Hot Space Tour

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Hot Space Tour
World tour by Queen
Hotpsacetouramericanleg.jpg
A small poster promoting the American leg of the tour
Associated album Hot Space
Start date9 April 1982
End date3 November 1982
Legs3
No. of shows
  • 30 in Europe
  • 33 in North America
  • 6 in Asia
  • 69 in total
Box office$2.605 million ($8.22 million in 2023 dollars)
Queen concert chronology

The Hot Space Tour was the ninth headlining concert tour by the British rock band Queen in support of their 1982 album Hot Space . The tour started on the 9th of April in Gothenburg, Sweden and ended, after sixty-nine concerts, in Tokorozawa, Japan on the 3rd of November. [1] [2]

Contents

Background

The tour saw many changes to Queen's show. The tour was the first in which the band used a keyboardist, playing in the background. For the European leg of the tour, they used Morgan Fisher. Fisher is best known for having been a member of Mott the Hoople in the 1970s. Queen were the opening act for Mott the Hoople's US Tour of 1974, so the band already had close connections with Fisher prior to the tour. Another connection which Fisher had with the band was through a short-lived progressive rock band called Morgan, which he formed with Tim Staffell, who was the bass guitarist and lead vocalist for the pre-Queen band Smile.

Unlike most tours, in which the band would normally only need a few nights to become comfortable with a setlist, it would take more than a month during the start of the tour. All of the shows in April are unique as the band are undergoing an experimental period, before finally achieving an optimal setlist outline by May. The band would still continue to experiment throughout the year. Most songs from the Hot Space album would be played on this tour, with "Action This Day" and "Under Pressure" being performed at every single show. Since the album itself was released on 21 May (the first night in Munich), fans at shows from the start of the tour until then would have been unfamiliar with the songs "Staying Power", "Back Chat" and "Action This Day". "Body Language" was introduced to the show briefly in May, before making a permanent return in July, and "Calling All Girls" would be introduced in July as well. "Life Is Real" would be heard at only a few concerts in August, and "Put Out The Fire" would be briefly introduced to the show in August, before permanently returning in September. "The Hero", "Sheer Heart Attack" and most of the fast version of "We Will Rock You" were dropped from July onwards, although the former would appear on the Japanese leg, and the latter would be re-introduced in September. Sheer Heart Attack would appear at least once on the North American leg of the tour, with Liar rumoured to have a performance in August.

Queen toured Europe, North America, and Japan throughout 1982. Several alterations were made to the touring schedule. The first being the cancellation of a planned concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, due to the venue not being able to cope with the weight of the band's light rig. [3] The second were two rescheduled concerts in England. The concert in Leeds was originally scheduled to take place at Old Trafford in Manchester and the Milton Keynes concert was supposed to take place at Arsenal Stadium in London. The concerts were moved due to potential noise complaints from local residents. [4] [5]

A DVD documenting the band's 5 June 1982 concert at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes was released in 2004 as Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl . [6] The DVD Extras contained video clips and audio clips recorded in Austria and Japan. [7] The Japanese clips were recorded in Tokorozawa on the 3rd of November, 1982. They were released in Japan in 1983 simply as "Queen: Live in Japan", although the footage was trimmed down to 60 minutes.

The Hot Space Tour marked Queen's last concerts in North America to feature Freddie Mercury and John Deacon. Brian May and Roger Taylor returned to perform in the United States, along with Paul Rodgers, on the Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour. [8]

Queen dropped several popular songs on stage after this tour, including the fast We Will Rock You, Action This Day, Play The Game, Put Out The Fire, Save Me, Get Down Make Love, Calling All Girls, Fat Bottomed Girls, Body Language and Teo Torriatte. After this tour, Queen would take a nearly two-year long break from touring, where they recorded "The Works". During this downtime, Brian May worked on the "Star Fleet Project" with various other artists, Roger Taylor worked on his solo album "Strange Frontier", and Freddie Mercury would work on his debut solo album "Mr. Bad Guy", which would feature the touring keyboardist Fred Mandel. He would be succeeded by Spike Edney on The Works Tour.

Setlist

Average setlist

This setlist is representative of the performance on 5 June 1982 in Milton Keynes, England. It does not represent all the setlists for the duration of the tour.

