Rolling Stones - At the Max is returning to cinemas next month

The groundbreaking concert film was the first to be captured in IMAX

Author: Scott ColothanPublished 6th Nov 2025

The Rolling Stones’ groundbreaking concert film Rolling Stones - At the Max will return to UK and global cinemas, exclusively in IMAX, next month.

Filmed at concerts in London, Turin and East Berlin during The Rolling Stones’ Steel Wheels / Urban Jungle Tour in the summer of 1990, Rolling Stones - At the Max was the first feature-length concert film ever to be captured in the IMAX format.

34 years after its release, the acclaimed 99-minute film will be screened at select IMAX venues and Cineworld cinemas across the UK on Wednesday 10th, Friday 12th and Sunday 14th December 2025.

Starring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Bill Wyman, and the late-great Charlie Watts, the film has been newly remastered with IMAX’s proprietary Digital Media Remastering (DMR) technology and features a brand-new sound mix—delivering the most immersive and electrifying presentation of this legendary performance to date.

Tickets to the UK cinema screenings are on sale now RIGHT HERE.

The Rolling Stones said: “At the Max was always about bringing fans as close as possible to the energy of our live shows. With IMAX, that experience is bigger, louder, and more immersive than ever—we can’t wait for audiences to feel it all over again.”

Rolling Stones – At the Max was shot across five concerts in three European cities using eight IMAX film cameras. The result was the first-ever feature-length IMAX concert film, showcasing the incomparable talents of the Rolling Stones and their stadium-filling power. The film, which has not been in theatres since 2007, has grossed nearly $17 million worldwide.

Seminal songs that feature include ‘Start Me Up’, ‘Tumbling Dice’, ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’, ‘Paint It Black’, ‘It’s Only Rock ’n Roll (But I Like It)’, ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ and ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ to name but a few.

25 rock stars when they were children, including three members of The Rolling Stones:

Mick Jagger

A school photo of a 9-year-old Mick Jagger in 1951 at Wentworth Junior County Primary School in his home town Dartford

Rod Stewart

Roderick David Stewart aged 8 in 1953.

Charlie Watts

Charles Robert Watts – Rolling Stones legend Charlie Watts - aged 2 with his mother Lillian and father Charles in Trafalgar Square in 1943.

Sting

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner – aka Sting – aged 10 at his home in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1961.

Ronnie Wood

Ronald David Wood (Ronnie Wood) aged 4 in 1951, taken at his home in Whitehorn Avenue, Yiewsley, West London.

Bob Dylan

A childhood photo of Robert Allen Zimmerman – Bob Dylan – aged 2 in 1943.

Iggy Pop

Punk legend James Newell Osterberg Jr. – Iggy Pop – aged 18 months in 1948.

Paul McCartney

Future Beatles icon James Paul McCartney, nowadays known as Paul, aged 8 in Liverpool in 1950.

Janis Joplin

Late-great rock icon Janis Joplin aged 9 in 1952. She died just 18 years later.

David Bowie

A seven-year-old David Jones, soon to be known as David Bowie, in Bromley, London in 1954.

Neil Young

Feted rocker Neil Young as a young boy, aged 11 in 1956.

Jim Morrison

The Doors' Jim Morrison, aged 15, in his high school yearbook photo in 1958.

Bono

A one-year-old Paul David Hewson – future U2 frontman Bono – at his home in Dublin in 1961.

Billy Idol

William Michael Albert Broad – aka Billy Idol – aged 10 in 1965.

Bruce Springsteen

16-year-old Bruce Springsteen in his high school yearbook photo in 1965.

Chrissie Hynde

The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde aged 17 in her high school yearbook in 1968.

Larry Mullen Jr

U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr aged 13 in 1974.

Freddie Mercury

An eight-month-old Farrokh Bulsara – future Queen frontman Freddie Mercury – at his home in Zanzibar.

Debbie Harry

Blondie's Debbie Harry aged 17 in her high school yearbook photo in 1962.

Lars Ulrich

Lars Ulrich, the son of Danish tennis player Torben Ulrich, accompanies his father to Wimbledon in June 1966. Lars was two-and-a-half at the time.

Tina Turner

17-year-old Anna Mae Bullock, rock icon Tina Turner, in her high school yearbook photo in 1956.

Jack Black

Tenacious D rocker and acting legend, Jack Black, aged 16 in 1985.

Tom Petty

17-year-old Tom Petty as seen in his 1967 Gainesville High School yearbook photo. © Alamy

Elvis Presley

The King of Rock and Roll himself, Elvis Presley, aged 5 in 1940.

Jimi Hendrix

A three-year-old Johnny Allen Hendrix with his dad Al in late 1945. When he was four in 1946 – a year after the above photo was taken – Johnny was renamed James 'Jimmy' Marshall Hendrix after his dad and Al's late brother Leon Marshall Hendrix.

John Lydon

The Sex Pistols' John Lydon – aka Johnny Rotten – aged 7 in 1964.

Sid Vicious

Simon John Ritchie - aka future Sex Pistols star Sid Vicious - aged 12 in 1969.

Ian Curtis

A five-year-old Ian Curtis in Macclesfield, Cheshire in 1961.

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