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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Jul 10, 2020 3:10:34 GMT
June 27, 1970 (City Hall; Truro, England)
Saturday at 8 PM
Setlist:
Stone Cold Crazy
Son And Daughter
Smile songs
Covers
In preparation for the concert, which was a charity event organized by the British Red Cross, Freddie stayed at the Johnstone sisters' house. He stayed in the attic and would do yoga. He would also use their heating tongs to curl his hair. Their dad was a bit surprised. Mike Grose recalls the gig as being a bit sloppy. He said that they were rough. Roger also recalls this concert. He remembers how Freddie "sounded a little bit like a very powerful sheep." They were paid 50 pounds.
Sources: queenlive.ca, cornwalllive.com
July 18, 1970 (Imperial College; London, England)
Sunday at 8 PM
Setlist: unknown
Roger created this show's advertisement: "Queen invite you to a private showing at Imperial College New Block, Imperial Institute Road, of Exhibition Rd. SW 7. Level 5. Lecture Theatre A. Sunday 18 July, 8 P.M." On the side, there's a picture of where to find the college. About 50 people were at this show. They played where many other people played at, like Jimi Hendrix.
Source: queenlive.ca
July 25, 1970 (PJ's Club; Truro, England)
Saturday
Setlist:
Liar
Other songs (it's unknown which, and what order)
This is the final show with Mike Grose. At most 200 people came to this show. Manager and founder of the club, Pete Bawden, remembers some of the conversations with Queen. He remembers Freddie correcting him on the band's name ("It's not 'The Queen', it's 'Queen'") and Brian showing him his Red Special guitar. A friend of Mike apparently recorded this show on two tapes, but they haven't been released yet. When Mike left, he joined a band called "No Joke!".
Source: queenlive.ca
August 23, 1970 (Imperial College; London, England)
Sunday at 7:30 PM
Setlist:
Keep Yourself Alive
Jesus
Great King Rat
Doin' Alright
Hangman
Other songs
This is the first show with Barry Mitchell. Roger created this show's ad too: "Queen invite you to a private showing Sunday August 23 at 7:30 P.M. at Imperial College New Block. Imperial Institute Road. In Lecture Theatre A. Level 5." The band provided the refreshments, like orange juice and popcorn. Brian made the popcorn in his flat, which was "bursting with popcorn", according to Freddie. Brian recalls this setlist. He also recalls that the venue held around 100 people.
Sources: queenlive.ca, @brianmayforreal on Instagram
September 4, 1970 (Swiss Cottage Private School; London, England)
Friday
Setlist:
Stone Cold Crazy
Liar
Keep Yourself Alive
Doin' Alright
Great King Rat
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Hangman
Rock 'n' Roll medley
This show went well, according to Barry. Barry also provides this little story about what was being talked about in the dressing room: "Roger was having a thing with a young lady living in student accommodation in Kensington, and apparently he'd scaled two or three balconies to get to her room."
Source: queenlive.ca
October 16, 1970 (College of Estate Management; London, England)
Friday at 8 PM
Setlist:
Stone Cold Crazy
Liar
Keep Yourself Alive
Doin' Alright
Great King Rat
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Hangman
Rock 'n' Roll medley
Alan Mair, a worker at the nearby market, says that the show wasn't very good. He and some friends went to a pub afterward, and were afraid of what to tell Freddie since he was excited about the band. On September 19, they mourned Jimi Hendrix's death instead of going to rehearse.
Source: queenlive.ca
October 23, 1970 (Potter's Bar Youth Club; London, England)
Friday
Setlist:
Stone Cold Crazy
Liar
Keep Yourself Alive
Doin' Alright
Great King Rat
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Hangman
Rock 'n' Roll medley
Source: queenlive.ca
October 30, 1970 (College of Technology; St. Helens, England)
Friday
Setlist:
Stone Cold Crazy
Liar
Keep Yourself Alive
Doin' Alright
Great King Rat
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Hangman
Rock 'n' Roll medley
Source: queenlive.ca
October 31, 1970 (Cavern Club; Liverpool, England)
Saturday
Setlist:
Stone Cold Crazy
Liar
Keep Yourself Alive
Doin' Alright
Great King Rat
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Hangman
Rock 'n' Roll medley
This is where The Beatles had played in their early days. It was raining, and Brian's shoes were soaked. So, he put them on an electric fire before the show. But, after the show, his shoes were on fire.
Source: queenlive.ca
November 14, 1970 (Balls Park College; Hertford, England)
Saturday
Setlist:
Stone Cold Crazy
Liar
Keep Yourself Alive
Doin' Alright
Great King Rat
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Hangman
Rock 'n' Roll medley
The support band was Full Frontal Nudity. This show wasn't very good either. They were having trouble with their PA system, and Freddie was nervous. The show was organized by one of Roger's friends, Penny North, from The Jayfolk.
Sources: queenconcerts.com, queenlive.ca
December 5, 1970 (Shoreditch College; Egham, England)
Saturday
Setlist:
Stone Cold Crazy
Liar
Keep Yourself Alive
Doin' Alright
Great King Rat
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Hangman
Rock 'n' Roll medley
Source: queenlive.ca
December 10, 1970 (Byam Shaw School of Art; London, England)
Thursday from 8 PM - 1:30 AM
Setlist:
Stone Cold Crazy
Liar
Keep Yourself Alive
Doin' Alright
Great King Rat
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Hangman
Rock 'n' Roll medley
Queen were paid 30 pounds.
Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com
December 18, 1970 (College of Technology; St. Helens, England)
Friday
Setlist:
Stone Cold Crazy
Liar
Keep Yourself Alive
Doin' Alright
Great King Rat
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Hangman
Rock 'n' Roll medley
Source: queenlive.ca
December 19, 1970 (Congregational Church Hall; St. Helens, England)
Saturday
Setlist:
Stone Cold Crazy
Liar
Keep Yourself Alive
Doin' Alright
Great King Rat
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Hangman
Rock 'n' Roll medley
Source: queenlive.ca
(note: from August 23, 1970 - January 9, 1971, only August 23 and January 9 will have a setlist that's possible. the rest are just a guess, based off of what Barry said that the band had played in a time period.)
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Jul 11, 2020 22:44:05 GMT
January 8, 1971 (The Marquee Club; London, England)
Friday from 7:30 PM - 11 PM
Setlist:
Stone Cold Crazy
Liar
Keep Yourself Alive
Doin' Alright
Great King Rat
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Hangman
Rock 'n' Roll medley
The supporting band was America. They were supporting Audience. Barry recalls this show as being one of his most memorable ones since they got to contribute to the dressing room wall that many other musicians had signed.
Sources: queenconcerts.com, queenlive.ca
January 9, 1971 (Technical College; Ewell, England)
Saturday at 7 PM
Setlist:
Keep Yourself Alive
Doin' Alright
Liar
Great King Rat
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Son And Daughter
Hangman
Rock 'n' Roll medley
This setlist was according to Barry's memory. There were two ads for this show. The original had Hard Meat's name on it. But, they broke up before the gig. So, the ad was then changed to have Queen's name on it. Queen were supporting Genesis and 'Kevin Ayers and The Whole World'. A fan says that Queen performed on a sidestage. According to Barry, Peter Gabriel asked Roger to join Genesis, but he declined. But, Genesis touring manager Richard Macphail suggests that Queen may have asked for Phil Collins instead. Apparently, John Deacon met the band at this show. This is also the final show with Barry. In an interview, he explained why: "The music wasn't my kind of music. I didn't see it progressing, which in hindsight looks foolish, but they weren't the band that they became. Freddie at the time didn't have great command of his voice. His singing was a bit off and a bit squeaky sometimes. Roger has famously described Freddie's voice as sounding like a strangled sheep. He hadn't gotten control of his voice. Brian's obviously a great guitar player. Roger's a superb drummer. For me, I saw Freddie as their weak link then, but you couldn't have foreseen what happened. He developed his voice, he got his technique right, and we all know what his voice ended up as. But it wasn't like that at the start." After leaving, Barry would shortly join a band called "Crushed Butler".
Source: queenlive.ca
February 19, 1971 (Hornsey Town Hall; London, England)
Friday from 7:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Setlist: unknown
This is Queen's first show with bassist Doug Bogie. Queen's name didn't make it onto the poster, but they were at least listed on the Melody Maker ad. Less than 10 people came to the show. Queen were supporting The Pretty Things and Pink Fairies.
Source: queenlive.ca
February 20, 1971 (Kingston Polytechnic College; London, England)
Saturday
Setlist: unknown
This is Queen's last show with bassist Doug Bogie. He left because he heard some people saying things like "So everything is terrible" and "It's a waste of time", and also because Freddie announced that he didn't want to continue. So, Doug just assumed that it was over and left. But, Doug would move on to a successful career in sound production and filmmaking. Queen were supporting Yes at this show. Queen wouldn't play for a couple months. During the break, John became the new bassist. Another person tried auditioning for a rhythm guitar part, but didn't get it, since the band wanted to stay a quartet.
Source: queenlive.ca
July 2, 1971 (College; Surrey, England)
Friday
Setlist: unknown
This is Queen's first show with John (and the lineup would stay like this for the next 20 years). Before the show, Freddie and John got into an argument about what to wear. Freddie had big ideas about what to do, while John just wanted to wear jeans and a shirt. But, John would soon give in after a while.
