On Fire: Live At The Bowl (Remastered) Queen

• 1 Flash (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 01:54
• 2 The Hero (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 01:45
• 3 We Will Rock You (Fast) (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 03:18
• 4 Action This Day (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 04:53
• 5 Play The Game (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 04:31
• 6 Staying Power (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 04:03
• 7 Somebody To Love (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 07:53
• 8 Now I'm Here (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 06:18
• 9 Dragon Attack (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 04:16
• 10 Now I'm Here (Reprise) (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 02:21
• 11 Love Of My Life (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 04:22
• 12 Save Me (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 04:01
• 13 Back Chat (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 05:01
• 14 Get Down, Make Love (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 03:40
• 15 Guitar Solo (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 06:22
• 16 Under Pressure (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 03:47
• 17 Fat Bottomed Girls (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 05:25
• 18 Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 04:15
• 19 Bohemian Rhapsody (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 05:38
• 20 Tie Your Mother Down (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 04:10
• 21 Another One Bites The Dust (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 03:49
• 22 Sheer Heart Attack (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 03:26
• 23 We Will Rock You (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 02:08
• 24 We Are The Champions (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 03:29
• 25 God Save the Queen (Live At Milton Keynes Bowl / June 1982) 01:24
• Total Runtime 01:42:09

Info for On Fire: Live At The Bowl (Remastered)

Unbelievable but true—an unreleased live gem from Queen: *Queen On Fire Live At The Bowl*, the 1982 mega-event from the *Hot Space* tour, performed in front of over 40,000 fans at the sold-out Milton Keynes Bowl, one of the best live venues in the world!

Anyone who’s ever had the chance to see Queen live—or at least has listened to all their live albums—knows that no two concerts were ever the same. The one thing they all have in common is an incredible show featuring a storm of lights and sound, plus the god of entertainment, Freddy Mercury—sometimes at the piano, sometimes dancing, rocking, and spinning like a supernatural dervish. Get your adrenaline pumping!

By 1982, Queen had reached the zenith of their career in terms of touring and releases. Buoyed by two of their most successful singles—“Another One Bites the Dust” and “Under Pressure”—they were playing more than 60 concerts a year in the world’s largest stadiums. They were the first foreign band to conquer Latin America and tour the continent. In 1981, they performed in large soccer stadiums in Argentina and Brazil, including two sold-out concerts at the Morumbi Stadium in São Paulo.

The demand for the band to play in arenas and stadiums around the world was so great at the time that Queen managed to organize just four concerts in the UK between 1981 and 1983. The Milton Keynes concert was one of them—and the one closest to London during those three years. The concert was originally supposed to take place at Arsenal’s stadium in London, but since permission wasn’t granted there, it was moved to Milton Keynes.

So it’s no wonder that in June 1982, when the concert took place, the Queen touring machine was in top form. “We stormed through the concert at full throttle,” said Roger Taylor. “I’d already forgotten how sharp the band was back then.” “Queen On Fire – Live At The Bowl” truly showcases a band at the peak of its energy: 25 songs ranging from their biggest hits to their most popular live tracks—“Dragon Attack,” “Now I’m Here,” “Tie Your Mother Down,” “Sheer Heart Attack,” and two versions of “We Will Rock You”—including the rare “fast” version—for a total of 110 minutes packed with Queen live classics.

The concert was filmed at the time under the direction of Gavin Taylor and broadcast on television by Channel Four on “The Tube” in an edited version. This restored version presents the concert in its full length, supplemented by 47 additional minutes of previously unreleased footage. Since it was never released on video, “Queen On Fire – Live At The Bowl” marks the first time the footage of this concert has been officially released.

“I think people will be just as surprised as I was myself, even after all these years, at how different this show is from the well-known Queen ’86 Wembley performance,” said Brian May. “A lot of the songs just sound different… It kicks off right away with the explosive ‘Flash,’ and after that, it’s just on fire! The whole set keeps the energy going, and Freddie’s improvisations are breathtaking… the other thing I’d forgotten was how much freedom we had to let loose and just enjoy the moment sometimes.”

