The ceremony began in 1965, was reinvented in 1992 and now in 2017 Absolutely Live The Doors Show celebrates the psychedelic era that was the 1960s. Absolutely Live The Doors Show recreate the energy that existed in a 1960s arena concert. They are dedicated to raising the energy of the room and sustaining that energy, so that the crowd can open their own doors of perception and thus feel a release of free and primal exhilaration through engagement with the music.

The Doors and the songs of The Doors are powerful metaphors for freedom of expression. The songs were given their birth in the ͚ 60s, when substantial world events brought about changes in western culture because people needed avenues to express their new ideas of freedom.