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Post by NathanH on Jan 3, 2021 13:15:07 GMT
I thought I would create a thread where we list all the famous people who are known to have attended at least one Queen show. The rule is to have some sort of evidence with each name. Abba - Stockholm 8th May 1977
 (Taken from the Summer 1977 edition of the Fan Club Magazine.) Ella Fitzgerald - Madison Square Garden 1st December 1977
Pete Townshend - Wembley 9th December 1980
 This extract is taken from The Real Wizard's queenlive.ca: I also read Pete talking about this in his autobiography. |
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Post by NathanH on Jan 3, 2021 13:45:45 GMT
Slade - Hamburg 13th May 1977
 (Taken from the Summer 1977 edition of the Fan Club Magazine.) Bev Bevan (ELO Drummer) - Cleveland 27th November 1977
 (Taken from the Spring 1978 edition of the Fan Club Magazine.)
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Post by Golden Salmon on Jan 3, 2021 13:49:48 GMT
I can't provide a date or venue (surely someone here can), but here you go: Michael Jackson in 1982. Bonus: Frederick's junk.
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Post by fcb101 on Jan 3, 2021 13:51:43 GMT
Nice topic!
I asked Gary Taylor (who once worked with Greg Brooks on a Queen live book) once whether Ella Fitzgerald (she is my favourite female singer)indeed saw the Queen concert in NY 12-1-77 and he told me this was not the case.
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Post by fcb101 on Jan 3, 2021 13:52:34 GMT
I can't provide a date or venue (surely someone here can), but here you go: Michael Jackson in 1982. Bonus: Frederick's junk. LA Forum 82. I guess the very last US date: 82-09-15 |
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Post by Makka on Jan 3, 2021 13:58:49 GMT
Slade - Hamburg 13th May 1977
Bev Bevan (ELO Drummer) - Cleveland 27th November 1977
(Taken from the Spring 1978 edition of the Fan Club Magazine.) I always wondered if the two bands crossed paths much but never heard Queen mention ELO at all and vice versa. |
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Post by Golden Salmon on Jan 3, 2021 14:01:50 GMT
I can't provide a date or venue (surely someone here can), but here you go: Michael Jackson in 1982. Bonus: Frederick's junk. LA Forum 82. I guess the very last US date: 82-09-15 Nice, thank you! If I remember correctly, MJ was a regular attendee when they were around and it was him who told them they would be crazy not to release "Another One Bites The Dust" as a single, which they reluctantly did. |
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Post by NathanH on Jan 3, 2021 14:14:59 GMT
Well here is some more ELO mention... This is a bit different, these are parties: 5th February 1977 - New York
3rd March 1977 - Los Angeles
- Michael Jackson
- Tatum O'Neal
- The Beach Boys
- Cozy Powell
- ELO
- Tony Curtis
- Sparks (awkward?!)
 (Taken from the Spring 1977 edition of the Fan Club Magazine.) 7th June 1977 - London
- Elton John
- Fanny (never heard of them!)
- Olivia Newton-John
- Bob Harris
 (Taken from the Summer 1977 edition of the Fan Club Magazine.) 22nd December 1977 - Los Angeles
 (Taken from the Spring 1978 edition of the Fan Club Magazine.) |
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Post by ted on Jan 3, 2021 16:02:52 GMT
Nathan H. wrote: Fanny (never heard of them!)
Fanny was an all-female American Group started in the late 60's. They released several albums in the early-mid 70's.
Ted
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Post by Chopin1995 on Jan 3, 2021 23:46:16 GMT
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Post by Chopin1995 on Jan 3, 2021 23:51:22 GMT
Pete Townshend - Wembley 9th December 1980
This extract is taken from The Real Wizard's queenlive.ca: I also read Pete talking about this in his autobiography. In 2019 I asked Pete on Instagram whether he saw any other Queen concert apart from this Wembley show and I can't find his answer now and I'm not sure under which post it was but his answer was something like this: "Yes. At first I thought their were crazy. It took me a long time to realise [or aprecciate?] their immense scope and talent." |
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Post by cmsdrums on Jan 4, 2021 19:42:20 GMT
Phil Collins, possibly a date on The Works tour - he speaks on The Magic Years about attending a show and being backstage and seeing Freddie knock back a couple of vodkas.
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Post by The Real Wizard on Jan 5, 2021 0:35:05 GMT
I asked Gary Taylor (who once worked with Greg Brooks on a Queen live book) once whether Ella Fitzgerald (she is my favourite female singer)indeed saw the Queen concert in NY 12-1-77 and he told me this was not the case. How can someone possibly disprove that something happened ?
Especially in this case where we have Freddie Mercury on tape saying she was there.
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Post by The Real Wizard on Jan 5, 2021 1:10:09 GMT
Nathan H. wrote: Fanny (never heard of them!)Fanny was an all-female American Group started in the late 60's. They released several albums in the early-mid 70's. Ted Killer band - they did not get their due.