Source: queenlive.ca
July 11, 1971 (Imperial College; London, England)
Sunday
Setlist: unknown
Source: queenlive.ca
July 17, 1971 (The Garden; Penzance, England)
Saturday from 8 PM - 11:30 PM
Setlist: unknown
An ad lists the band as "Roger Taylor's Group. Former Smile."
Source: queenlive.ca
July 19, 1971 (Rugby Club; Hayle, England)
Monday
Setlist: unknown
Queen were supporting Caravan. In an ad, the show happened on a Monday. For some reason, the ad states that Queen is "publicising their new L.P., soon for release." It was still a bit early before Queen would record a demo.
Sources: queenconcerts.com, queenlive.ca
July 24, 1971 (Town Hall; Wadebridge, England)
Saturday
Setlist: unknown
Source: queenlive.ca
July 29, 1971 (The Garden; Penzance, England)
Thursday from 8 PM - 11:30 PM
Setlist: unknown
Queen were supporting Warm Dust.
Source: queenlive.ca
July 31, 1971 (City Hall; Truro, England)
Saturday at 8 PM
Setlist: unknown
Source: queenlive.ca
August 2, 1971 (Rugby Club; Hayle, England)
Monday
Setlist: unknown
Source: queenlive.ca
August 9, 1971 (Driftwood Spars; St. Agnes, England)
Monday
Setlist: unknown
The ad for this show says "The Legendary Drummer of Cornwall ROGER TAYLOR and Queen." After the gig, the person who ran the venue didn't want to pay the band, saying they were rubbish. After an argument, they decided to pay them. But, a friend of the band says that this was Queen's first truly excellent show.
Source: queenlive.ca
August 12, 1971 (Tregye Hotel; Truro, England)
Thursday from 9 PM - 1 AM
Setlist: unknown
Source: queenlive.ca
August 14, 1971 (Warrant Officer and Senior Rates Mess, RNAS Culdrose; Culdrose, England)
Saturday
Setlist: unknown
Source: queenconcerts.com
August 17, 1971 (City Hall; Truro, England)
Tuesday
Setlist: unknown
Source: queenlive.ca
August 21, 1971 (Tregye Country Club, Carnon Downs Festival; Truro, England)
Saturday from mid-day - 12 AM
Setlist: unknown
The festival started and ended at the times shown above. It's unknown when it started though. Queen played this show outside (their first one). They also played first in the festival. In an ad, there is a nude flute player (which was actually part of the entertainment). After this show, Queen would take another little break. Around September 18, Queen would record a 5 song demo at De Lane Lea Studios (which was booked by Brian): Keep Yourself Alive, Jesus, The Night Comes Down, Liar, and Great King Rat. Only one label, Chrysalis Records, would respond with a small offer. The band would reject this offer. But, they would use it to appeal to other companies.
Source: queenlive.ca
October 6, 1971 (Imperial College; London, England)
Wednesday
Setlist: unknown
Source: queenlive.ca
December 9, 1971 (Swimming Baths; Epsom, England)
Thursday
Setlist: unknown
Queen is now signed with Trident (a deal which was secured on November 1). John Anthony was the one who ended up getting Queen signed with them. Queen were able to buy some decent gear for this show. Unfortunately, they sounded horrible since they were playing in an indoor swimming pool, which made it echo. Brian said that the band Hawkwind was on the bill. Queen might have supported them.
Source: queenlive.ca
December 31, 1971 (Rugby Club; Twickenham, England)
Friday
Setlist: unknown
Source: queenconcerts.com
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Jul 13, 2020 1:04:37 GMT
January 28, 1972 (College; Bedford, England)
Friday
Setlist: unknown
Queen didn't get much money this year. Roger says that much of 1972 was spent "giving free concerts for our friends, playing the odd gig that we could scratch." This show, organized by John, had only 6 people come. According to Roger, they treated the show like a rehearsal, since the room was empty in the beginning. Queen were supporting Prairie.
Sources: queenconcerts.com, queenlive.ca
March 10, 1972 (King's College Medical School; London, England)
Friday from 7 PM - 12 AM
Setlist:
Son And Daughter
Great King Rat
Jesus
The Night Comes Down
Liar
Keep Yourself Alive
See What A Fool I've Been
Stone Cold Crazy
Hangman
Jailhouse Rock
Bama Lama Bama Loo
The setlist above was apparently written by Freddie. Someone bought the setlist off of eBay for $1,500. Many record company reps came to this show.
Source: queenlive.ca
March 24, 1972 (Forest Hill Hospital; London, England)
Friday
Setlist: unknown
Source: queenlive.ca
November 6, 1972 (Pheasantry Club; London, England)
Monday
Setlist: unknown
Source: queenlive.ca
December 20, 1972 (The Marquee Club; London, England)
Wednesday from 7:15 PM - 11 PM
Setlist:
Great King Rat
Son And Daughter
Jesus
Doing All Right
Ogre Battle
Keep Yourself Alive
Liar
Jailhouse Rock
Bama Lama Bama Loo
Queen were supporting Fantasy. On the ad, it's put as "two live groups." A recording of this show apparently exists, and it's in the band's archives. It could be a fake, though. John Harris, first front of house sound tech, has supposedly recorded all of the early Queen shows.
Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com
April 9, 1973 (The Marquee Club; London, England)
Monday from 7:15 - 11 PM
Setlist: unknown
Jac Holzman, founder of Elektra Records in the USA, had received a demo of Keep Yourself Alive earlier this year from (Queen's old manager) Norman Sheffield. Jac came to this show and signed Queen to Elektra Records.
Source: queenlive.ca
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Jul 15, 2020 1:05:43 GMT
July 13, 1973 (Queen Mary College; Basingstoke, England)
FridaySetlist: unknown Queen's debut album was released in the UK today. It would go unnoticed for a while, until they toured with Mott The Hoople. Freddie apparently almost lost his voice after this show, and he bruised his leg by hitting it too hard with his tambourine. According to an article written in Record Mirror, Queen were already using limos to get to gigs. Brian might have began using his spare guitar around August. Source: queenlive.ca July 23, 1973 (The Marquee Club; London, England)
Monday at 7:15 PM and at 11 PMSetlist: unknown Queen were supporting Mahatma. They performed two shows tonight. Sources: queenconcerts.com, queenlive.ca August 3, 1973 (The Mayfair; Newcastle, England)
Friday from 8 PM - 1 AMSetlist: unknown Queen were supporting Vinegar Joe. Queen were paid 60 pounds to play for an hour. Vinegar Joe was paid 600 pounds. There was also another band, Optic Innovations, who were paid 25 pounds. Sources: queenconcerts.com, queenlive.ca, thejournal.co.uk August 17, 1973 (Town Hall; Peterborough, England)
Friday from 7 PM to 1:30 AMSetlist: unknown Savage Rose and Pini were supporting Queen. This show was thought be on December 22 for a long time. Michael Moorhouse faintly remembers this concert. Queen were wearing black and white. They performed for 60-90 minutes. Sources: queenconcerts.com, queenlive.ca September 13, 1973 (Golders Green Hippodrome; London, England)
ThursdaySetlist: Procession Father To Son Son And Daughter See What A Fool I've Been Ogre Battle Liar Jailhouse Rock Shake, Rattle and Roll Stupid Cupid Be-Bop-A-Lula Jailhouse Rock (Reprise) Big Spender Bama Lama Bama Loo Queen performed for radio in front of 700 people. This show was first broadcast on October 20 of that year. It was first broadcast in the US on March 2, 1975. Procession, Father To Son, and Ogre Battle sound a bit different in this show. Before Liar, John is introduced as Deacon John, since that's how he's credited on their album. Freddie is heard saying "No, it's not," directly after. Roger recalls this show. He remembers how the audience were in the balconies and techs were on the floor. The first bootleg with the radio material was released around 1976/1977 (Quality: A), with 5 songs included. In 2004, "Digital Queen Archives" released the first bootleg with the full show (Quality: A). There were many other bootlegs of this show. The best recording of this show is a soundboard/broadcast merge made by Pittrek and Chinwonder2 (slight changes made by him), although Freddie is a bit low in the mix (Quality: A+). I will only be using the link as the video will take up a lot of space: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJhWfr4V_ns. The show is around 39 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, Ryan Newton October 12, 1973 (Locarno; Sunderland, England)
Friday from 8 PM - 1 AMSetlist: unknown Ace were supporting Queen. Source: queenlive.ca October 13, 1973 (Underground; Bonn-Bad Godesburg, Germany)
SaturdaySetlist: unknown This show was thought to be in Frankfurt. About thirty people came to this show, since it wasn't promoted. Some people who came were wondering why a band from England would play here at this point in their career. Source: queenlive.ca October 14, 1973 (Le Blow Up; Luxembourg City, Luxembourg)
SundaySetlist: unknown This show was supposed to be recorded and broadcast on Radio Luxembourg. But the recording equipment failed, and nothing was recorded. Source: queenlive.ca October 20, 1973 (Paris Theatre; London, England)
SaturdaySetlist: unknown This show was apparently recorded by BBC Radio One and broadcasted, according to queenmusichall.cz, but that's extremely unlikely. Source: queenconcerts.com October 26, 1973 (Imperial College; London, England)
Friday at 8 PMSetlist: unknown The two shows at the Imperial College were properly advertised. Barry Mitchell was at one of the two Imperial College shows. An audience recording exists (or once existed). Source: queenlive.ca November 2, 1973 (Imperial College; London, England)
Friday at 8 PMSetlist: unknown This was Queen's first show that was reviewed. It was very positive. In a picture, Brian is using a wah pedal, so Great King Rat might have been played. Everyone is caked with make-up. (John probably wasn't a huge fan of it). Source: queenlive.ca
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Jul 18, 2020 1:36:19 GMT
November 12, 1973 (Town Hall; Leeds, England)
