The Works Tour

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Queen Works! Tour
World tour by Queen
Associated album The Works
Start date 24 August 1984
End date 15 May 1985
Legs 5
Shows 48
Queen tour chronology
Hot Space Tour
(1982)		 The Works Tour
(1984-1985)		 Magic Tour
(1986)

The Works Tour was one of the largest tours by the English rock band Queen. During this tour, Queen participated in the Rock in Rio festival in 1985; the concert was released on VHS but there has not been a worldwide DVD release as of 2011. The band released a DVD from a concert in Tokyo titled We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan, but the name had no relation to the context, because after Tokyo there were two more gigs at Nagoya and Osaka.

Contents

[edit] Stage design

The stage design was based on a scene from Fritz Lang's Metropolis with huge rotating cog-wheels at the rear of the stage and a brightly lit cityscape.[1] Due to a prior ligament damage in his knee, it was somewhat of a challenge for Mercury to navigate the complex set of multiple levels and stairs. Eventually, in Hanover, Mercury fell down the stairs during the performance of "Hammer to Fall".[2] He was only able to play "Bohemian Rhapsody", "We Will Rock You", and "We Are the Champions" afterwards, shortening the concert somewhat. Due to Mercury's injury, May played the first bars of "We Will Rock You" out of anxiety in order to get Mercury to hospital.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Extras

[edit] Setlist (Europe and South Africa)

  1. Machines (intro)
  2. Tear It Up
  3. Tie Your Mother Down
  4. Under Pressure
  5. Somebody to Love
  6. Piano Improvisation: The March Of The Black Queen / My Fairy King (Sun City only)
  7. Killer Queen
  8. Seven Seas of Rhye
  9. Keep Yourself Alive
  10. Liar
  11. Improvisation
  12. It's a Hard Life
  13. Dragon Attack
  14. Now I'm Here
  15. Is This the World We Created?
  16. Love of My Life
  17. Stone Cold Crazy
  18. Great King Rat
  19. Spike Edney Keyboard Solo
  20. Guitar Solo
  21. Brighton Rock (finale)
  22. Radio Ga Ga
  23. Another One Bites The Dust
  24. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  25. Bohemian Rhapsody
  26. Hammer To Fall
    Encore
  27. I Want To Break Free
  28. Jailhouse Rock
  29. We Will Rock You
  30. We Are the Champions
  31. God Save the Queen [tape]

[edit] Other songs

Queen performing during the Works Tour

[edit] Setlist (outside Europe and South Africa)

  1. Machines (intro)
  2. Tear It Up
  3. Tie Your Mother Down
  4. Under Pressure
  5. Somebody to Love
  6. Killer Queen
  7. Seven Seas of Rhye
  8. Keep Yourself Alive
  9. Liar
  10. It's a Hard Life
  11. Dragon Attack
  12. Now I'm Here
  13. Is This the World We Created?
  14. Love of My Life
  15. Guitar solo
  16. Brighton Rock finale
  17. Another One Bites the Dust
  18. Hammer to Fall
  19. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  20. Bohemian Rhapsody
  21. Radio Ga Ga
    Encore
  22. I Want to Break Free
  23. Jailhouse Rock
  24. We Will Rock You
  25. We Are the Champions
  26. God Save the Queen [tape]

[edit] Other songs

  • Rock You Like a Hurricane
  • Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On

[edit] Setlist (Hannover 1984)

  1. Machines (intro)
  2. Tear It Up
  3. Tie Your Mother Down
  4. Under Pressure
  5. Somebody to Love
  6. Killer Queen
  7. Seven Seas of Rhye
  8. Keep Yourself Alive
  9. Liar
  10. It's a Hard Life
  11. Dragon Attack
  12. Now I'm Here
  13. Is This the World We Created?
  14. Love of My Life
  15. Guitar solo
  16. Brighton Rock finale
  17. Another One Bites the Dust
  18. Hammer to Fall
  19. Bohemian Rhapsody
  20. We Will Rock You
  21. We Are The Champions

[edit] Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Europe
24 August 1984 Brussels Belgium Forest National
28 August 1984 Dublin Ireland RDS Simmons Hall
29 August 1984
31 August 1984 Birmingham United Kingdom National Exhibition Centre
1 September 1984
2 September 1984
4 September 1984 London Wembley Arena
5 September 1984
7 September 1984
8 September 1984
10 September 1984 Dortmund Germany Westfalenhalle
14 September 1984 Milan Italy Palasport di San Siro
15 September 1984
16 September 1984 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
18 September 1984 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
20 September 1984 Leiden Netherlands Groenoordhallen
21 September 1984 Brussels Belgium Forest National
22 September 1984 Hannover Germany Europahalle
24 September 1984 Berlin Deutschlandhalle
26 September 1984 Frankfurt Festhalle
27 September 1984 Stuttgart Schleyerhalle
29 September 1984 Vienna Austria Stadthalle
30 September 1984
Africa
5 October 1984 Sun City South Africa Sun City Super Bowl
6 October 1984
7 October 1984
12 October 1984
13 October 1984
14 October 1984
18 October 1984
19 October 1984
20 October 1984
South America
11 January 1985 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Rock in Rio
18 January 1985
Oceania
11 April 1985 Hawke Bay New Zealand Hawke's Bay Winery
Cancelled [3]
13 April 1985 Auckland Mount Smart Stadium
14 April 1985 Christchurch Queen Elizabeth II Park
Cancelled [4]
16 April 1985 Melbourne Australia Sports & Entertainments Centre
17 April 1985
19 April 1985
20 April 1985
25 April 1985 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
26 April 1985
28 April 1985
29 April 1985
Fifth Leg – Japan
8 May 1985 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan
9 May 1985
11 May 1985 Yoyogi National Gymnasium
13 May 1985 Nagoya Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
15 May 1985 Osaka Osaka Castle Hall

[edit] Other

  • On 7 October in Sun City, the concert came to an end early after Mercury lost his voice and left in tears after the third song in the set "Under Pressure".[5]
  • Queen performed before 325,000 people in Rio de Janeiro.[6] Despite rumours, Mercury was not pelted with stones during "I Want To Break Free" (Whilst dressed as a Woman). However, as a professional, he did stop a fight during "Jailhouse Rock" saying " No fighting. Rock and Roll to the music".[citation needed]
  • In Hannover, after the end of Hammer to Fall, Mercury fell and injured his leg. This can be seen on the bootleg cover "Hannover is Dangerous". Mercury was helped to the piano to continue the concert by his assistant, however the set was shortened because Freddie suffered from the pain to his leg.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bell, Mike (8 September 1984). "Body but no soul". The Times. http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Queen_-_09-08-1984_-_The_Times_-_Wembley_Arena. 
  2. ^ Freestone, Peter; David Evans (2001). Freddie Mercury: An intimate memoir by the man who knew him best. Omnibus Press. pp. 65–66. ISBN 0711986746. http://books.google.com/books?id=AH8zZsbmB98C&pg=PA65. 
  3. ^ [1] queenlive.ca, Retrieved 20 September 2011
  4. ^ [2] queenlive.ca, Retrieved 20 September 2011
  5. ^ "Queen concertography: The Works 1984". QueenConcerts.com. http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/queen/works1984.html. Retrieved 9 April 2009. 
  6. ^ Morse, Steve (25 May 1989). "Abundant Offerings". Boston Globe. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADEEE0E5DD4CA5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D. 

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