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Post by Ryan Newton on Jan 5, 2021 1:41:56 GMT
I actually made a list of notable concert attendees a while back. Here's my addition to this thread.
Birmingham 11/27/73 - Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
London 12/14/73 - Gary Numan, Freddie Mercury's parents, David Bowie, Steve Jones (Sex Pistols)
London 3/31/74 - Simon Townshend (brother of Pete Townsend)
London 11/19/74 - Brian May's mother, Gary Numan
New York 2/16/75 (Early) - Ivan Kral (Blondie)
Seattle 4/6/75 - Nikki Sixx (Motley Crue)
New York 2/xx/76 - Elton John
London 9/18/76 - Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
Montreal 1/26/77 - Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople), Roy Thomas Baker
New York 2/5/77 - Brian May's parents
Inglewood 3/2/77 - Michael Jackson, ELO, Cozy Powell, The Beach Boys
Seattle 3/13/77 - Heart
London 6/xx/77 - George Michael
Richfield 11/27/77 - Bev Bevan (ELO)
New Orleans 10/31/78 - Robbie Steinhardt (Kansas)
St. Louis 11/23/78 - Heart
London 12/17/79 - George Michael
Inglewood 7/xx/80 - Michael Jackson
New York 9/xx/80 - Bob Marley
London 12/xx/80 - Freddie Mercury's parents and Brian May's parents
London 12/9/80 - Pete and Karen Townshend
Tokyo 2/13/81 - Gary Numan
Buenos Aires 3/8/81 - Diego Maradona
Montreal 7/21/82 - Shawn Drover (Megadeath)
Inglewood 9/15/82 - Michael Jackson
London 9/7/84 - Rick Parfitt (Status Quo), Brian May's family.
London 9/8/84 - Roger Taylor's son
Auckland 4/13/85 - Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet)
Melbourne 4/16/85 - Phil Collins
Leiden 6/12/86 - Fred Mandel
London 7/12/86 - Mick Jagger
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Post by fcb101 on Jan 5, 2021 11:32:42 GMT
I asked Gary Taylor (who once worked with Greg Brooks on a Queen live book) once whether Ella Fitzgerald (she is my favourite female singer)indeed saw the Queen concert in NY 12-1-77 and he told me this was not the case. How can someone possibly disprove that something happened ?
Especially in this case where we have Freddie Mercury on tape saying she was there.
We'd have to ask GT, I guess. He seemed sure of his case when I asked, saying FM said "if she's hear tonight" instead of "she's here tonight". Now that I listened to that bit again it appears to me Freddie does say: "she's here tonight" I really do hope she was there. She's a diamond. |
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Post by georg on Jan 5, 2021 13:44:43 GMT
Phil Collins, possibly a date on The Works tour - he speaks on The Magic Years about attending a show and being backstage and seeing Freddie knock back a couple of vodkas. Ahh, Queen's first and only date in New Zealand, where Freddie got slammed with Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley. |
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Post by Nuppiz on Jan 5, 2021 14:49:30 GMT
I actually made a list of notable concert attendees a while back. Here's my addition to this thread. Birmingham 11/27/73 - Rob Halford (Judas Priest) Halford's recent autobiography "Confess" also mentions him seeing a Queen concert at the Birmingham Town Hall where Now I'm Here was played as the opening number. He mentions it in a section which takes place in 1973 but obviously that song would put it in 1974, i.e. the show on 16th November.
I only have the Finnish version of the book and Google doesn't have that page available, so I can't post a photo.
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Post by cmsdrums on Jan 5, 2021 19:06:09 GMT
I actually made a list of notable concert attendees a while back. Here's my addition to this thread. Birmingham 11/27/73 - Rob Halford (Judas Priest) London 12/14/73 - Gary Numan, Freddie Mercury's parents, David Bowie, Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) London 3/31/74 - Simon Townshend (brother of Pete Townsend) London 11/19/74 - Brian May's mother, Gary Numan New York 2/16/75 (Early) - Ivan Kral (Blondie) Seattle 4/6/75 - Nikki Sixx (Motley Crue) New York 2/xx/76 - Elton John London 9/18/76 - Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) Montreal 1/26/77 - Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople), Roy Thomas Baker New York 2/5/77 - Brian May's parents Inglewood 3/2/77 - Michael Jackson, ELO, Cozy Powell, The Beach Boys Seattle 3/13/77 - Heart London 6/xx/77 - George Michael Richfield 11/27/77 - Bev Bevan (ELO) New Orleans 10/31/78 - Robbie Steinhardt (Kansas) St. Louis 11/23/78 - Heart London 12/17/79 - George Michael Inglewood 7/xx/80 - Michael Jackson New York 9/xx/80 - Bob Marley London 12/xx/80 - Freddie Mercury's parents and Brian May's parents London 12/9/80 - Pete and Karen Townshend Tokyo 2/13/81 - Gary Numan Buenos Aires 3/8/81 - Diego Maradona Montreal 7/21/82 - Shawn Drover (Megadeath) Inglewood 9/15/82 - Michael Jackson London 9/7/84 - Rick Parfitt (Status Quo), Brian May's family. London 9/8/84 - Roger Taylor's son Auckland 4/13/85 - Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet) Melbourne 4/16/85 - Phil Collins Leiden 6/12/86 - Fred Mandel London 7/12/86 - Mick Jagger Gary Numan is Brian May’s mother?!! |
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Post by deathtoming on Jan 6, 2021 2:49:49 GMT
Journalist Haruko Minakami says she ran into King Crimson members John Wetton, David Cross, and Bill Bruford, but not Robert Fripp, in New York at the Hoople/Queen show on May 7, 1974. She also posted this pic, which I believe is a personal photo of hers. Has that Queen "logo" been used elsewhere?:  |
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Post by pg on Jan 6, 2021 7:36:39 GMT
She also posted this pic, which I believe is a personal photo of hers. Has that Queen "logo" been used elsewhere? Tickets, posters, and foreign pictures sleeves from the 70s are all a riot of different fonts. Unified branding was a gradual process. |
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Post by peacelovingguy on Jan 6, 2021 12:11:54 GMT
Sorry to post without evidence, but I recall maybe Richie Sambora or Jon Bon Jovi or both saw them in about ‘74 and owned the Sheetkeekers bootleg.