Monday at 7:30 PMSetlist: unknown This is Queen's first show with Mott The Hoople. This is also Queen's first UK tour. Jack Nelson, Queen's first manager, persuaded Mott The Hoople's manager Bob Hirschmann to let Queen support them. In an interview, Brian recalls that his solos became longer when they toured with Mott The Hoople. Source: queenlive.ca November 13, 1973 (King George's Hall; Blackburn, England)
Tuesday at 7:30 PMSetlist: unknown Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com November 15, 1973 (Gaumont; Worcester, England)
Thursday at 7:45 PMSetlist: unknown Source: queenlive.ca November 16, 1973 (Lancaster University; Lancaster, England)
FridaySetlist: unknown Ian Edwards recalls what happened before and after this concert. Ian and his friends were talking with the band before the show, and Freddie asked for his coat. Ian wanted to keep his coat, but decided to trade it with Freddie's jacket. After the show, Freddie wanted his jacket, so they traded them back. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com November 17, 1973 (Stadium; Liverpool, England)
SaturdaySetlist: Procession Father To Son Son And Daughter Ogre Battle Hangman Keep Yourself Alive Liar Jailhouse Rock medley Big Spender Bama Lama Bama Loo According to Ray Martin, Queen had about 5 encores. During Procession, Freddie is heard shouting "W*nkers!" (yes I have to do that or else the word is removed). His mic is turned down, but the front of house guy forgets to turn it back up for the beginning of Father To Son. So, Freddie isn't heard for the first 10 seconds of the song. Freddie is nervous during his speech after Father To Son. But, the audience warms up to him after he mentions a Liverpool soccer player: "I see Kevin Keegan did very well today." Queen's roadie, Ken Testi, recorded Queen's set on one side of a 60-minute tape (Quality: B+). The songs recorded were Procession, Father To Son, Son And Daughter, Ogre Battle, Hangman, Keep Yourself Alive, and part of Liar. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRCfEiae4Ok&t The recording is around 30 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, Ryan Newton November 18, 1973 (Victoria Hall; Hanley, England)
Sunday at 7:30 PMSetlist: unknown Source: queenconcerts.com November 19, 1973 (Wolverhampton Civic Hall; Wolverhampton, England)
Monday at 7:30 PMSetlist: unknown Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com November 20, 1973 (New Theatre; Oxford, England)
Tuesday from 8 PM - 8:40 PMSetlist: Procession Father To Son Son And Daughter Ogre Battle Hangman Keep Yourself Alive Liar Jailhouse Rock Shake, Rattle and Roll Stupid Cupid Be-Bop-A-Lula Jailhouse Rock (Reprise) Bama Lama Bama Loo According to Martin Webster, another band called "Quadrule" played too. Someone recorded the soundcheck of this show (which is included in Ryan's video). During the soundcheck, you can hear Ogre Battle with no guitar. Brian is also heard asking the sound guy about his guitar's sound level. They get it right after a bit. The recorded soundcheck is around 21 minutes long. 1,800 people came to this show. During Bama Lama Bama Loo, Freddie breaks it up since he can't hear himself. He then says, "That's like a wet fart through the bloody monitors." The best recording of this show includes all of the songs, of which Procession, Ogre Battle, Hangman, Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, and the medley are cut (Quality: B/B-). www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqSK9bEZipY&t The show is around 38 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, Ryan Newton
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Jul 25, 2020 0:18:41 GMT
November 21, 1973 (Guildhall; Preston, England)
Wednesday at 7:30 PMSetlist: unknown A couple seconds of Tokyo 1975 footage was shown on a documentary, and some people thought that it came from this show. Source: queenconcerts.com November 22, 1973 (City Hall; Newcastle, England)
Thursday at 7:30 PMSetlist: unknown This show was one of John's favorite shows of the tour. According to a fan, "the hall was full for Queen's performance." Source: queenlive.ca November 23, 1973 (Apollo Theatre; Glasgow, Scotland)
Friday from 7:30 PM - 8 PMSetlist: Procession Father To Son Son And Daughter Ogre Battle Hangman Keep Yourself Alive Liar Jailhouse Rock medley Big Spender I'm A Man 3,500 people came to this show. This is Queen's first show in Scotland. Like the previous night, this was also one of John's favorite shows of the tour. The best recording of this show has almost everything cut in the beginning (Father To Son, Ogre Battle, Hangman, Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, Jailhouse Rock medley, Big Spender), with Son And Daughter missing (Quality: B). The tape wasn't originally supposed to exist. The taper, Janice Ranking, just wanted to tape Mott The Hoople's set, but decided to tape Queen's too after hearing the audience's reaction. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPRK3venhno The recorded show is around 33 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, Ryan Newton November 25, 1973 (Caley Cinema; Edinburgh, Scotland)
Sunday at 7:30 PMSetlist: unknown This is the only date that had Queen's name on the tickets. Source: queenlive.ca November 26, 1973 (Opera House; Manchester, England)
Monday from 7:30 PM - 8:10 PMSetlist: Procession Father To Son Son And Daughter Ogre Battle Hangman Keep Yourself Alive Liar Jailhouse Rock medley Bama Lama Bama Loo 1,900 people came to this show. After Keep Yourself Alive, Freddie adds, "Yes, you'll do that." Before Jailhouse Rock, Freddie somewhat nervously says, "Right, we're gonna have some fun. And you can move a little, if you'd like. You don't have to stay there. Move your hips a little." Freddie sings some lyrics of Tutti Frutti at the beginning of Bama Lama Bama Loo. The best recording of this show is fortunately complete (Quality: B). www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkxWnHhhGfA&t The show is around 42 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, Ryan Newton November 27, 1973 (Town Hall; Birmingham, England)
Tuesday from 7:30 PM - 8 PMSetlist: Procession Father To Son Son And Daughter Ogre Battle Hangman Keep Yourself Alive Liar Jailhouse Rock medley Bama Lama Bama Loo 1,100 people were at this show. According to a fan, half of the audience was at a bar at the beginning of Queen's set. Slowly, after each song, more people came to the show. After the line "Hang that rope from the highest tree" in Hangman, Freddie says, "Yes, you'll do that" (like the previous night). Freddie didn't a great night tonight. He was nervous and apparently tripped over a monitor. During Bama Lama Bama Loo, he got hit in the face with a hot dog (probably the people from the bar). The best recording of this show has only 6 songs, with Keep Yourself Alive being cut (Quality: B). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulnj5GHe5tA&t The recorded show is around 26 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, Ryan Newton
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Jul 28, 2020 1:06:20 GMT
November 28, 1973 (Brangwyn Hall; Swansea, Wales)
WednesdaySetlist: unknown This is Queen's first show in Wales. Source: queenlive.ca November 29, 1973 (Colston Hall; Bristol, England)
Thursday from 7:30 PM - 8:10 PMSetlist: Procession Father To Son Son And Daughter Ogre Battle Hangman Keep Yourself Alive Liar Jailhouse Rock Shake, Rattle and Roll Stupid Cupid Jailhouse Rock (Reprise) Big Spender Bama Lama Bama Loo 2,000 people came to this show. Just like a few nights back, Freddie sings some lines of Tutti Frutti during Bama Lama Bama Loo. The best recording of this show has all of the songs, with Procession being cut (Quality: B-). www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJCg2gVyfuI The show is around 43 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, Ryan Newton November 30, 1973 (Winter Gardens; Bournemouth, England)
Friday at 7:30 PMSetlist: unknown This was one of the band's favorite shows of the tour. Source: queenlive.ca December 1, 1973 (The Kursaal; Southend-on-Sea, England)
Saturday at 7:30 PMSetlist: unknown Freddie, Brian, and Roger came on stage during All The Young Dudes and sang backing vocals. Source: queenlive.ca December 2, 1973 (Central Hall; Chatham, England)
Sunday at 7:30 PMSetlist: unknown There are stories that Queen was booed off stage, but they're unconfirmed. Two fans don't recall any booing. One of them says that Queen were actually called back for an encore. Freddie came on stage during All The Young Dudes and sang backing vocals. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Aug 2, 2020 1:21:51 GMT
December 6, 1973 (Cheltenham College; Cheltenham, England)
Thursday
Setlist: unknown
Queen had a very small break from touring with Mott The Hoople. This is the first of those shows.
Source: queenlive.ca
December 7, 1973 (Shaftesbury Hall; Cheltenham, England)
Friday from 9 PM - 1 AM
Setlist: unknown
Queen were supporting Babe Ruth at this concert. Queen performed at an event called the Christmas Formal. According to queenconcerts.com, Queen also played at St Paul's College.
Source: queenconcerts.com
December 8, 1973 (University of Liverpool; Liverpool, England)
Saturday at 8 PM
Setlist: unknown
Source: queenlive.ca
December 14, 1973 (Hammersmith Odeon; London, England) - first show
Friday at 6 PM
Setlist: unknown
Queen is now back with Mott The Hoople. This is also their final show (or in this case, "shows") of the 1973 Mott The Hoople/Queen tour. Freddie's parents were at this show. His mother recalls, "My favorite memory of him is that very first concert at Hammersmith Odeon. My boy was showing the best of himself as support to Mott the Hoople. When the show was over, people came over to me and my husband and said it was nice that we supported him. I said simply: 'Well, he is my son.'"
