Queen: The Complete Works (145 page)

Unusual that Brian would appear at an anniversary concert commemorating the Fender Stratocaster, but he strapped one on for this concert and provided guitar on all nine tracks (only on the last two did he use the Red Special), singing lead on ‘Maybe Baby’ and ‘That’ll Be The Day’. Sonny Curtis sang on all the other songs, except ‘All Right Now’ (Paul Rodgers) and ‘Stay With Me’ (Ronnie Wood).

ROGER TAYLOR: MICROSOFT IT FORUM,

COPENHAGEN
(SAS BAND)

18 NOVEMBER 2004

Repertoire:
‘Radio Ga Ga’, ‘Under Pressure’, ‘Rock And Roll’, ‘The Boys Are Back In Town’, ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘We Are The Champions’

Roger sang lead vocals on the first three songs, with Chris Thompson on ‘Under Pressure’, and played drums on the remainder. Midge Ure sang vocals on ‘The Boys Are Back In Town’.

ROGER TAYLOR: WINTERSHALL ESTATE,

SURREY
(GARY BROOKER’S BAND DU LAC)

11 JUNE 2005

Repertoire:
‘Say It’s Not True’, ‘These Are The Days Of Our Lives’, ‘I Want To Break Free’, ‘I Can’t Dance’

Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr, among others, were part of Gary Brooker’s all-star group, Band Du Lac.

ROGER TAYLOR: ANTONIS PAPADOPOULOS

STADIUM, LARNACA
(SAS BAND)

16 JUNE 2005

Repertoire:
‘Radio Ga Ga’, ‘Say It’s Not True’, ‘These Are The Days Of Our Lives’, ‘Rock And Roll’, ‘Under Pressure’, ‘The Show Must Go On’, ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘We Are The Champions’, ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’

Roger sang vocals on the first five songs, with Chris Thompson on ‘Under Pressure’, and played drums on the others. Chris also sang vocals on ‘The Show Must Go On’.

BRIAN MAY: MANDALAY BAY EVENTS CENTER,

LAS VEGAS
(DEF LEPPARD)

25 MAY 2006

Repertoire:
‘20th Century Boy’

BRIAN MAY & ROGER TAYLOR: HYDE PARK,

LONDON
(FOO FIGHTERS)

17 JUNE 2006

Repertoire:
‘We Will Rock You’
(intro and finale)
/ ‘Tie Your Mother Down’
(vocals: Taylor Hawkins)

BRIAN MAY: NOVELLO THEATRE, LONDON
(A

TRIBUTE TO DAN CRAWFORD)

16 JULY 2006

Repertoire:
‘Who Wants To Live Forever’
(vocals: Mazz Murray)

BRIAN MAY AND ROGER TAYLOR: WEMBLEY

ARENA, LONDON
(McFLY)

22 SEPTEMBER 2006

Repertoire:
‘Don’t Stop Me Now’, Guitar Improvisation, ‘5 Colours In Her Hair’

ROGER TAYLOR: ALEXANDRA PALACE,

LONDON

14 NOVEMBER 2006

Repertoire:
‘Golden Slumbers’ / ‘Carry The Weight’ / ‘The End’

Roger inducted Led Zeppelin into the UK Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, then played drums on three songs from The Beatles’
Abbey Road
to honor George Martin.

ROGER TAYLOR: BISLEY PAVILLION, WOKING

(SAS BAND)

8 DECEMBER 2006

Repertoire:
‘Woman You’re So Beautiful (But Still A Pain In The Ass)’, ‘Strange Frontier, ‘Merry Xmas (War Is Over)’ (all-star finale)

The live premiere of the Felix + Arty track, with the latter on guitar and both on vocals.

ROGER TAYLOR: BAIN & COMPANY, SORRENTO,

ITALY
(SAS BAND)

8 MAY 2007

Repertoire:
‘I Want To Break Free’, ‘Radio Ga Ga’, ‘Under Pressure’, ‘We Will Rock You’ (all-star finale), ‘We Are The Champions’ (all-star finale)

Roger sang lead vocals on all songs, with Kiki Dee helping on ‘Under Pressure’.

ROGER TAYLOR: WEMBLEY STADIUM, LONDON

(LIVE EARTH)

7 JULY 2007

Roger opened Al Gore’s Live Earth concert with Chad Smith and Taylor Hawkins, billed as the SOS Allstars, with a piece written specially by Roger and featuring forty additional drummers.

BRIAN MAY AND ROGER TAYLOR: O2 ARENA,

LONDON
(FOO FIGHTERS)

17 NOVEMBER 2007

Repertoire:
‘’39’

ROGER TAYLOR: GOODWOOD HOUSE, GOOD WOOD

(FESTIVAL OF SPEED GALA DINNER)

12 JULY 2008

Repertoire unknown

Similar to Live Earth a year prior, Roger, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, and Kenney Jones of The Small Faces and The Who performed a percussive trio set.

