Queen at Wembley

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Queen at Wembley
Directed by Gavin Taylor
Produced by Simon Lupton
Rhys Thomas
Starring John Deacon
Brian May
Freddie Mercury
Roger Taylor
Spike Edney
Music by Queen
Running time 300 min
Language English

Queen at Wembley is a video recorded at the original Wembley Stadium, England on Saturday 12 July 1986 during Queen's Magic Tour. It was first released in December 1990 as an edited VHS (missing 11 songs), then as an audio CD in 1992, followed by a DVD release as Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium (in its entirety) to coincide with the CD rerelease in 2003. The DVD has gone five times platinum in the United States, four times platinum in the United Kingdom, and achieved multi platinum status around the world. On September 5, 2011, Queen Live At Wembley Stadium 25th Anniversary Edition was released in a standard 2-DVD set and a deluxe 2-DVD and 2-CD set.

Contents

[edit] Disc one

  1. One Vision
  2. Tie Your Mother Down
  3. In the Lap of the Gods...Revisited
  4. Seven Seas of Rhye
  5. Tear It Up
  6. A Kind of Magic
  7. Under Pressure
  8. Another One Bites the Dust
  9. Who Wants to Live Forever
  10. I Want to Break Free
  11. Impromptu
  12. Brighton Rock Solo
  13. Now I'm Here
  14. Love of My Life
  15. Is This the World We Created?
  16. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care
  17. Hello Mary Lou
  18. Tutti Frutti
  19. Gimme Some Lovin'
  20. Bohemian Rhapsody
  21. Hammer to Fall
  22. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  23. Big Spender
  24. Radio Ga Ga
  25. We Will Rock You
  26. Friends Will Be Friends
  27. We Are the Champions
  28. God Save the Queen

[edit] Disc two

[edit] Road to Wembley

  • Brian May and Roger Taylor interview (2003) (28 mins)
  • Gavin Taylor (Director) and Gerry Stickles (Tour Manager) interview (19 mins)
  • A Beautiful Day – Rudi Dolezal's backstage documentary about the whole day (30 mins)
  • Tribute to the Wembley Towers – including timelapse demolition footage set to 'These Are the Days of Our Lives (Instrumental)' (5 mins)

[edit] Unseen Magic

  • Features 'Friday Concert Medley' – highlights package of the previous night's show (28 mins):
  1. A Kind Of Magic
  2. Another One Bites The Dust
  3. Tutti Frutti
  4. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  5. We Are The Champions (ending)
  6. God Save The Queen
  • Rehearsals (10 mins)
  • Picture Gallery (5 mins) (The background music for this extra is the full, unreleased original version of "A Kind of Magic" used in the Highlander film)

[edit] Queen Cams

4 tracks presented in multi-angle Brian, Roger, John and Freddie cams:

  1. One Vision
  2. Under Pressure
  3. Now I'm Here
  4. We Are the Champions

[edit] Audio

DTS Surround Sound & PCM Stereo

[edit] The Original Concert

The concert started at 12.00pm with tickets costing £14.50, Four bands performed in the following order:

  1. INXS
  2. The Alarm
  3. Status Quo
  4. Queen

[edit] Charts and certifications

[edit] Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Australian Top 40 DVDs Chart[1] 1
Austrian Top 10 DVDs Chart[2] 5
Norwegian Music DVDs Chart[3] 3
Chart (2005) Peak
position
Hungarian Top 20 DVDs[4] 7

[edit] Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[5] Platinum 8,000x
Australia (ARIA)[6] 4× Platinum 60,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[7] Gold 5,000x
France (SNEP)[8] Diamond 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[9] 4× Platinum 200,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[10] Platinum 20,000^
New Zealand (RIANZ)[11] Platinum 5,000x
Poland (ZPAV)[12] Platinum 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] 4× Platinum 200,000^
United States (RIAA)[14] 5× Platinum 250,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

[edit] References

  1. ^ "ariaNET: The ARIA Report! (Issue 707)" (PDF). Pandora Archive. Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 19. http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20031007-0000/Issue707.pdf. Retrieved 30 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "Austrian Top 10 DVDs Chart" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. 24 July 2003. http://charts.orf.at/oe3/dvd/2003/woche30/main. 
  3. ^ "Hovedmeny: SØK I BASE" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. http://www.ifpi.no/sok/index_charts.htm.  Search for Queen under Søk på artist i alle listene to see search results.
  4. ^ "Archivum: DVD Top 20" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. http://mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=dvd&ev=2005&het=17&submit_=Keresés. Retrieved 30 July 2011. 
  5. ^ "Argentinian video certifications – Queen – Live at the Wembley Stadium". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=Queen&album=Live+at+the+Wembley+Stadium&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=2&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP. 
  6. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 DVDs". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-dvd-2005.htm. 
  7. ^ "Austrian video certifications – Queen – Live at Wembley Stadium" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin.  Enter Queen in the field Interpret. Enter Live at Wembley Stadium in the field Titel. Select DVD in the field Format. Click Suchen
  8. ^ "French video certifications – Queen – Queen at Wembley" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.html?year=2005&type=20. 
  9. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Queen; 'Live at Wembley Stadium')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Live+at+Wembley+Stadium&strInterpret=Queen&strTtArt=video&strAwards=checked. 
  10. ^ "Mexican video certifications – Queen – Live at the Wembley Stadium" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones.php?artista=Queen&titulo=Live+at+the+Wembley+Stadium&categoria=MUSIC+VIDEO&contenido=buscar. 
  11. ^ "New Zealand video certifications – Queen – Live at Wembley". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/oldchart.asp?chartNum=1407&chartKind=D. 
  12. ^ "Polish video certifications – Queen – Queen at Wembley" (in Polish). Polish Producers of Audio and Video (ZPAV). http://www.zpav.pl/rankingi/wyroznienia/platynowe/dvd.php. 
  13. ^ "British video certifications – Queen – Live at Wembley". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Live at Wembley in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select DVD in the field By Format. Click Go
  14. ^ "American video certifications – Queen – Live at Wembley". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Live+at+Wembley%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Video Longform, then click SEARCH

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