Source: queenlive.ca
December 14, 1973 (Hammersmith Odeon; London, England) - second show
Friday from 8:30 PM - 11:15 PM
Setlist: unknown
Queen's set went fine, but Mott The Hoople's didn't. They started a bit late, so during the middle of the concert, the curtain came down. Morgan Fisher pushed his keyboard under the curtain to not cover the band. A review of the show says that one of the members was fiddling with a stone in his bracelet during a break. Then, someone from the audience says, "You've still got forty minutes to go, you lazy sods." The review also says that when the curtain went down, a fight broke out. Then, people rushed onto the stage.
Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com
December 15, 1973 (University of Leicester; Leicester, England)
Saturday at 8 PM
Setlist: unknown
The poster for this show isn't on queenlive.ca or queenconcerts.com, but on Pinterest and Etsy. They are both watermarked, though.
Sources: queenlive.ca, Pinterest/Etsy
December 21, 1973 (County Ballroom; Taunton, England)
Friday
Setlist: unknown
Source: queenlive.ca
December 28, 1973 (Top Rank Club; Liverpool, England)
Friday from 8 PM - 1 AM
Setlist: unknown
Queen were supporting 10cc. Phil Page says that he's pretty sure Brinsley Schwarz was also on the bill. Freddie met his old band members from Ibex at this show. This could be the last pre-Queen II version of Procession. They could've played it in Australia in the next show, but we're not sure.
Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, queenmusichall.cz
January 27, 1974 (a private farm; Sunbury, Australia)
Sunday at around 7:30 PM
Setlist: unknown
This show was thought to have happened on February 2. It actually happened on January 27 (the second day of the 4-day festival). Queen were originally scheduled to play on the 25th and 26th. They didn't play on those dates because of Freddie's health, so it got rescheduled to the 27th. Brian also got sick because of the injections for smallpox. Queen was the first non-Australian band to play, so that didn't go so well. This show would be one of Queen's lowest points. The DJ, Jim Keays, introduced Queen as: "Well, we've got another load of limey b*stards tonight. They're probably going to be useless, but let's give them something to think about!" He then called them "stuck up pommies". Before leaving the stage, Freddie said, "When we come back to Australia, Queen will be the biggest band in the world!" Queen flew home the next day. A fan recalls that Queen were well-received and got calls for an encore. They also recall that the DJ was trying to encourage the audience to not bring them back, saying things like, "We don't need these pommies back. We want an Aussie band." So the (drunken) audience did boo, but not at Queen's performance, but them wanting their local band. Another fan recalls that Queen actually didn't get an encore because of mixed feelings. Apparently, Freddie threw a tambourine at a roadie. Unsurprisingly, the same thing happened when another non-Australian band, Deep Purple, performed in 1975 at this same festival.
Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com
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Post by pg on Aug 3, 2020 21:26:28 GMT
Can I make two suggestions.
1. Include the day of the week in the date info, instead of offering it as juicy additional detail.
2. Queen were never paid in Euros. If you know how much they were paid, give that amount, and if you must translate it to other currencies, do so in brackets.
Otherwise, carry on, I guess. I wonder whether adding the info not sourced from queenlive to THAT site might be the more efficient use of time, but it's not my time!
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Post by ThomasQuinn on Aug 4, 2020 12:05:24 GMT
Mustapha Ibrahim : In your first post, you write: "They were paid 50 pounds (55.58 euros, 65.38 dollars)." Don't. Do. This. The amounts you give in euros and dollars are based on *present day* exchange rates. They have *no* relation to the actual exchange rates at the time, nor to the present-day value of the original amount. As such, all they do is give a VERY misleading impression. 50 pounds in June 1970 was just short of $120 at the time. $120 in June 1970 would be roughly equivalent to $797 today. Calculations about historical value are complicated and always iffy, because prices develop in different ways for different products/services, as do other indicators of value and living standards. It's a problem I occasionally have to deal with (mostly with currency from much longer ago, but still...), and it's one of the most headache-inducing problems economic historians deal with. If you really insist on giving 'modern' values, I'd be happy to show you how, but the values you get will still be somewhat misleading.
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Aug 6, 2020 0:57:04 GMT
March 1, 1974 (Winter Gardens; Blackpool, England)
Friday
Setlist: unknown
I will list the songs that are scarcely played so I don't have to do it later: Great King Rat, Hangman (only in UK), Seven Seas of Rhye, Bama Lama Bama Loo, See What A Fool I've Been, The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke. And according to a 1976 interview with Brian, they didn't play Doing All Right (which was included in setlist.fm, but I have removed). The "scarcely played" songs in this setlist were likely played. Nutz were supporting Queen at this show. This is Queen's first show of the Queen II UK tour. The band would begin to wear elaborate black and white outfits. On the way to the show, the vehicle which had the lighting rig broke down. The show was fortunately only delayed. Since White Queen and Seven Seas of Rhye are played in this tour, this would be the first appearance of Freddie playing the piano. At many shows on this tour, people would sing God Save The Queen, which would inspire the band to record their own version to use.
Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, queenmusichall.cz
March 2, 1974 (Friars Club; Aylesbury, England)
Saturday at 7:30 PM
Setlist: unknown
Fruupp were supporting Queen at this concert. Roger recalls this concert: "Zandra Rhodes made us a whole bunch of stuff, which I wore once at Friars in Aylesbury, and I sweated so much I never wore it again." Brian's infected arm (which was from the smallpox injections) is starting to bother him, so the gig is shortened (I'm unsure which songs weren't played, so I'll leave it be).
Sources: queenlive.ca, queenmusichall.cz
March 3, 1974 (Guildhall; Plymouth, England)
Sunday at 7:30 PM
Setlist: unknown
Nutz were supporting Queen. They were originally scheduled to play on the 10th, but it got moved back a week for some reason.
Source: queenlive.ca
March 4, 1974 (Festival Hall; Paignton, England)
Monday at 8 PM
Setlist: unknown
Nutz were supporting Queen.
Source: queenconcerts.com
March 8, 1974 (Locarno; Sunderland, England)
Friday
Setlist: unknown
"Queen II" is released today. Nutz were supporting Queen.
Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com
March 9, 1974 (Corn Exchange; Cambridge, England)
Saturday
Setlist: unknown
Nutz were supporting Queen.
Source: queenconcerts.com
March 10, 1974 (Greyhound; Croydon, England)
Sunday
Setlist: unknown
Nutz were supporting Queen (what is this, the Queen + Nutz tour?).
Source: queenconcerts.com
March 12, 1974 (Dagenham Roundhouse; London, England)
Tuesday
Setlist: unknown
Nutz were supporting Queen. There was apparently a power failure a few bars into Father To Son. This show was listed as March 25, 1974 on a flyer.
Source: queenconcerts.com
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Aug 13, 2020 1:03:11 GMT
March 14, 1974 (Cheltenham Town Hall; Cheltenham, England)
Thursday at 7:30 PM
Setlist: unknown
Nutz were originally supposed to support Queen, but their van broke down. Queen had to play an extended set.
Source: queenlive.ca
March 15, 1974 (Queen Margaret Union, University of Glasgow; Glasgow, Scotland)
Friday at around 1 AM
Setlist: unknown
Nutz were supporting Queen. Jake Scott recalls that Queen played at the female union and that their fee to rent the hall was around 320 pounds. The band's equipment had overloaded the main electric supply, so it took a couple attempts to start the show. A drunk fan held up a "Queen" album cover next to Brian, but Brian kept playing. It was thought that the lighting crew had quit after the previous show, but they had actually quit after this one (and of course they got replaced). They had gotten worn out from the long trip from Cheltenham to Glasgow, and were getting frustrated over the tech issues at the last few shows. Roger recalls that some people looking through at window at the top of a dressing room were shouting, "I can see you Brian May."
Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com
March 16, 1974 (University of Stirling; Stirling, Scotland)
Saturday at 9 PM
Setlist: unknown
Nutz were supporting Queen. This show ended with Seven Seas Of Rhye, and it has a reason. At the start of the show, people were throwing cushions, and one hit Freddie. So he threw it back. When people rushed onto stage during Seven Seas of Rhye, Freddie managed to jump off (Brian might have got away safely too, as he's not mentioned here). But, Roger and two roadies get injured and end up in the hospital. In the riot, two people were stabbed, and things were thrown around. The band had to be locked up in the kitchen backstage. After everything settled down, Freddie said, "That's crazy. We've played together for four years now, started in small clubs, and since about a year, we work as warm up acts for harder rock groups like Mott the Hoople ...but I've never seen anything like this. I have to be more gentle and not drive the people that wild - otherwise we'll get banned from British stages. And that we don't want." He also talks about the song: "Now we want to get famous in Europe and America - but without any riots. We don't support that kind of thing. Our song is about peaceful and nice things in a fantasy land called Rhye." An audience recording apparently exists from this show, but it's in very bad shape.
Sources: queenlive.ca, diary.queensongs.info
March 19, 1974 (Winter Gardens; Cleethorpes, England)
Tuesday
Setlist: unknown
Nutz were supporting Queen.
