as a single performance for 1 July, it was expanded to 10 shows due to the high demand for tickets. It was their first live performance together in 16 years, the second without member [[Graham Chapman]] (who died in 1989) and the last with [[Terry Jones]] (who died in 2020).
'''''Monty Python Live (Mostly)''''' (also billed as '''''Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down, Five to Go'''''<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=Global finale for Monty Python show on stage and in cinemas|work=BBC News |date=20 July 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28390310|access-date=21 July 2014}}</ref>) was a [[variety show]] by the [[Monty Python]] comedy group at [[The O2 Arena|The O2]] in [[London]] in July 2014. Planned as a single performance for 1 July, it was expanded to 10 shows due to the high demand for tickets. It was their first live performance together in 34 years, the second without member [[Graham Chapman]] (who died in 1989) and the last with [[Terry Jones]] (who died in 2020).


The final date was broadcast in cinemas around the world on 20 July. Prior to this [[Eric Idle]] stated, "It is a world event and that’s really quite exciting. It means we’re actually going to say goodbye publicly on one show. Nobody ever has the chance to do that. [[The Beatles]] didn't get a last good night."<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Kory|last=Grow|title=Watch Mick Jagger Dryly Accuse Monty Python of Being 'Wrinkly Old Men' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-mick-jagger-dryly-accuse-monty-python-of-being-wrinkly-old-men-62152/ |access-date=August 22, 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>
The final date was broadcast in cinemas around the world on 20 July. Prior to this [[Eric Idle]] stated, "It is a world event and that’s really quite exciting. It means we’re actually going to say goodbye publicly on one show. Nobody ever has the chance to do that. [[The Beatles]] didn't get a last good night."<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Kory|last=Grow|title=Watch Mick Jagger Dryly Accuse Monty Python of Being 'Wrinkly Old Men' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-mick-jagger-dryly-accuse-monty-python-of-being-wrinkly-old-men-62152/ |access-date=August 22, 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>
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