a b c d e f Wyatt, Malcolm (15 November 2014). "The Eve of the Final Tour – The Jeff Wayne Interview". WriteWyattUK . Retrieved 15 February 2022. ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 16 November 2019.

In 1998, a real-time strategy game, Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds, was created by Rage Software for personal computers. Wayne produced the musical arrangements for the game, consisting of 45 minutes of material rescored and remixed in a newer electronica style with techno beats. The game's artwork was based on the Michael Trim, Geoff Taylor and Peter Goodfellow illustrations from the original album booklet. Some of Richard Burton's dialogue as the journalist is used in the opening and closing scenes. Nigel Hawthorne and Lewis MacLeod voiced the human and Martian generals respectively. [28] Neeson 'Intimidated' By War of the Worlds". PR Newswire United Business Media. 1 December 2012 . Retrieved 30 November 2012.The DVD was released in November 2006 and was the highest selling music DVD in the UK for seven weeks. The two-disc set included behind-the-scenes and rehearsal footage, and interviews with creative team members and the cast. a b Shea, Christopher D. (20 March 2016). " 'War of the Worlds' Shape-Shifts Onto the London Stage". The New York Times . Retrieved 21 March 2016. A two disc Region 2 DVD of the 2006 Wembley Arena, London show was released 6 November 2006 by Universal. Disc 1 contains the live show and Disc 2 contains extras and a documentary of the making of the live show. It is titled Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds – Live on Stage.

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds – Alive on Stage! The New Generation". Screen Daily . Retrieved 23 August 2013. The album originated when Wayne was touring with singer-songwriter David Essex, for whom he also worked as his producer and musical director. Wayne felt the composing side of his career "had diminished" by this time, and started looking for a story "to get passionate about" and interpret musically, to which his father Jerry suggested the science-fiction novel The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. [3] [4] The story instantly caught Wayne's imagination, and he finished the book in a single read. [5] He later said that a musical adaptation of other books were possible, and recalled being impressed by 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham, and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. [4] However, Wayne went on to read Wells's book "three or four times" and saw the 1953 film adaption, and decided it was the most suitable for a musical adaptation. [6] [7] Flynn, John L. (2005). "Chapter 6:The Jeff Wayne album". War of the worlds: from Wells to Spielberg. Galactic Books. pp.75–84. ISBN 0-9769400-0-0. Jeff Wayne's musical version of The War of the Worlds - The Final Arena Tour". LiveNation.co.uk. 16 December 2014. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013 . Retrieved 30 May 2015. Award of the Worlds" (PDF). Music Week. 21 April 1979. p.6 . Retrieved 17 February 2022– via World Radio History.Canadian album certifications – Various Artists – War of the Worlds". Music Canada . Retrieved 16 November 2019.

Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Diverse; 'War of the Worlds ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 16 November 2019.

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Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Jeff Wayne: War of the Worlds: The New Generation" at AllMusic. Retrieved August 18, 2018. Gary Barlow sings on new War of the Worlds album". BBC News. 18 September 2012 . Retrieved 30 May 2015.

In response to the COVID-19 shutdown, the musical was streamed for free from October 23-25, 2020, on the YouTube channel The Shows Must Go On. Later in the year, the final guest was announced as actor Callum O'Neill, who portrayed H.G. Wells on stage in three separate stages of his life. Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds – The New Generation: Alive On Stage (2012)". Contains Moderate Peril. 20 January 2014. Archived from the original on 31 May 2015 . Retrieved 30 May 2015. A 1989 version of "The Eve of the War" remixed by Ben Liebrand reached number 3 in the UK singles chart. The Final Arena tour ended on 16 December 2014 in Amsterdam. Speaking about the last show, Jeff Wayne said, "Bringing The War of the Worlds to life in many of the world's finest arenas has been the most amazing experience for me over the last seven years. We've achieved more than we ever thought was possible both musically and technologically. However, the time is right to take The War of the Worlds in new directions after the 2014 tour." [27] 2014 The Final Arena tour dates [ edit ] List of The Final Arena European tour 2014 dates

Album of the week - Various Artists: The War of the Worlds" (PDF). Music Week. 3 June 1978. p.46 . Retrieved 17 February 2022– via World Radio History.