Sources: queenconcerts.com, setlist.fm
March 20, 1974 (University; Manchester, England)
Wednesday
Setlist: unknown
Nutz were supporting Queen. A roadie recalls a story which seems to be from this show: "Queen had just taken the stage, and this bloke shouted to Freddie, 'You f*cking poof.' Freddie demanded that the crew turn the spotlight on the crowd and find this fella. He then said to him, 'Say that again, darling,' and the bloke didn't know what to do. I saw him literally shrink this six-foot bloke down to an inch." John's suitcase (which has pictures from Australia and other things) was stolen during the show. Sadly, it was never recovered. The October 30 recording from Manchester is sometimes said to be from this show.
Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com
March 22, 1974 (The Paddocks; Canvey Island, England)
Friday
Setlist: unknown
Nutz were supporting Queen. Freddie played on a Wurlitzer at this show. He didn't own a piano yet, so he played on whatever the venue provided. Just imagine what White Queen and Seven Seas of Rhye sounded like. Roger recalls this to be the worst show that Queen had played (what about Tokyo '79, 3rd night Sun City '84, or 2nd show Osaka 1976?).
Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com
March 23, 1974 (Links Pavilion; Cromer, England)
Saturday
Setlist: unknown
Nutz were supporting Queen. After Seven Seas of Rhye, someone started singing the "I do like to be beside the seaside" part that's heard on the studio version. Freddie then told him, "Shut up, you drunk."
Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com
March 24, 1974 (Woods Leisure Centre; Colchester, England)
Sunday
Setlist: unknown
Nutz were supporting Queen.
Source: queenconcerts.com
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Post by peacelovingguy on Aug 13, 2020 8:59:38 GMT
I think you mean Nutz were supporting Queen. Although, of the two bands, I can’t help but feel Nutz are the true creative geniuses. Whereas Queen came up with “Queen” for the first album title in 1973 and Nutz followed them in 1974 naming their first album “Nutz”, from then on, it was Nutz who leaped ahead in creative imagination. Responding to “Queen 2”, Nutz went with “Nutz Too”, (I mean, whoa, the brilliance!) Nutz had anticipated Queen were gonna go with “Queen 3” for the third album and had already designed a controversial album cover with the title “Free Nutz”, but when Queen blindsided them with the far too many words title “Sheer Heart Attack”, Nutz rose to the challenge and responded with the legendary “Hard Nutz”. Queen were left floundering. Admitting defeat, Queen stepped aside to allow Nutz to release a live album first: “Nutz Live Cutz” in 1977. It is rumoured that “Live Killers” was gifted to Queen by their magnanimous masters.
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Aug 14, 2020 22:49:33 GMT
March 26, 1974 (Douglas Palace Lido; Isle of Man, UK)TuesdaySetlist: unknown Nutz were supporting Queen. After the show, they had a party, and it ended with a destroyed room. Sources: queenconcerts.com, queenmusichall.cz March 28, 1974 (University; Aberystwyth, Wales)Thursday at 2 AMSetlist: unknown Nutz were supporting Queen. Sources: queenconcerts.com, diary.queensongs.info March 29, 1974 (The Garden; Penzance, England)FridaySetlist: unknown Nutz were supporting Queen. Queen only played under one or two small spotlights. This is their final show in Cornwall, a place where they had built much of their following in the early days. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com March 30, 1974 (County Ballroom; Taunton, England)SaturdaySetlist: unknown Nutz were supporting Queen. A fan recalls this show: "It was a very small stage, but you could tell you were watching and listening to a band that were going to be huge." Source: queenconcerts.com March 31, 1974 (Rainbow Theatre; London, England)Sunday from 7:30 PM - 8:30 PMSetlist: Procession Father To Son Ogre Battle Son And Daughter White Queen Great King Rat The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas of Rhye Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock Stupid Cupid Be-Bop-A-Lula Jailhouse Rock (Reprise) Liar Big Spender Bama Lama Bama Loo See What A Fool I've Been Nutz were supporting Queen. This show at the Rainbow Theatre was Queen's first "big" gig. They played to 3,500 people. It was properly recorded and was meant to be their first live album, but was only officially released in 2014. Before the show, the band had a little fight. Brian told Freddie that he's an overdresser, and Freddie got offended; he went inside the car and stayed in it. Brian had to call him back with a microphone. Roger poured beer onto his drums to create a cool effect. During the encore, Freddie threw flowers into the audience. Some people thought that a power failure happened during Liar at this show, but that was in the November show. Brian breaks a string during Liar, so he uses a Fender Strat for the rest of the show. Chinwonder2 compared the official release with the 1975 bootleg in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYYgRhvQ97Y. Tom Christie also did a great comparison here: queenlive.ca/queen/misc/Rainbow_comparison_Tom_Christie.pdf. The best recording of this show would obviously be the official release (although there are some overdubs), with Big Spender and Bama Lama Bama Loo missing (Quality: A+). Son And Daughter and Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll were recorded on video, but there might be more footage. This is also the earliest known footage of Queen in concert. The best video recording of this show would also be the official release, including the BBC release (Quality: A+). The recorded show is around 1 hour and 4 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenmusichall.cz, diary.queensongs.info, queenconcerts.com April 2, 1974 (Barbarella's; Birmingham, England)TuesdaySetlist: Procession Father To Son White Queen Ogre Battle Son And Daughter The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas of Rhye Liar Great King Rat Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Big Spender Jailhouse Rock Nutz were supporting Queen. The show on March 31 was meant to be the last show of the UK tour, but this one was tagged onto the end. It was meant to happen on March 17, but because of the riot on the 16th, it was rescheduled to this date. Roger bet the crew and Nutz one bottle of champagne that no one will run on stage naked. No one did, but Roger didn't pay them back. The setlist above was likely written by a crew member. Some of the songs were misplaced, so I have put them where they would usually be played. A fan claims that the Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke was played, so I'll add that too. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, queenmusichall.cz
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Post by NathanH on Aug 15, 2020 7:34:37 GMT
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Post by jeroeng on Aug 18, 2020 9:28:27 GMT
About the 31st march show: As nice as it is that we got an official live recording of Fairy Feller, it is still a pity that they dropped Hangman for it. Imagine if they didn't drop it, we now would have an official live recording of Hangman.
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Post by emrabt on Aug 18, 2020 10:58:31 GMT
About the 31st march show: As nice as it is that we got an official live recording of Fairy Feller, it is still a pity that they dropped Hangman for it. Imagine if they didn't drop it, we now would have an official live recording of Hangman. Would we? Queen never thought hangman was good enough to see any kind of release, why would they have released it instead of Fairy Feller? |
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Post by NathanH on Aug 18, 2020 11:20:16 GMT
About the 31st march show: As nice as it is that we got an official live recording of Fairy Feller, it is still a pity that they dropped Hangman for it. Imagine if they didn't drop it, we now would have an official live recording of Hangman. The difference is that there are lots of recordings of Hangman from different periods of time (with a high quality recording from Tokyo 1975) but no other recordings of The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke. I'd much rather have a song we've never heard live before than a song which has existed on lower quality recordings several times. |
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Post by queen1970s on Aug 18, 2020 21:02:10 GMT
About the 31st march show: As nice as it is that we got an official live recording of Fairy Feller, it is still a pity that they dropped Hangman for it. Imagine if they didn't drop it, we now would have an official live recording of Hangman. The difference is that there are lots of recordings of Hangman from different periods of time (with a high quality recording from Tokyo 1975) but no other recordings of The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke. I'd much rather have a song we've never heard live before than a song which has existed on lower quality recordings several times. Yes I'd to hear this songs one day: Jesus, The Night Comes Down. I've read in a site that Queen probably played "Polar Bear" in some of the few early shows. I don't think is real. What do you think guys? |
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Post by NathanH on Aug 18, 2020 21:38:27 GMT
The difference is that there are lots of recordings of Hangman from different periods of time (with a high quality recording from Tokyo 1975) but no other recordings of The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke. I'd much rather have a song we've never heard live before than a song which has existed on lower quality recordings several times. Yes I'd to hear this songs one day: Jesus, The Night Comes Down. I've read in a site that Queen probably played "Polar Bear" in some of the few early shows. I don't think is real. What do you think guys? I reckon they probably played lots of Smile material because they didn't have much new material especially for the first few shows as stated in various anecdotes by the band and former members. The recording of Queen playing Polar Bear is a raw take so I can see them playing it exactly the same way live. The De Lane Lea version of Jesus would be to me exactly the same live but The Night Comes Down would definitely be different as with only three instruments on stage as opposed to the studio version which has four. |
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Post by jeroeng on Aug 19, 2020 11:42:35 GMT
About the 31st march show: As nice as it is that we got an official live recording of Fairy Feller, it is still a pity that they dropped Hangman for it. Imagine if they didn't drop it, we now would have an official live recording of Hangman. The difference is that there are lots of recordings of Hangman from different periods of time (with a high quality recording from Tokyo 1975) but no other recordings of The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke. I'd much rather have a song we've never heard live before than a song which has existed on lower quality recordings several times. Imagine what we might have gotten if they didn't drop Hangman, but simply added Fairy Feller to the setlist ;-) But of course you have a point. They never recorded and released Hangman and that obviously must have a reason. Possibly the same reason why they dropped it for the Rainbow march concert and replaced it with something else, for a show that was recorded with the intention of using the matarial for making a live album. Could imagine they thought "Why play a song that we know beforehand we don't want to release". |
