Queen: The Complete Works (143 page)

BRIAN MAY: HAMMERSMITH ODEON, LONDON

(MOTT THE HOOPLE)

16 FEBRUARY 1990

Repertoire:
‘All The Way From Memphis’

BRIAN MAY: HAMMERSMITH ODEON, LONDON

(BLACK SABBATH)

8 SEPTEMBER 1990

Repertoire:
‘Heaven And Hell’, ‘Paranoid’, ‘Heaven And Hell’
(reprise)

BRIAN MAY: UNKNOWN VENUE, NEW YORK

(LES PAUL)

25 MARCH 1991

Repertoire:
‘Early Morning Blues’, Improvisation

BRIAN MAY: EXPO ‘92 GUITAR FESTIVAL

19 OCTOBER 1991

Repertoire:
‘Big Bad Moon’, ‘Liberty’, ‘Last Horizon’, ‘Driven By You’, Guitar Solo, ‘Tie Your Mother Down’, ‘Amazing Grace’, ‘Funk No. 49’, ‘Rocky Mountain Way’, ‘Can’t Get Enough’, ‘Feel Like Makin’ Love’, ‘All Right Now’, ‘Now I’m Here’, ‘Hey Joe’

In August 1991, Brian was asked by Tribute Productions to be the musical director of their guitar festival in Seville, Spain. Brian assembled a quality backing band: Cozy Powell and Steve Ferrone on drums, Neil Murray and Nathan East on bass guitars, Rick Wakeman and Mike Moran on keyboards. As it was a guitar festival, the world’s top guitarists were also invited along: Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Nuno Bettencourt and Joe Walsh were all asked to participate, while vocalists Gary Cherone and Paul Rodgers lent their voices to the repertoire. Brian’s set included two unreleased tracks from his upcoming solo album – ‘Last Horizon’ and ‘Driven By You’ – as well as the obligatory guitar solo and ‘Tie Your Mother Down’, a crowd favourite.

The repertoire listed above only includes songs that Brian performed on: ‘Big Bad Moon’ was part of Joe Satriani’s set, while ‘Liberty’ was part of ‘Steve Vai’s. ‘Funk No. 49’ and ‘Rocky Mountain Way’ were both performed by Joe Walsh, and ‘Can’t Get Enough’, ‘Feel Like Makin’ Love’ and ‘All Right Now’ were all sung by Paul Rodgers, who also sang the concluding number, ‘Hey Joe’. American band Extreme was also involved, performing ‘More Than Words’ and ‘Get The Funk Out’, and vocalist Gary Cherone returned for a rousing rendition of ‘Now I’m Here’. The concert lasted more than two hours and was broadcast worldwide. The audience reception was ecstatic, which inspired Brian to organize his first live tour a little over a year later.

BRIAN MAY: WEMBLEY STADIUM, LONDON

(GUNS N’ ROSES)

13 JUNE 1992

Repertoire:
‘Tie Your Mother Down’, ‘We Will Rock You’
(slow/fast)

BRIAN MAY: UNKNOWN VENUE, MODENA

(PAVAROTTI & FRIENDS)

27 SEPTEMBER 1992

Repertoire:
‘Too Much Love Will Kill You’ (
Brian on vocals and guitar
), ‘La Donna e Mobile’ (
Brian on triangle
)

BRIAN MAY: GROSVENOR HOUSE HOTEL,

LONDON
(WATER RATS’ BALL)

NOVEMBER 1992

Repertoire unknown

Brian played with Phil Collins, Dec Cluskey, Joe Brown, Lonnie Donegan and Bert Weedon.

BRIAN MAY AND ROGER TAYLOR:

DORO PARTY, VIENNA

19 NOVEMBER 1992

Repertoire:
‘Money (That’s What I Want)’, ‘Twist And Shout’, ‘Lucille’, ‘Long Tall Sally’

At a 1992 party in honour of the Torpedo Twins, Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher, Roger sang vocals on ‘Money (That’s What I Want)’ and played drums on all songs, while Brian played guitar throughout. Campino and Nina Hagen sang ‘Twist And Shout’, with Nina singing ‘Lucille’ next, and Klaus Meine from The Scorpions sang ‘Long Tall Sally’.