BRIAN MAY: PALLADIUM, LONDON
(ROYAL

VARIETY’S 80TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT)

11 DECEMBER 2008

Repertoire:
‘Defying Gravity’
(vocals: Kerry Ellis)

ROGER TAYLOR: INDIGO2, LONDON
(SAS BAND)

24 JANUARY 2009

Repertoire:
‘Under Pressure’, ‘Tenement Funster’, ‘A Kind Of Magic’, ‘Cosmos Rockin”, ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘We Are The Champions’

Roger performed drums only on ‘We Will Rock You’ and ‘We Are The Champions’, and sang lead vocals on the first four songs, with Patti Russo joining on ‘Under Pressure’. His son, Rufus, played drums on the first five songs. ‘Cosmos Rockin” got its one and only live performance outside of Queen + Paul Rodgers.

BRIAN MAY: LUTON HOO, LUTON

(MAZZ MURRAY’S WEDDING)

18 JUNE 2009

Repertoire:
‘Love Of My Life’, ‘Tie Your Mother Down’

BRIAN MAY: SHAW THEATRE, LONDON

(KERRY ELLIS)

20, 21, 25, AND 26 JUNE 2009

Repertoire:
‘Who Wants To Live Forever’, ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’

ROGER TAYLOR: LONGBOROUGH
(SAS BAND)

4 JULY 2009

Repertoire unknown

This private party, held for Hugh Sloane’s wife’s birthday, also featured Roger Daltrey, the Sugababes, Patti Russo, and Jeff Scott Soto, though no set list is known.

BRIAN MAY: JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY,

LIVERPOOL

23 JULY 2009

Repertoire:
Guitar improvisation

BRIAN MAY: ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON

(WOMAN)

1 NOVEMBER 2009

Repertoire:
‘I’m A Woman’, ‘Tie Your Mother Down’

Woman was an ad hoc four-piece group of female vocalists – Mazz Murray, Kerry Ellis, Gina Murray, and Ajay Casey – formed for this charity concert, Pinktober, to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research.

BRIAN MAY: ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON

(KERRY ELLIS)

2 MAY 2010

Repertoire:
‘Who Wants To Live Forever’ (
vocals: Kerry Ellis and Adam Pascal
), ‘We Are The Champions’ (
vocals: Ricardo Alfonso
)

BRIAN MAY AND ROGER TAYLOR:

SCALA, LONDON
(TAYLOR HAWKS AND THE

COATTAIL RIDERS)

11 MAY 2010

Repertoire:
‘I’m In Love With My Car’
(vocals: Roger)
, ‘Sleeping On The Sidewalk’
(vocals: Brian)
, ‘Long Away’
(vocals: Brian)
, ‘Tenement Funster’
(vocals: Roger)
, ‘Way Down’
(only Brian on guitar)

BRIAN MAY AND KERRY ELLIS: HYDE PARK, LONDON

(KERRY ELLIS)

11 SEPTEMBER 2010

Repertoire:
‘Dangerland’, ‘I’m Not That Girl’, ‘Anthem’, ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘We Are The Champions’

BRIAN MAY AND ROGER TAYLOR: ROGER’S

GARDEN, SURREY
(ROGER’S WEDDING PARTY)

25 SEPTEMBER 2010

Repertoire unknown

Roger and his girlfriend Sarina married on 25 September 2010. Following the ceremony at Roger’s Surrey mansion, the groom and his close friends and family – Brian, Roger’s sons Rufus and Felix, Joshua J. Macrae, Roger Daltrey, Bob Geldof, Joe Elliot of Def Leppard, Martin Chambers of The Pretenders, Mike Rutherford of Genesis, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Gary Brooker of Procul Harum, Nicky Clark and Holly Skelton of FABBA, Ryan Molloy and Jeff Scott Soto – performed an unknown set.

BRIAN MAY: ROYAL ALBERT HALL,

LONDON
(BRITISH LEGION FESTIVAL OF

REMEMBRANCE)

13 NOVEMBER 2010

Repertoire:
‘Anthem’

BRIAN MAY: ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON

(PRINCE’S TRUST ROCK GALA)

17 NOVEMBER 2010

Repertoire:
‘These Are The Days Of Our Lives’
(vocals: Roger)
, ‘Last Horizon’, ‘It’s A Hard Life’
(vocals: Tom Chaplin)
, ‘Seven Seas Of Rhye’
(vocals: Midge Ure)
, ‘We Will Rock You’
(all-star finale)

The highlight of the night was Tom Chaplin’s rendition of ‘It’s A Hard Life’ (which Brian erroneously introduced as never being performed before), leading many to champion for a Queen + Tom Chaplin union.

BRIAN MAY AND ROGER TAYLOR:

BATTERSEA POWER STATION, LONDON

(COLLARS & COATS GALA BALL)

25 NOVEMBER 2010

Repertoire:
‘Hound Dog’
(vocals: Brian)
, ‘Under Pressure’ (vocals: Roger and Patti Russo), ‘I Want It All’
(vocals: Roger Daltrey)
, ‘We Will Rock You’
(all-star finale; vocals: Roger)
, ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’
(all-star finale; vocals: Roger)

Brian later wrote that this event’s schedule was poorly organized, and several songs – ‘Fire’ and ‘(I Don’t Want Nobody) Teasin’ Around (With Me)’ – had to be omitted.