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Aug 19, 2020 23:58:53 GMT
April 16, 1974 (Regis College Field House; Denver, Colorado, USA)TuesdaySetlist: unknown This is Queen's first show in North America. It's also the first show of the Queen II US tour. The setlists for this part of the tour would be a bit shorter. Since the 1973 Mott The Hoople + Queen tour was very successful, they asked Queen to do another one with them. Greg Osborne recalls this show: "Freddie Mercury appeared somewhat nervous during the show. Although he and Queen performed brilliantly, Freddie would turn his back to the audience at times and step onto Roger Taylor's drum riser with one foot and then let himself down. His head was down at times as if he were concentrating intently on the song or his performance. They were great, as were Mott The Hoople. The crowd was wild and colorful and completely into both bands." Footage of Queen during this tour can be seen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbiN3cmDEeo&t=5148s. Source: queenlive.ca April 17, 1974 (Memorial Hall; Kansas City, Kansas, USA)Wednesday at 8 PMSetlist: unknown Source: queenlive.ca April 18, 1974 (Kiel Auditorium; St. Louis, Missouri, USA)Thursday at 7:30 PMSetlist: unknown Sources: queenlive.ca April 19, 1974 (Fairgrounds Appliance Building; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA)Friday at 8 PMSetlist: unknown The venue was listed on the ticket as "Appliance Building - Fairgrounds", so the venue name might actually just be "Fairgrounds". Source: queenconcerts.com April 20, 1974 (Mid-South Coliseum; Memphis, Tennessee, USA)
Saturday at 8 PM
Setlist: unknown Mad The Swine was apparently played at this concert. Source: queenlive.ca April 21, 1974 (St. Bernard Parish Civic Auditorium; Chalmette, Louisiana, USA)Sunday from 8 PM - 8:40 PMSetlist: Procession Father To Son Ogre Battle Son And Daughter Great King Rat Liar Keep Yourself Alive Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll This show has been known to be in New Orleans for a long time, but technically, it's in Chalmette, which is just outside New Orleans. Brian was complaining about feeling pain, but no causes for it were found (until May). The best recording of this show is complete (Quality: B). www.youtube.com/watch?v=8woEsfgBOWo The show is around 41 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenmusichall.cz, Ryan Newton
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Aug 23, 2020 3:50:48 GMT
April 27, 1974 (Palace Theatre; Providence, Rhode Island, USA)Saturday from 8 PM - 8:45 PMSetlist: Procession Father To Son Ogre Battle Son And Daughter Great King Rat Liar Keep Yourself Alive Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Big Spender Bama Lama Bama Loo Queen were supposed to perform at the Orpheum Theatre twice (originally scheduled for Bucknell College in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania). They were cancelled so Queen just walked around in Boston. It was going to be rescheduled to May 13, but that still wouldn't happen. Now, back to this show. 3,000 people came to it. Brian introduces Son And Daughter as, "I want you to be a woman", a lyric from the song. During Liar's guitar solo, Brian uses the delay effect. After Keep Yourself Alive, Queen receives a standing ovation, and Freddie tells them, "You just keep yourself alive." Brian adds, "You young people here in America are fabulous." The best recording of this show is mostly complete, only with Liar being cut (Quality: B), recorded by Dan Lampinski. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pLTr3f1EZw The show is around 46 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, Ryan Newton April 28, 1974 (Exposition Hall; Portland, Maine, USA)SundaySetlist: Procession Father To Son Ogre Battle Son And Daughter See What A Fool I've Been Liar Keep Yourself Alive Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Big Spender Bama Lama Bama Loo 3,000 people came to this show. Brian plays a little bit of Great King Rat during Liar. He also leaves out a couple beats in his Keep Yourself Alive solo, and the rest of the band notices immediately. The best recording of this show is a direct transfer from Joe Maloney (the taper)'s master tape, fortunately complete (Quality: A-). www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4k0HUSAwC0 The show is around 45 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, Ryan Newton May 1, 1974 (Farm Arena; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Setlist: unknown Queen and Aerosmith were supporting Mott The Hoople. They then argued over who was to play first. Brian and Joe Perry didn't care much about who played first, so they got to know each other while sharing a bottle of Jack Daniel's. They got so drunk that they couldn't stand straight. When Brian played the first chord of Father To Son, he couldn't hear much except the echo, so he had to play the rest of the show by memory. The next day, he was told that his playing was fiery and spicy. But, because of the experience, he promised himself to never have more than one drink before a show. Source: queenlive.ca May 2, 1974 (Agricultural Hall; Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA)
Thursday likely at 8 PM
Setlist: unknown Queenconcerts.com has a ticket stub for this concert, but it's unfortunately ripped right where it tells when the show begins. It only shows ":00 PM" though, so it's likely at 8 PM. Source: queenconcerts.com May 3, 1974 (Kings College; Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, USA)
Friday at 8 PM
Setlist: unknown Source: queenconcerts.com May 4, 1974 (Palace Theatre; Waterbury, Connecticut, USA)Saturday from 9 PM - 9:35 PMSetlist: Procession Father To Son Ogre Battle Son And Daughter Great King Rat Liar Keep Yourself Alive Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Big Spender Bama Lama Bama Loo During Father To Son, the Ogre Battle screams are accidentally played. The sound guy was likely asleep near the switch and it was played. The screams are heard in Ogre Battle like normal. The best recording of this show was recorded on one side of a 60-minute tape (Liar is cut), with people screaming "sit down" every now and then (Quality: B). www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGrs6Wv83f8 The recorded show is around 31 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, Ryan Newton May 7, 1974 (Uris Theatre; New York City, New York, USA)
Tuesday from 8 PM - 8:45 PM
Setlist: Procession Father To Son Ogre Battle Son And Daughter Liar Keep Yourself Alive Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Big Spender Jailhouse Rock Stupid Cupid Be-Bop-A-Lula Jailhouse Rock (Reprise) 2,000 people came to this show. Queen were the first rock band to play at this venue. The best recording of this show has Son And Daughter cut (Quality: B-). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0ZtqrBLhjA The recorded show is around 42 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, Ryan Newton May 8, 1974 (Uris Theatre; New York City, New York, USA)
Wednesday at 8 PM
Setlist: unknown Source: queenconcerts.com May 9, 1974 (Uris Theatre; New York City, New York, USA)
Thursday at 8 PM
Setlist: unknown Source: queenconcerts.com May 10, 1974 (Uris Theatre; New York City, New York, USA) - first show
Friday at 7:30 PMSetlist: unknown Sources: queenconcerts.com May 10, 1974 (Uris Theatre; New York City, New York, USA) - second show
Friday at 10:30 PM
Setlist: unknown A poster for these shows listed May 11th as having two shows (including the times), but it's supposed to be from this show, since there was only one for that date. Source: queenconcerts.com May 11, 1974 (Uris Theatre; New York City, New York, USA)
Saturday at 7:30 PM
Setlist: unknown This is the final concert at this venue. This is also Queen's final concert with Mott The Hoople. Queen sang backing vocals for All The Young Dudes. After that, Brian collapsed from pain. He had developed hepatitis from an injection in January. It soon turned to gangrene, and at one point, he could've had to have his arm amputated. He had to go to the hospital. Roger recalls that day: "Poor Brian was yellow, bright yellow, and I was amazed we managed to shepherd him through the immigration queue at JFK in New York. The poor fellow could hardly stand and we got him on the plane, got him home, and got him to hospital. He was very ill. We were devastated. The tour had been cut short, you know, cos it was our first trip to America, so there were mixed feelings about that, but also very worried about Brian on the other hand." For the rest of the tour, Kansas filled in for Queen. On May 20, there were people excited for Queen. But since there was no Queen, they would boo and shout for them, so a band member said, "Queen's not here, so shut the f*ck up and listen." On June 7, 1974, Nazareth filled in for Queen. While Brian was in the hospital, he wrote some songs for their next album. The band Sparks asked him to join, but he declined. Brian thought that they might let him go, but the band didn't think that at all. They thought that he was a key element of their unique sound. Here's the list of cancelled concerts: May 13, 1974; Boston, Massachusetts, USA at the Orpheum Theatre (the rescheduled one from April 26) May 15, 1974; Washington, D.C., USA at the DAR Constitution Hall May 16, 1974; Charleston, South Carolina, USA at the Municipal Auditorium May 17, 1974; Atlanta, Georgia, USA at the Fox Theatre May 18, 1974; Knoxville, Tennessee, USA at the Coliseum May 20, 1974; Detroit, Michigan, USA at the Masonic Temple May 21, 1974; Chicago, Illinois, USA at the Auditorium Theatre May 22, 1974; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA at the Auditorium May 23, 1974; South Bend, Indiana, USA at the Morris Civic Auditorium May 24, 1974; Toledo, Ohio, USA at the Sports Arena May 25, 1974; Cleveland, Ohio, USA at the Allen Theatre (two shows) May 26, 1974; Columbus, Ohio, USA at the Mershon Auditorium May 27, 1974; Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Massey Hall May 28, 1974; London, Ontario, Canada at the London Arena May 30, 1974; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA at the Syria Mosque May 31, 1974; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA at the Schubert Theatre June 1, 1974; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA at the Schubert Theatre June 2, 1974; Richmond, Virginia, USA at The Mosque June 7, 1974; Santa Monica, California, USA at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium a tour in September Source: queenlive.ca
