Queen at Estádio Vasco da Gama in Rio? - from Brazilian magazine 'Cultura', 13 March 1981
Jun 20, 2023 9:58:06 GMT
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Post by fabiogminero on Jun 20, 2023 9:58:06 GMT
Hi everyone.
Today I offer you an article in Portuguese language taken from the Brazilian magazine Cultura of March 13th, 1981: as the original title Queen no Brasil, lances e contralances: o que vai acontecer (translated as Queen in Brazil, bids and counterbids: what will happen) suggests, the article in question talks about Queen's upcoming visit to Brazil.
The band had planned three concerts in the country: one in Porto Alegre on March 13th, one in Rio de Janeiro on March 19th and one in São Paulo on March 21st, 1981, but due to permit issues, they were forced to change the itinerary of the Brazilian leg of the tour. This article seeks to shed light on which locations the four British musicians will visit in the upcoming days.
Below is a scan of the article and its English translation; as you can well read, the gig in São Paulo on March 20th has already been confirmed, while the one at the Estadio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro on March 19th has been cancelled. However, I discovered that, in those days, there was the intention to move the concert location to the Estádio São Januário (whose full name is Estádio Vasco da Gama), located in the Vasco da Gama neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro.
The journalist who wrote the article was invited to New Orleans in 1978 for the 'Jazz' launch party and obviously mentions his experience in the article.
Today I offer you an article in Portuguese language taken from the Brazilian magazine Cultura of March 13th, 1981: as the original title Queen no Brasil, lances e contralances: o que vai acontecer (translated as Queen in Brazil, bids and counterbids: what will happen) suggests, the article in question talks about Queen's upcoming visit to Brazil.
The band had planned three concerts in the country: one in Porto Alegre on March 13th, one in Rio de Janeiro on March 19th and one in São Paulo on March 21st, 1981, but due to permit issues, they were forced to change the itinerary of the Brazilian leg of the tour. This article seeks to shed light on which locations the four British musicians will visit in the upcoming days.
Below is a scan of the article and its English translation; as you can well read, the gig in São Paulo on March 20th has already been confirmed, while the one at the Estadio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro on March 19th has been cancelled. However, I discovered that, in those days, there was the intention to move the concert location to the Estádio São Januário (whose full name is Estádio Vasco da Gama), located in the Vasco da Gama neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro.
The journalist who wrote the article was invited to New Orleans in 1978 for the 'Jazz' launch party and obviously mentions his experience in the article.
Queen in Brazil, bids and counterbids: what will happen
Queen is coming. Despite the many said and unsaid, the last form is: in Rio, nothing is certain about the location. Maracanã, forget it. It probably will Estádio do Vasco, in São Januário. It's still fun to imagine a rock concert there for those bands, Barreira do Vasco, and so on. It would be better for a punk group, which is not the case for Queen. Anyway, there will be sound in Rio and the mastodontic equipment, wherever it is, will work. In São Paulo, everything is OK for the super concert on the 20th, at Estádio do Morumbi, which should certainly be packed - as Queen is the most popular international group among the kids from São Paulo. Much more so than in Rio, where they get mixed up in general preferences with a shovel from other groups. I don't know, but it's tumultuous. I met the guys Freddie, John Deacon, Brian May and Roger in New Orleans, a little over two years ago, invited by the group along with a bunch of music journalists from all over the world for the release of the LP "Jazz", which, although nothing jazzy, had its world premiere in a monster concert at the birthplace of jazz, New Orleans. The show was fabulous not only in terms of sound equipment and amazing lights - but also in terms of the performance of the group, which, at the time, I didn't know much about and which impressed me a lot. They maintained that technical sumptuousness but their music had a freshness that referred to the most current post-symphonic rock trends, already incorporating punk elements. Freddie is a daring vocalist, funny with his ear like "Bozó" by Chico Anisio, slender legs, sneakers, and a contagious irreverence. By the way: he sings well. The musicians, together for so long, exhibit a rapport and a togetherness that is absolutely rare in these tumultuous and varied spaces. of the histories of the great contemporary rock groups, Brian May being certainly one of the best, most inspired and confident rock guitarists I have ever had the pleasure to watch. Nice to meet you, back in New Orleans, it was the party they threw. It took place after the show, for 1,500 people, in the halls of the Fairmont Hotel. It had everything, fat dancers, topless, circus acts, disco music, surprise events, transvestites many I think sold out the city's stocks and a bunch of other things that, in general, could perfectly fit the buzzword sex-drugs- rock n Roll. A true jazz, in the sense that musicians from Rio de Janeiro give to the word to designate confusion, salcêro, total varietê: "there was the greatest Jazz". Now they are in Brazil, top professionals, paranoid of excited fans, seeking peace with the English kindness that still characterizes them today.