ROGER TAYLOR: WINTERSHALL ESTATE,

SURREY
(BAND DU LAC)

4 JUNE 2011

Repertoire:
‘Radio Ga Ga’, ‘“Heroes”’, ‘Fat Bottomed Girls ’, ‘Voodoo Chile’, ‘A Kind Of Magic’, ‘Say It’s Not True’, ‘Manic Depression’, ‘People Get Ready’, ‘Nessun Dorma’, ‘Uptight’, ‘Shout’

Roger appeared at this charity concert not too far from his mansion, performing a killer set with his son Rufus on drums, Spike Edney on keyboards, Steve Stroud on bass, and Jason Falloon on guitar. Ronnie Wood played guitar on ‘Voodoo Chile’ and Jeff Beck joined the stage for ‘Say It’s Not True’ through ‘Nessun Dorma’. Roger then played drums on the last two songs.

A. QUEEN

With myriad books and websites that chronicle Queen’s extensive singles discography, this section makes no attempt to offer anything comprehensive; rather, this discography serves as a basic reference to the songs listed in Part Three. Only 7” vinyl singles are mentioned, though, once Queen started to release 12” vinyl and CD singles, new mixes and additional B-sides were added for their desirability. These releases are listed only if they offer something new or previously unavailable on the standard 7” release. Where applicable, chart placements in the respective countries appear in brackets at the end of each entry.

The UK singles are listed first; it’s important to note that all Queen’s single releases, up to and including ‘Who Wants To Live Forever’, were distributed by EMI, with Parlophone distributing subsequent releases. The US singles follow, with all singles up to and including ‘Staying Power’ distributed by Elektra. Capitol distributed singles starting with ‘Radio Ga Ga’ and concluding with ‘Scandal’, with all subsequent releases distributed by Hollywood.

UK SINGLES

July 1973: ‘Keep Yourself Alive’ / ‘Son And Daughter’ (EMI 2036)

February 1974: ‘Seven Seas Of Rhye’ / ‘See What A Fool I’ve Been’ (EMI 2121) [10]

October 1974 (double A-side): ‘Killer Queen’ / ‘Flick Of The Wrist’
(edit)
(EMI 2229) [2]

January 1975: ‘Now I’m Here’ / ‘Lily Of The Valley’
(edit)
(EMI 2256) [11]

October 1975: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ / ‘I’m In Love With My Car’ (EMI 2375) [1]

June 1976: ‘You’re My Best Friend’ / ‘’39’ (EMI 2494) [7]

November 1976: ‘Somebody To Love’ / ‘White Man’ (EMI 2565) [2]

March 1977: ‘Tie Your Mother Down’
(edit)
/ ‘You And I’ (EMI 2593) [31]

May 1977: Queen’s First EP: ‘Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy’ / ‘Death On Two Legs (Dedicated to......’ / ‘Tenement Funster!’
(edit)
/ ‘White Queen (As It Began)’ (EMI 2623) [17]

October 1977: ‘We Are The Champions’ / ‘We Will Rock You’ (EMI 2708) [2]

February 1978: ‘Spread Your Wings’ / ‘Sheer Heart Attack’ (EMI 2757) [34]

October 1978 (double A-side): ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’
(edit)
/ ‘Bicycle Race’ (EMI 2870) [11]

January 1979: ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ / ‘In Only Seven Days’ (EMI 2910) [9]

June 1979: ‘Love Of My Life’
(live edit)
/ ‘Now I’m Here’
(live)
(EMI 2959) [63]

October 1979: ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ / ‘We Will Rock You’
(fast live)
(EMI 5001) [2]

January 1980: ‘Save Me’ / ‘Let Me Entertain You’
(live)
(EMI 5022) [11]

May 1980: ‘Play The Game’ / ‘A Human Body’ (EMI 5076) [14]

August 1980: ‘Another One Bites The Dust’ / ‘Dragon Attack’ (EMI 5102) [7]

November 1980: ‘Flash’
(edit)
/ ‘Football Fight’ (EMI 5126) [10]

October 1981: ‘Under Pressure’ (Queen & David Bowie) / ‘Soul Brother’ (EMI 5250) [1]

April 1982: ‘Body Language’ / ‘Life Is Real (Song For Lennon)’ (EMI 5293) [25]

June 1982: ‘Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love)’ / ‘Cool Cat’ (EMI 5316) [17]

August 1982: ‘Back Chat’
(remix)
/ ‘Staying Power’ (EMI 5325) [40]

August 1982
(12”)
: ‘Back Chat’
(extended)
/ ‘Staying Power’
(extended)
(12EMI 5325) [40]

January 1984: ‘Radio Ga Ga’ / ‘I Go Crazy’ (QUEEN 1) [2]

January 1984
(12”)
: ‘Radio Ga Ga’
(extended)
/ ‘Radio Ga Ga’
(instrumental)
/ ‘I Go Crazy’ (12 QUEEN 1) [2]

April 1984: ‘I Want To Break Free’
(remix)
/ ‘Machines (Or ‘Back To Humans’)’ (QUEEN 2) [3]