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October 30, 1974 (Palace Theatre; Manchester, England)Wednesday from 7:30 PM - 8:50 PMSetlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Liar Stone Cold Crazy In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen Scarcely played songs: Hangman (Japan), Great King Rat (Japan), Doing All Right (Japan), See What A Fool I've Been (Japan), Stupid Cupid, Be-Bop-A-Lula. This is the first show of Queen's first full-scale European tour. It's also the first show of the Sheer Heart Attack tour. 2,000 people came to this show. Hustler is supporting Queen. They will be supporting Queen until November 20. Tonight are the first performances of Now I'm Here, Flick Of The Wrist, In The Lap Of The Gods, Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen (from Queen II), Bring Back That Leroy Brown, and In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited. God Save The Queen is used as the show closer tonight for the first time. They used the delay effect on Freddie's voice for Now I'm Here for the first time tonight too. For this tour, when Freddie would say "Now I'm there", he would "appear" on the opposite side of the stage (a member wore the same thing as Freddie). For his Son And Daughter solo, Brian is now using two analog delays. He also has another spare guitar now, a Les Paul. He wouldn't be satisfied with its sound, so after this tour, he would receive a copy of his Red Special made by John Birch. He would use that Birch copy until he destroyed it on August 9, 1982. The best recording of this show is a merge that only lasts up to Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll (Quality: C+/C). mega.nz/folder/IAoykCbb#cODDUKGh3P2YWOw3eKRUGg The recorded show is around 1 hour and 10 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, Ryan Newton, The Real Wizard October 31, 1974 (Victoria Hall; Hanley, England)Thursday at 7:30 PMSetlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Liar Stone Cold Crazy In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen The sound at this concert wasn't that great since the venue was more suited for classical music. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com November 1, 1974 (Empire Theatre; Liverpool, England)Friday at 7:30 PMSetlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Liar Stone Cold Crazy In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen 2,300 people were at this show. For this tour, Freddie, Brian, and Roger are talking a lot between songs. By the next year, Brian and Roger would only introduce a few songs. During Procession, someone is heard saying, "Hold it, hold it," and it stops. An MC says, "We do apologize for the technical hitch. It's to do with the PA system, and we are sure the show will start in two, three or four minutes." After a few minutes, the lights dim. The audience rushes to the front. The MC comes back, but has to leave since a spotlight is shone into his eyes. The show then resumes. Before Flick Of The Wrist, Brian says, "If any of you have got the single, which we're not going to play... well, no, yes we will. This is the side you don't usually hear. It's called Flick Of The Wrist." The best recording of this show has everything until Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll, and has Seven Seas Of Rhye, Big Spender, and Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll cut (Quality: B-). www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYxd-DYHymo This recording is around 54 minutes long, compared to the previous ~20 minute version. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, Ryan Newton November 2, 1974 (University; Leeds, England)SaturdaySetlist: unknown A 16-year-old-girl was almost crushed in the crowd. A security guard noticed and grabbed her. She got to sit on a speaker next to John. During the show, Roger's monitor failed. He tried giving a signal to his assistant, but he didn't notice. So he had to play the rest of the show without being able to hear himself play or sing. After the show, Roger got irritated by something and injured his foot in a tantrum. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenmusichall.cz
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Aug 26, 2020 1:38:14 GMT
November 3, 1974 (Theatre; Coventry, England)Sunday at 7:30 PMSetlist: unknown Source: queenconcerts.com November 5, 1974 (City Hall; Sheffield, England)Tuesday from 7:30 PM - 8:50 PMSetlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen 2,200 people came to this show. The best recording of this show has every song with Son And Daughter cut (Quality: B+/B). www.youtube.com/watch?v=X35sOt7NHMU The show is around 1 hour and 22 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, Ryan Newton November 6, 1974 (St. George's Hall; Bradford, England)Wednesday from 7:30 PM - 8:50 PMSetlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen 1,500 people came to this show. Before Flick Of The Wrist, Freddie tells the audience about their new album being released tomorrow (actually a day after tomorrow). He gets no response. He then says,"You've heard of Sheer Heart Attack! It's our new album out tomorrow." He receives a sort of forced response. Before In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited, Brian says, "This is from the new album. It's called In The Lap Of The Gods Revisited, and we would like you to sing along", even though the album hadn't even been released yet. The best recording of this show has everything with Son And Daughter cut (Quality: B-). www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryFQw1XtuMo The show is around 1 hour and 18 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, Ryan Newton November 7, 1974 (City Hall; Newcastle, England)
Thursday at 7:30 PM
Setlist: unknown Source: queenconcerts.com November 8, 1974 (Apollo Theatre; Glasgow, Scotland)
Friday from 7:30 PM - 8:55 PM
Setlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen 3,500 people came to this show. During Killer Queen, Freddie forgets how the song is arranged live, and begins singing the "to avoid complications" line. So he mumbles for a bit and then stops singing. Freddie is pulled into the audience in the encore, so he has to be pulled out by security guards. The best recording of this show is an upgrade made by Peter Wiley, with Procession cut and God Save The Queen missing (Quality: C). www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqroAxF6Vzc The recorded show is around 1 hour and 22 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, Ryan Newton November 9, 1974 (University; Lancaster, England)
Saturday
Setlist: unknown Source: queenconcerts.com November 10, 1974 (Guildhall; Preston, England)
Sunday at 7:30 PM
Setlist: unknown Source: queenconcerts.com November 12, 1974 (Colston Hall; Bristol, England)Tuesday at 7:30 PMSetlist: unknown Source: queenconcerts.com November 13, 1974 (Winter Gardens; Bournemouth, England)Wednesday at 7:30 PMSetlist: unknown Source: queenconcerts.com November 14, 1974 (Gaumont; Southampton, England)
Thursday at 7:30 PM
Setlist: unknown Source: queenconcerts.com November 15, 1974 (Brangwyn Hall; Swansea, Wales)
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Setlist: unknown Source: queenconcerts.com
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Aug 27, 2020 0:23:23 GMT
November 16, 1974 (Town Hall; Birmingham, England)Saturday at 7:30 PMSetlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen For the previous few shows, Queen would switch some songs in the setlist. Queenlive.ca says that Queen would soon switch back to the setlist from Bradford (November 6), so I'm going to assume that they've switched back now. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com November 18, 1974 (New Theatre; Oxford, England)Monday at 7:30 PMSetlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen Source: queenconcerts.com November 19, 1974 (Rainbow Theatre; London, England)Tuesday from 7:30 PM - 8:50 PMSetlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen 2,800 people were at this show. Queen were only going to play one night at the Rainbow Theatre, but a second night was added since tickets sold out in just two days. They were both recorded. Brian's mother was at this show, and recorded it. Brian says he didn't enjoy this show since the film production was getting in their way. A soundboard blew up during this show. Queen released a mix of both shows officially (with a few possible overdubs and pitch corrections). Tom Christie analyzed these shows too, in the PDF for the March 31st show. Chinwonder2 did too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYYgRhvQ97Y&t=1050s. The only confirmed audio from this show is a pre-FM source, which has only three songs: Son And Daughter, Stone Cold Crazy, and Liar (Quality: A). This recording isn't fully raw though, as there a few overdubs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsf-LFoW3Bs The show is likely around 1 hour and 20 minutes (the length of the official release). The full first night at the Rainbow Theatre was shown at the "Stormtroopers in Stilettoes" Queen exhibition. People who were saw it say that Freddie wasn't really in great voice. The official release's footage is a merge of both shows. Someone recorded some songs from the "Stormtroopers in Stilettoes" exhibition, which includes alternate angles (Quality: ~B): www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKyYoqLsx8U. More footage besides the official release apparently exists and is in the hands of collectors. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, Ryan Newton, Alejandro López November 20, 1974 (Rainbow Theatre; London, England)WednesdaySetlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen 2,800 people were at this show too. Roger poured beer onto his drums at this show. After Seven Seas Of Rhye, Freddie says, "Do you like my claws? They're real diamonds. It's a present from the devil himself. You don't believe me. They don't believe me! Right, now we'd like to do some rock 'n' roll, a la Queen." It's well known that a power outage happened at this show, but there were actually two. John wasn't happy about that second one. The band were frustrated by the film crew, and Roger shows his frustration by destroying his drumset at the end of the show. The only confirmed audio from this show is of two songs, Liar (which is cut) and In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited (which is overdubbed), Quality: A/A+. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_WjYnhLLH0 The show is likely around 1 hour and 20 minutes. A clip of the power outage was seen on the extras of the UK blu-ray release of "Days Of Our Lives" (you can see John's slightly disappointed face): www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjjWpLL3IH0 (Quality: A+). Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, Ryan Newton, Gabriel Mathus November 23, 1974 (Konserthuset; Gothenburg, Sweden)
Saturday at 8 PM
Setlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen Lynyrd Skynyrd were supporting Queen. Sources: queenconcerts.com November 25, 1974 (Helsingin Kulttuuritalo; Helsinki, Finland)
Monday from 8 PM - 9:30 PM
Setlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen The venue for this show was only half full, with an attendance at 670. This is Queen's first and only show in Finland (possibly because of the attendance). During Son And Daughter, Freddie did his usual "What comes next?". But, no one said anything. It has been said that a soundboard recording of this show exists, but that's very unlikely, since someone who checked the radio station's archives said there was nothing. There are also many sources saying that there is no recording of this concert. Earlier in the day, a 12-year-old named Juha Kakkuri interviewed Queen at the Intercontinental Hotel. A restoration attempt for this interview was made by Miky: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VM0XwCWFss (Quality: ~B-). Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, Miky November 27, 1974 (Olympen; Lund, Sweden)