BRIAN MAY: WEMBLEY ARENA, LONDON

(EXTREME)

23 DECEMBER 1992

Repertoire:
‘I Want To Break Free’, ‘Tie Your Mother Down’

BRIAN MAY: UNKNOWN VENUE, LONDON

(PAUL RODGERS)

9 FEBRUARY 1993

Repertoire unknown

BRIAN MAY: BRIT AWARDS, LONDON
(BON JOVI)

14 FEBRUARY 1993

Repertoire unknown

BRIAN MAY: PALAIS OMNISPORTS DE BERCY,

PARIS
(GUNS N’ ROSES)

13 JULY 1993

Repertoire:
‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’

JOHN DEACON AND ROGER TAYLOR:

COWDRAY RUINS CONCERT

18 SEPTEMBER 1993

Musicians:
John Deacon
(bass guitar)
, Roger Taylor
(vocals, drums, guitar)
, Joshua J Macrae
(drums)
, Jason Falloon
(guitars)
, Adrian Milne
(keyboards)
, Paul Young
(vocals on ‘Another One Bites The Dust’) Repertoire:
‘A Kind Of Magic’, ‘I Want To Break Free’, ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘Another One Bites The Dust’, ‘These Are The Days Of Our Lives’, ‘Radio Ga Ga’

Sponsored by Virgin Radio, this celebrity charity event was designed to raise £200,000 for the King Edward VII Hospital, with tickets costing between £80 and £140. John and Roger appeared as Queen and ran through a perfunctory set with Paul Young providing vocals on ‘Another One Bites The Dust’. Because Roger was midway through sessions for his
Happiness?
album, Jason Falloon was asked to play guitar. Following Roger and John’s set, Roger took the stage with Genesis to play drums on ‘Turn It On Again’, ‘Hold On My Heart’, ‘I Can’t Dance’, ‘Tonight Tonight Tonight’ and ‘Invisible Touch’, then performed ‘Stone Free’ and ‘Old Love’ with Eric Clapton. He then returned for the All Star Finale on ‘Gimme Some Lovin”, ‘Ain’t That Peculiar’ and ‘Can I Get A Witness?’

BRIAN MAY: THE FORUM, LONDON

(PAUL RODGERS)

9 FEBRUARY 1994

Repertoire:
‘I’m Ready’, ‘Fire And Water’, ‘Mr Big’, ‘Feel Like Makin’ Love’, ‘A Little Bit Of Love’, ‘Stone Free’, ‘The Hunter’, ‘Bad Company’, ‘All Right Now’, ‘Crossroads’

BRIAN MAY: BRIT AWARDS, LONDON
(BON JOVI)

15 FEBRUARY 1994

Repertoire:
‘I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead’

ROGER TAYLOR: MICK RONSON TRIBUTE

CONCERT

29 APRIL 1994

Musicians:
Roger Taylor
(drums, vocals on ‘A Kind Of Magic’
), Jason Falloon, Simon Townshend, Phil Collen, Robbie Alter
(guitars)
, Peter Noone
(bass guitar)
, Spike Edney, Morgan Fisher
(keyboards)
, Steve Harley
(vocals on ‘(Come Up And See Me) Make Me Smile’)
, Ian Hunter
(vocals on ‘Once Bitten, Twice Shy’, ‘Resurrection Mary’, ‘Michael Picasso’, and ‘All The Young Dudes’)
, Roger Daltrey
(vocals on ‘Baba O’Riley’ and ‘Summertime Blues’) Repertoire:
‘(Come Up And See Me) Make Me Smile’, ‘A Kind Of Magic’, ‘Once Bitten, Twice Shy’, ‘Resurrection Mary’, ‘Baba O’Riley’, ‘Summertime Blues’, ‘Michael Picasso’, ‘All The Young Dudes’

After Mick Ronson died of liver failure on 29 April 1993, Ian Hunter organised a tribute concert in his honour at the Hammersmith Apollo, performed exactly a year after Ronson’s death. Roger provided drums on eight songs, with his vocal spotlight being ‘A Kind Of Magic’ (incidentally, a song that he had been unable to perform at Freddie’s tribute concert). Roger’s contributions were ultimately issued on the audio and video releases of
The Mick Ronson Memorial Concert
, with ‘Baba O’Riley’ later featured on the 2005 compilation,
Roger Daltrey: Moonlighting
.