  1. "Flash (tape)"
  2. "The Hero"
  3. "We Will Rock You (Fast)"
  4. "Action This Day"
  5. "Play The Game"
  6. "Staying Power"
  7. "Somebody To Love"
  8. "Now I'm Here"
  9. "Dragon Attack"
  10. "Now I'm Here (Reprise)"
  11. "Love Of My Life"
  12. "Save Me"
  13. "Back Chat"
  14. "Get Down, Make Love"
  15. "Guitar Solo"
  16. "Under Pressure"
  17. "Fat Bottomed Girls"
  18. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  19. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
  20. "Tie Your Mother Down"
    Encore
  21. "Another One Bites The Dust"
  22. "Sheer Heart Attack"
    Encore
  23. "We Will Rock You"
  24. "We Are The Champions"
  25. "God Save The Queen"

Selected setlists

Europe
North America
Japan

[9]

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe
9 April 1982 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium
10 April 1982 Stockholm Johanneshovs Isstadion
12 April 1982 Drammen Norway Drammenshallen
16 April 1982 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
17 April 1982
19 April 1982 Paris France Palais des Sports
20 April 1982 Lyon Palais des Sports de Gerland
22 April 1982 Brussels Belgium Forest National
23 April 1982
24 April 1982 Leiden Netherlands Groenoordhallen
25 April 1982
28 April 1982 Frankfurt West Germany Festhalle Frankfurt
1 May 1982 Dortmund Westfalenhallen
3 May 1982ParisFrancePalais des Sports
5 May 1982 Hanover West Germany Eilenriedehalle
6 May 1982 Cologne Cologne Sporthalle
7 May 1982
9 May 1982 Würzburg Carl-Diem-Halle
10 May 1982 Böblingen Böblingen Sporthalle
12 May 1982 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
13 May 1982
15 May 1982 West Berlin West Germany Waldbühne
16 May 1982 Hamburg Ernst-Merck-Halle
18 May 1982 Kassel Eissporthalle Kassel
21 May 1982 Munich Olympiahalle
22 May 1982
29 May 1982 Leeds England Elland Road
1 June 1982 Edinburgh Scotland Royal Highland Showground
2 June 1982
5 June 1982 Milton Keynes England Milton Keynes Bowl
North America
21 July 1982 Montreal Canada Montreal Forum
23 July 1982 Boston United States Boston Garden
24 July 1982 Philadelphia Spectrum
25 July 1982 Landover Capital Centre
27 July 1982 New York City Madison Square Garden
28 July 1982
31 July 1982 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
2 August 1982 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens
3 August 1982
5 August 1982 Indianapolis United States Market Square Arena
6 August 1982 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
7 August 1982 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
9 August 1982 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
10 August 1982 New Haven New Haven Coliseum
13 August 1982 Hoffman Estates Poplar Creek Music Theater
14 August 1982
15 August 1982 Saint Paul St. Paul Civic Center
19 August 1982 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum
20 August 1982 Houston The Summit
21 August 1982 Dallas Reunion Arena
24 August 1982 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
27 August 1982 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center
28 August 1982 Kansas City Kemper Arena
30 August 1982 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
2 September 1982 Portland Memorial Coliseum
3 September 1982 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
4 September 1982 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
7 September 1982 Oakland United States Oakland Coliseum Arena
8 September 1982 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
10 September 1982 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
11 September 1982 Irvine Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
12 September 1982
14 September 1982 Inglewood The Forum
15 September 1982
Asia
19 October 1982 Fukuoka Japan Fukuoka Kyuden Kinen Gymnasium
20 October 1982
24 October 1982 Nishinomiya Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
26 October 1982 Nagoya Portmesse Nagoya
29 October 1982 Sapporo Tsukisamu Green Dome
3 November 1982 Tokorozawa Seibu Lions Stadium

Box office score data

List of box office score data with date, city, venue, attendance, gross, references
Date
(1982)
CityVenueAttendanceGrossRef(s)
23 July Boston, United States Boston Garden 15,500 / 15,500$188,898 [10]
2 August Toronto, Canada Maple Leaf Gardens 24,824 / 30,000$324,663 [11]
3 August
6 August Detroit, United States Joe Louis Arena 18,024 / 19,950$211,505 [10]
10 August New Haven, United States New Haven Coliseum 10,275 / 10,275$117,282 [12]
15 August Saint Paul, United States St. Paul Civic Center 14,800 / 18,000$183,174 [12]
20 August Houston, United States The Summit 13,453 / 17,048$157,075 [11]
21 August Dallas, United States Reunion Arena 11,760 / 19,012$149,100 [11]
27 August Oklahoma City, United States Myriad Convention Center 10,772 / 11,000$128,929 [13]
28 August Kansas City, United States Kemper Arena 10,285 / 12,556$112,252 [13]
30 August Denver, United States McNichols Sports Arena 10,264 / 18,000$131,843 [13]
2 September Portland, United States Memorial Coliseum 6,832 / 12,110$81,438 [13]
3 September Seattle, United States Seattle Center Coliseum 9,930 / 12,000$113,928 [13]
4 September Vancouver, Canada Pacific Coliseum 10,264 / 16,696$140,064 [14]
7 September Oakland, United States Oakland Coliseum Arena 10,969 / 14,500$133,066 [14]
10 September Phoenix, United States Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum 13,328 / 15,000$157,404 [14]
14 September Inglewood, United States The Forum 20,502 / 27,262$274,703 [15]
15 September
TOTAL211,782 / 268,909 (79%)$2,605,324

Personnel

Queen

Additional musicians

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