The new company will pursue “unique and wonderful music stories from around the globe,” explains Warren Costello, director of Long Play, by “diving in deeper, capturing angles on the performer and the performance that people haven’t seen before.”
Long Play started out as a “fun side project,” born out of brainstorming sessions with the late Mushroom Group founder Michael Gudinski, as a weapon to complement the indie company’s recorded music, touring and special events activities. Those ventures include Mushroom Pictures, which this month celebrates the 20th anniversary of the multi award-winning biopicWhen live music venues and borders closed in 2020, the
and its chairman refocused on film and TV projects. During the darkest months of the pandemic, Gudinski curated