ROGER TAYLOR: THE GREAT MUSIC

EXPERIENCE
(HOTEI, YOSHIKI, TOSHINORI

KONDO, BON JOVI)

22 AND 23 MAY 1994

Repertoire:
‘Foreign Sand’, ‘Living On A Prayer’, ‘Bed Of Roses’, ‘Wanted: Dead Or Alive’, ‘Fly Into Your Dream’

BRIAN MAY: NIGHT OF ONE HUNDRED GUITARS

(PAUL RODGERS)

26 JUNE 1994

Repertoire:
‘Good Morning Little Schoolgirl’, ‘A Little Bit Of Love’, ‘Mr Big’, ‘Let Me Love You Baby’ (with Slash), ‘The Hunter’, ‘Bad Company’, ‘All Right Now’, ‘Crossroads’

BRIAN MAY: MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL

(PAUL RODGERS)

6 JULY 1994

Repertoire:
‘A Little Bit Of Love’, ‘All Right Now’, ‘Crossroads’, ‘Hoochie Coochie Man’

BRIAN MAY: WEMBLEY ARENA, LONDON

(MEAT LOAF)

15 DECEMBER 1994

Repertoire:
‘We Will Rock You’, ‘Roll Over Beethoven’

ROGER TAYLOR: GOSPORT FESTIVAL

(SAS BAND)

16 DECEMBER 1994

Repertoire:
‘Money (That’s What I Want)’

BRIAN MAY: UNKNOWN VENUE, LONDON

(SAS BAND)

17 DECEMBER 1994

Repertoire:
‘Only Make Believe’, ‘Tie Your Mother Down’

Brian appeared as T E Conway for the first time here, performing Conway Twitty’s ‘Only Make Believe’ and a country version of ‘Tie Your Mother Down’. Brian would later appear as T. E. Conway in 1998 as the ‘support act’ on his own
Another World
tour.

ROGER TAYLOR: ROCK AGAINST HATE

(SAS BAND)

17 JUNE 1995

Repertoire:
‘Nazis 1994’, ‘Radio Ga Ga’, ‘Rock And Roll’

JOHN DEACON: SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE,

LONDON
(SAS BAND)

1 JULY 1995

Repertoire:
‘My Girl’, ‘634-5789’, ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’

BRIAN MAY: UNKNOWN VENUE, BOLOGNA

(ZUCCHERO)

22 SEPTEMBER 1995

Repertoire:
‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’, ‘Madre Dolcissima (Mama)’

BRIAN MAY: UNKNOWN VENUE, LOS ANGELES

(PAUL RODGERS)

[UNKNOWN DATE] 1996

Repertoire:
‘Feel Like Makin’ Love’, ‘All Right Now’, ‘Crossroads’, ‘Hoochie Coochie Man’

BRIAN MAY: BRIXTON ACADEMY, LONDON

(STATUS QUO)

28 JANUARY 1996

Repertoire:
‘FBI’, Rock ‘n’ Roll Medley

Brian appeared at the video shoot for Status Quo’s ‘Raining In My Heart’ and then performed an impromptu set for the audience, including ‘FBI’ and a brief rock ‘n’ roll medley.