Wednesday at 8 PMSetlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen On the way to the show, the band's truck driver crashed into a bridge. It happened 12 miles away from Stockholm. Everyone was fine, but the band's gear was destroyed. The show still happened, though. Queen were supposed to play at The Tivoli in Copenhagen the next day, but was cancelled since only about a hundred tickets were sold. The show at the Chateau Neuf in Oslo was also cancelled. The tickets were refunded. The next show Queen would play wouldn't be until December 2. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Aug 28, 2020 3:12:07 GMT
December 2, 1974 (Brienner Theater; Munich, Germany)Monday at 8 PMSetlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen The truck driver got stuck under a bridge on the way to Frankfurt. This show was going to be cancelled, but Edwin Shirley, owner of a road transport company, helped Queen out. Shirley's company provided all further Queen transports. Sources: queenconcerts.com, queenmusichall.cz December 4, 1974 (Palmengarten; Frankfurt, Germany)
Wednesday at 8 PM
Setlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen Lynyrd Skynyrd were supporting Queen. Many people in the audience liked the opening act more than Queen, so some people left after Skynyrd's set. This show was originally supposed to happen at the Jahrhunderthalle, but rescheduled here since only about 1,000 tickets were sold. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com December 5, 1974 (Musikhalle; Hamburg, Germany)Thursday at 8 PMSetlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen Lynyrd Skynyrd were supporting Queen. Roger's drum kit and monitor with the Queen logo were seen during Skynyrd's set. Queen's set apparently wasn't recorded because they were more into American bands than British ones. Roger recalls what it was like with Lynyrd Skynyrd opening for them: "They were awful. They were Southern rednecks and they could not believe it when they saw us four caked in make-up and dressed like women. They were outraged, confused, and a little frightened, because the four nancy boys were giving them quite a run for their money on-stage. God, Lynyrd Skynyrd! They were arseholes, frankly. When they played that song 'Free Bird' it seemed to go on for months. As I remember they had three lead guitarists. Hmmm, well we only seemed to need one. Absolute arseholes. Later on they had that terrible fatal plane crash, didn't they? Shouldn't speak ill of the dead... bollocks to that!" 3 minutes of Liar was shown on German TV. That doesn't mean it's from this show, or any of the German shows. All we know is that it's from the Sheer Heart Attack tour (Audio quality: A; Video quality: A). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln3ZY5aNnZU Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, The Kurgan AKA Victor Kruger December 6, 1974 (Sartory-Saal; Cologne, Germany)FridaySetlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen 1,400 people were at this show. The best recording of this show is Ryan Newton's fixed version, with God Save The Queen cut (Quality: B+). www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_zfWOz4WoA The show is around 1 hour and 21 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, Ryan Newton December 8, 1974 (Congresgebouw; The Hague, The Netherlands)Sunday at 8:15 PMSetlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen Kayak were supporting Queen. Some members of Kayak said that EMI records wanted to promote both bands, putting it as a "double bill". The show sold poorly, due to bad promotion. People were let into the venue for free, so the attendance is under 5,000. A silent black and white reel-to-reel video of this concert apparently exists. It was sold at a convention in Rotterdam in the 1990s. The best recording of this show has only half of the show, with Son And Daughter cut (Quality: B+). www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkTo7rajVXo The recorded show is around 43 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, Ryan Newton December 10, 1974 (Theatre 140; Brussels, Belgium)Tuesday at 8 PMSetlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen 500 people were at this show. Ambach Circus were supporting Queen. This is Queen's first concert in Belgium. This show was originally supposed to be on December 1, but was changed to be on this date. They were also originally supposed to play at the Ancienne Belgique, but was changed a week before the show. Someone who came to this show said that "the group arrived onstage dressed as musketeers, and that the smoke bombs took a bloody long time to disappear." The best recording of this show is Ryan Newton's slightly fixed version, with it lasting up to Stone Cold Crazy (which is cut), Quality: C. A better and complete recording of this show once existed, but was accidentally taped over. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRWkQtQeUWk The recorded show is 58 minutes long. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, Ryan Newton December 13, 1974 (Palacio de los Deportes de Barcelona; Barcelona, Spain)Friday at 10:30 PMSetlist: Procession Now I'm Here Ogre Battle Father To Son White Queen Flick Of The Wrist In The Lap Of The Gods Killer Queen The March Of The Black Queen Bring Back That Leroy Brown Son And Daughter Keep Yourself Alive Seven Seas Of Rhye Stone Cold Crazy Liar In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited Big Spender Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll Jailhouse Rock God Save The Queen Storm were supporting Queen. This is the last show of the European Sheer Heart Attack Tour. This is also Queen's first show in Spain. Brian said that he has good memories from this show. After the 1975 part of this tour, Queen would never be an opening act ever again. Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Aug 28, 2020 23:16:02 GMT
February 5, 1975 (The Agora; Columbus, Ohio, USA)
Wednesday at 9 PM
Setlist:
Procession
Now I'm Here
Ogre Battle
Father To Son
White Queen
Flick Of The Wrist
In The Lap Of The Gods
Killer Queen
The March Of The Black Queen
Bring Back That Leroy Brown
Son And Daughter
Keep Yourself Alive
Seven Seas Of Rhye
Stone Cold Crazy
Liar
In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
Big Spender
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Jailhouse Rock
God Save The Queen
This is Queen's first show of their second North America tour. Queen flew to New York on January 31 to rehearse. Around this time, the band would do two to three interviews before every show. Roger recalled these to be monotonous, as they were just doing the same interview every day for months. Kansas were supporting Queen. In rehearsals, Queen were thinking of trying out Nevermore. The last time they were in America, they wanted to try it out, but Mott The Hoople wouldn't let them use a piano. The setlists for the US tour were basically the same as the European tour, excluding Seven Seas Of Rhye for most of the shows since it wasn't really that famous here.
Sources: queenlive.ca, queenconcerts.com, "Queen Touring America"
February 7, 1975 (Palace Theatre; Dayton, Ohio, USA)
Friday at 8 PM
Setlist:
Procession
Now I'm Here
Ogre Battle
Father To Son
White Queen
Flick Of The Wrist
In The Lap Of The Gods
Killer Queen
The March Of The Black Queen
Bring Back That Leroy Brown
Son And Daughter
Keep Yourself Alive
Stone Cold Crazy
Liar
In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
Big Spender
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Jailhouse Rock
God Save The Queen
A show at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio with Mahogany Rush was planned for February 6. But since the venue was too small, only Mahogany Rush played. People who bought tickets were told that they could go to this concert for free. Some sources say that Queen were going to come back here possibly on the 12th, but that didn't happen either. For this show, Kansas were supporting Queen.
Source: queenconcerts.com
February 8, 1975 (Music Hall; Cleveland, Ohio, USA) - first show
Saturday
Setlist:
Procession
Now I'm Here
Ogre Battle
Father To Son
White Queen
Flick Of The Wrist
In The Lap Of The Gods
Killer Queen
The March Of The Black Queen
Bring Back That Leroy Brown
Son And Daughter
Keep Yourself Alive
Stone Cold Crazy
Liar
In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
Big Spender
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Jailhouse Rock
God Save The Queen
Kansas were supporting Queen.
Source: queenconcerts.com
February 8, 1975 (Music Hall; Cleveland, Ohio, USA) - second show
Saturday
Setlist:
Procession
Now I'm Here
Ogre Battle
Father To Son
White Queen
Flick Of The Wrist
In The Lap Of The Gods
Killer Queen
The March Of The Black Queen
Bring Back That Leroy Brown
Son And Daughter
Keep Yourself Alive
Stone Cold Crazy
Liar
In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
Big Spender
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Jailhouse Rock
God Save The Queen
Kansas were supporting Queen.
Source: queenconcerts.com
February 9, 1975 (Morris Civic Auditorium; South Bend, Indiana, USA)
Sunday at 7:30 PM
Setlist:
Procession
Now I'm Here
Ogre Battle
Father To Son
White Queen
Flick Of The Wrist
In The Lap Of The Gods
Killer Queen
The March Of The Black Queen
Bring Back That Leroy Brown
Son And Daughter
Keep Yourself Alive
Stone Cold Crazy
Liar
In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
Big Spender
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
Jailhouse Rock
God Save The Queen
Kansas and Mahogany Rush were supporting Queen.
Source: queenconcerts.com
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Post by Mustapha Ibrahim on Sept 1, 2020 23:43:28 GMT
"...with the far too many words title 'Sheer Heart Attack'"
The Beatles (1967) "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Led Zeppelin (1976) "The Song Remains the Same"
Metallica (2019) "In the City of Brotherly Love"
Pink Floyd (1973) "The Dark Side of the Moon"
Green Day (1991) "1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours"
My Chemical Romance (2002) "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love"
Panic! At The Disco (2013) "Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!"
and even Queen themselves, (2004) "Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl"
I wouldn't call a three-word album name "far too many words".
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Post by georg on Sept 2, 2020 13:08:45 GMT
"...with the far too many words title 'Sheer Heart Attack'" The Beatles (1967) "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Led Zeppelin (1976) "The Song Remains the Same" Metallica (2019) "In the City of Brotherly Love" Pink Floyd (1973) "The Dark Side of the Moon" Green Day (1991) "1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours" My Chemical Romance (2002) "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love" Panic! At The Disco (2013) "Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!" and even Queen themselves, (2004) "Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl" I wouldn't call a three-word album name "far too many words". If you read the rest of peacelovingguy's post carefully, they were being tongue-in-cheek about Nutz's popularity compared to Queen's. |
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