Welcome.
Below I attach another excerpt from an article that only talks about the concert in Rio de Janeiro. Apparently, Queen's management offered to donate the proceeds to charity in order to perform in that stadium, a request which was then definitively rejected.
Queen is coming. Despite the many said and unsaid, the last form is: in Rio, nothing is certain about the location. Maracanã, forget it. It probably will Estádio do Vasco, in São Januário. It's still fun to imagine a rock concert there for those bands, Barreira do Vasco, and so on. It would be better for a punk group, which is not the case for Queen. Anyway, there will be sound in Rio and the mastodontic equipment, wherever it is, will work. In São Paulo, everything is OK for the super concert on the 20th, at Estádio do Morumbi, which should certainly be packed - as Queen is the most popular international group among the kids from São Paulo. Much more so than in Rio, where they get mixed up in general preferences with a shovel from other groups. I don't know, but it's tumultuous. I met the guys Freddie, John Deacon, Brian May and Roger in New Orleans, a little over two years ago, invited by the group along with a bunch of music journalists from all over the world for the release of the LP "Jazz", which, although nothing jazzy, had its world premiere in a monster concert at the birthplace of jazz, New Orleans. The show was fabulous not only in terms of sound equipment and amazing lights - but also in terms of the performance of the group, which, at the time, I didn't know much about and which impressed me a lot. They maintained that technical sumptuousness but their music had a freshness that referred to the most current post-symphonic rock trends, already incorporating punk elements. Freddie is a daring vocalist, funny with his ear like "Bozó" by Chico Anisio, slender legs, sneakers, and a contagious irreverence. By the way: he sings well. The musicians, together for so long, exhibit a rapport and a togetherness that is absolutely rare in these tumultuous and varied spaces. of the histories of the great contemporary rock groups, Brian May being certainly one of the best, most inspired and confident rock guitarists I have ever had the pleasure to watch. Nice to meet you, back in New Orleans, it was the party they threw. It took place after the show, for 1,500 people, in the halls of the Fairmont Hotel. It had everything, fat dancers, topless, circus acts, disco music, surprise events, transvestites many I think sold out the city's stocks and a bunch of other things that, in general, could perfectly fit the buzzword sex-drugs- rock n Roll. A true jazz, in the sense that musicians from Rio de Janeiro give to the word to designate confusion, salcêro, total varietê: "there was the greatest Jazz". Now they are in Brazil, top professionals, paranoid of excited fans, seeking peace with the English kindness that still characterizes them today.
Welcome.
Below I attach another excerpt from an article that only talks about the concert in Rio de Janeiro. Apparently, Queen's management offered to donate the proceeds to charity in order to perform in that stadium, a request which was then definitively rejected.
Queen and Maracanã
Despite the decision of the State Governor to reserve the Esatdio do Maracanã only for football matches, with the exception of special events, the possibilities of hosting the performance of the British group Queen in Rio de Janeiro have not yet been exhausted. The group's businessmen promised to donate all the proceeds from the show to ABBR, APAE, IBRM and IRSIL, whose boards began to commit to Mr. Chagas Freitas in order to obtain his consent. With an additional argomentation: we are in the midst of the International Year of the Physically Handicapped.