Also Taylor Hawkins on the Hot Space tour?
Oh, and Lisa Marie Presley in ‘77? - Gave Fred the Elvis scarf.
Garth Brooks I think as well.
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Post by peacelovingguy on Jan 6, 2021 12:32:06 GMT
Lisa Marie Presley: www.popentertainment.com/lisamariepresley.htmWhat was the first rock show you saw? Probably Queen. I think I saw them in 1978 or 1979 at The Forum. I remember bringing Freddie Mercury a scarf of my Dad’s and I gave it to him after the show. I loved it. I loved the theatrics. I loved Freddie. I thought Queen were awesome. I’m a big fan of theatrics. Like Marilyn Manson’s live show. I’ve seen him like eight times now. |
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Post by peacelovingguy on Jan 6, 2021 12:36:28 GMT
Garth Brooks: www.cmt.com/news/1777608/garth-brooks-youre-working-to-get-an-invitation-back/Then he recalled the first time he saw Queen play live. His girlfriend at the time, Tammy, bought 13th row tickets that neither of them could afford. “All I wanted was for Freddie Mercury to look at me for three seconds so I could go, ’Thank you, man. I know I shouldn’t be making my decisions by listening to your music. But I am,'” he told the CRS gathering in Nashville. |
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Post by peacelovingguy on Jan 6, 2021 12:41:33 GMT
From Wikipedia: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Queen_live_performancesJim Kerr from Simple Minds first saw Queen when they opened for Mott the Hoople during the 1974 UK tour. At the launch party of the Innuendo album, Kerr stated that Queen "blew Hoople off the stage!". Similarly, Richie Sambora from Bon Jovi saw Queen open for Hoople three times in New York in 1974, stating that they were "absolutely fantastic", and that he "never forgot" the performances. |
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Post by deathtoming on Jan 6, 2021 12:57:18 GMT
She also posted this pic, which I believe is a personal photo of hers. Has that Queen "logo" been used elsewhere? Tickets, posters, and foreign pictures sleeves from the 70s are all a riot of different fonts. Unified branding was a gradual process. Yeah, different fonts are used all the time, but in this case, there's a crown within the "Q" so I feel that's something different. It's nothing elaborate like the official Q-with-crown logo, but it's a step up from just picking a font. |
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Post by mercurialfreddie on Jan 15, 2021 15:47:59 GMT
Nice topic! I asked Gary Taylor (who once worked with Greg Brooks on a Queen live book) once whether Ella Fitzgerald (she is my favourite female singer)indeed saw the Queen concert in NY 12-1-77 and he told me this was not the case.
That would be awesome if she really was in an attendance! Does Freddie really say on the audience recording that we have that she is there, in the audience??
I hope that one day we will have this clarified!
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Post by cmsdrums on Jan 16, 2021 22:50:35 GMT
Donna Summer and Freddie at Inglewood, 1980....I’m assuming she was at the Queen show.   |
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Post by Ryan Newton on Jan 16, 2021 23:19:33 GMT
Lisa Marie Presley: www.popentertainment.com/lisamariepresley.htmWhat was the first rock show you saw? Probably Queen. I think I saw them in 1978 or 1979 at The Forum. I remember bringing Freddie Mercury a scarf of my Dad’s and I gave it to him after the show. I loved it. I loved the theatrics. I loved Freddie. I thought Queen were awesome. I’m a big fan of theatrics. Like Marilyn Manson’s live show. I’ve seen him like eight times now. Peter Freestone has since confirmed that this was actually in 1982. |
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