In December 2026, it will be ten years since George Michael died on Christmas Day 2016, at the age of 53. Just weeks before that anniversary, fans will have the chance to see him again at one of the most important moments of his career: young, newly separated from Wham!, and turning Faith into one of the defining albums of the 1980s.

Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for George Michael: The Faith Tour, a concert film opening in Brazilian theaters on November 5 and featuring previously unseen footage from the landmark 1988 tour.

The material was shot on 35mm during performances at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, at a time when George was riding the enormous success of his first solo album. Restored and remastered, the footage captures an artist who had just proved that his career would not only survive the end of Wham!, it could become even bigger.

Released in 1987, Faith marked his definitive break from the youthful image he had built alongside Andrew Ridgeley. George wrote, produced and performed nearly the entire album, which included hits such as “Faith,” “Father Figure,” “One More Try” and “Kissing a Fool.” The tour that followed completed the transformation: there was no longer any doubt that he was a major solo star. The new film captures precisely that moment.

The screening will also open with Finding Faith, a short film directed by Mary McCartney, daughter of Paul McCartney and a friend and admirer of George. Built from material recorded between 1986 and 1988, the film looks at the period when he was writing and performing Faith while creating a new artistic identity after Wham!.

The project also brings together several of his closest collaborators. Andy Morahan, the director behind music videos such as “Faith” and “Father Figure,” co-directs with David Austin, George Michael’s best friend and a songwriting partner on tracks including “You Have Been Loved” and “John and Elvis Are Dead.” The audio remix was overseen by Chris Porter, who worked with George during the original Faith Tour.

There is one more surprise in store: the end credits will feature a previously unreleased George Michael song. The recovery of this footage comes at a particularly symbolic moment. Ten years after his death, George Michael remains one of the most recognizable voices of his generation and a songwriter whose work long ago outgrew the label of “1980s pop.”

Perhaps that is why The Faith Tour feels more powerful than a conventional tribute. Rather than simply looking back at the artist we lost, the film brings George Michael back to the screen at 24, at the exact moment he was still discovering just how big a star he was about to become.