BRIAN MAY: MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL

(ZUCCHERO)

12 JULY 1996

Repertoire:
‘Madre Dolcissima (Mama)’

ROGER TAYLOR: INDIAN AWARDS

(ROBERT PLANT AND JIMMY PAGE)

30 NOVEMBER 1996

Repertoire (mimed): ‘Rock And Roll’

ROGER TAYLOR: UNKNOWN VENUE,

CHIDDINGFOLD
(SAS BAND)

13 DECEMBER 1996

Repertoire:
‘Rock And Roll’, ‘That’s The Way God Planned It’

ROGER TAYLOR: SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE,

LONDON
(IAN HUNTER)

14 MAY 1997

Repertoire:
‘All The Young Dudes’

BRIAN MAY: UNKNOWN VENUE, LONDON

(ZUCCHERO)

22 MAY 1997

Repertoire:
‘Madre Dolcissima (Mama)’

BRIAN MAY: SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE,

LONDON
(JOE SATRIANI AND STEVE VAI)

4 AND 5 JUNE 1997

Repertoire:
‘Liberty’, ‘Going Down’, ‘My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama’, ‘Red House’

BRIAN MAY: BRIAN’S 50TH

BIRTHDAY PARTY, SURREY

19 JULY 1997

Repertoire:
‘All Right Now’, ‘All The Young Dudes’, ‘Tie Your Mother Down’, ‘Rock And Roll’, ‘Route 66’

At the party for Brian’s fiftieth birthday, he assembled a group of his musician friends (including Spike Edney on keyboards, Jamie Moses on guitar, Neil Murray on bass, Geoff Dugmore on drums and Roger on drums and vocals; a notable absentee was John Deacon) to perform a brief, five-song concert for the partygoers. All the songs were sung by Brian, except ‘Rock And Roll’, which was sung by Roger.

ROGER TAYLOR: WEMBLEY ARENA, LONDON

(DANA GILLE SPIE)

5 OCTOBER 1997

Repertoire unknown

ROGER TAYLOR: SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE,

LONDON
(FOO FIGHTERS)

13 DECEMBER 1997

Repertoire:
‘Sheer Heart Attack’

BRIAN MAY: DORO PARTY, PURKERSDORF

7 FEBRUARY 1998

Repertoire:
‘Twist And Shout’, ‘Honky Tonk Women’

ROGER TAYLOR: ALTON, HAMPSHIRE

(SAS BAND)

22 FEBRUARY 1998

Repertoire:
‘Rock And Roll’

BRIAN MAY: WEMBLEY ARENA, LONDON

(JOE SATRIANI, MICHAEL SCHENKER,

ULI JON ROTH)

19 MAY 1998

Repertoire:
‘The Thrill Is Gone’, ‘Voodoo Chile’

ROGER TAYLOR: WINTERSHALL ESTATE,

SURREY

5 SEPTEMBER 1998

Repertoire:
‘A Kind Of Magic’, ‘I Want To Break Free’, ‘These Are The Days Of Our Lives’, ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘Radio Ga Ga’, ‘Crucify Me’
(vocals: Bob Geldof)
, ‘Working Class Hero’
(vocals: Bob Geldof)
, ‘Like A Rolling Stone’
(vocals: Bob Geldof)

BRIAN MAY: UNKNOWN VENUE, CHIDDINGFOLD

(SAS BAND)

12 DECEMBER 1998

Repertoire:
‘Only Make Believe’, ‘You’re So Square (Baby I Don’t Care)’, ‘Tie Your Mother Down’, ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’, ‘You’re The Voice’, ‘Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer’

BRIAN MAY: COZY POWELL TRIBUTE CONCERT

1 MAY 1999

Musicians:
Brian May
(guitars, vocals)
, Chris Thompson
(vocals)
, Spike Edney
(keyboards, vocals)
, Clayton Moss
(guitar)
, John Marter
(drums)
, Neil Murray
(bass guitar)
, Suzi Webb
(backing vocals)
, Zoe Nicholas
(backing vocals)

Repertoire (Brian only):
‘Since You’ve Been Gone’, ‘Tie Your Mother Down’, ‘Hammer To Fall’, ‘All The Young Dudes’, ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’, ‘You’re The Voice’