Queen at Wembley

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Queen at Wembley
Directed by Gavin Taylor
Produced bySimon Lupton
Rhys Thomas
Starring Freddie Mercury
Brian May
Roger Taylor
John Deacon
Spike Edney
Music by Queen
Release date
  • December 1990 (1990-12)
Running time
300 min
LanguageEnglish

Queen Live at WembleyStadium, also referred to as Queen Live At Wembley, Queen At Wembley, Queen Live At Wembley '86, Live At Wembley and Live At Wembley '86, is a recording of a concert at the original Wembley Stadium, London, England on Saturday 12 July 1986 during Queen's Magic Tour and transmitted and released in various audio and video forms (including the Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium DVD).

Contents

Transmission and release history

The recorded concert was first seen as a ‘The Tube Special’ on TV. This was transmitted in mono (as was normal before NICAM stereo became standard on UK TV in the early 1990s). However, it was simultaneously broadcast over the radio in stereo so that viewers had the option to mute their televisions, play the audio on a nearby radio and enjoy “the world’s first ever stereo simulcast” in a similar way that previous live (as opposed to, in this case, pre-recorded) classical performances had sometimes been offered.

The recording was first commercially released in December 1990 as an edited VHS (missing 9 songs), then as the Live at Wembley '86 audio CD in 1992. This was 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 5 September 2011, the 25th Anniversary Edition of the concert was released as a standard 2-DVD set and a deluxe 2-DVD and 2-CD set which also included the entire Friday 11 July 1986 concert on DVD for the first time. Eagle Rock Entertainment released a 25th Anniversary Edition in the US and Canada on 12 March 2013. [1]

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

Disc two

Road to Wembley

Unseen Magic

  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

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

Audio

PCM Stereo & DTS 5.1 Surround Sound

The Original Concert

The original concert started at 4.00pm with tickets costing £14.50, Four bands performed in the following order:

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

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [12] Platinum8,000^
Australia (ARIA) [13] 4× Platinum60,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [14] Gold5,000*
France (SNEP) [15] Diamond100,000*
Germany (BVMI) [16] 4× Platinum200,000^
Italy
dvd sales in 2005
21,000 [17]
Mexico (AMPROFON) [18] Platinum20,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [19] Platinum5,000^
Poland (ZPAV) [20] Platinum10,000*
Portugal (AFP) [21] Gold4,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [22] Platinum25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [23] 7× Platinum350,000^
United States (RIAA) [24] 5× Platinum250,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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