As one would expect from Queen, the release was preceded by an extensive restoration of the film footage and sound. Producers Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson, who were responsible for the sound, drew on the original 24-track analog recordings.

Freddie Mercury, lead vocals, piano, acoustic rhythm guitar
Brian May, harmony and backing vocals, guitars, piano
Roger Taylor, harmony and backing vocals, drums, percussion, co-lead vocals
John Deacon, bass, rhythm guitar, additional backing vocals
Additional musicians:
Morgan Fisher, keyboards, piano

Digitally remastered

Queen
Queen formed in 1971 and in 1973 signed their first recording contract for EMI. That year they released their first album, QUEEN. The same year saw their first major UK tour, and in 1974 they released QUEEN II as well as making their first UK headlining tour. They made their first US tour, and in November released SHEER HEART ATTACK which was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic.

1975 saw their new release, A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, and – significantly – the single Bohemian Rhapsody. At 5’ 55” it should have been too long for successful radio play but it became one of the greatest singles of all time, staying at No. 1 in the UK chart for nine weeks. The video, directed by Bruce Gowers, is credited with being the first genuine promotional video. The song has regularly featured in all major pop polls and was recently named again as the best single of all time. The success of A NIGHT AT THE OPERA was equally stunning, giving the band their first platinum album.

In 1976 they toured the US and Japan and by spring all four albums resided in the UK Top Twenty. Later that year they released A DAY AT THE RACES, and gave a free concert in Hyde Park to an estimated crowd of 200,000 fans. The album was a huge success, advance orders alone amounting to over 500,000. The following year saw two major US tours, the band’s sixth album, NEWS OF THE WORLD and the legendary double A side single, WE WILL ROCK YOU and WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS.

1978’s JAZZ, included another huge hit single in Bicycle Race and Queen toured the US and Canada. They spent much of 1979 touring in Europe and Japan, as well as releasing their first live album, LIVE KILLERS. They were also approached to write the score for a forthcoming feature film, FLASH GORDON. Before that they released THE GAME in 1980 which went five times platinum in Canada alone! Another One Bites The Dust became the band’s biggest selling American single. Later that year the soundtrack for FLASH GORDON was released and by the end of the year Queen had sold over 45,000,000 albums worldwide.

In 1981 they toured the Far East and were the first band to make a stadium tour of South America. They played to 131,000 people in Sao Paolo, the largest paying audience for any band anywhere in the world. GREATEST HITS, GREATEST FLIX and GREATEST PIX were released simultaneously later in the year and Greatest Hits has rarely been out of the UK album charts since. Greatest Flix was the first collection of promo-videos released commercially by any band. Next year saw the release of the band’s twelfth album, HOT SPACE whilst they were in the middle of a European tour.

1984 saw THE WORKS and the single Radio Ga Ga became a worldwide hit, reaching No. 1 in 19 countries. Another huge hit was I Want To Break Free, featuring one of their most famous videos, all dressed in drag. In 1985 they were the headlining act at Rock in Rio, the biggest festival to be held anywhere in the world. They again made history that year with the show-stealing performance at Live Aid from Wembley Stadium, which proved to be a turning point for the band, One Vision being the first post Live Aid release.

1986 saw their 14th album, A KIND OF MAGIC, which was the soundtrack to the Russel Mulcahy film, Highlander. The title track became another worldwide smash and the album entered the UK charts at No. 1; later in the year the 2nd live album, LIVE MAGIC, went into the charts at No. 3. Between 1988 and 1991 Queen released three more albums, THE MIRACLE in 1989 and in 1991 INNUENDO and GREATEST HITS TWO. All three entered the UK charts at No. 1, as did the single Innuendo.

On 23rd November 1991 Freddie Mercury announced to the world that he had AIDS and the next day he died peacefully at his home, surrounded by family and friends. He remains the most high profile loss from the disease in the entertainment world and the news shocked fans throughout the world. As a tribute Bohemian Rhapsody /These Are The Days Of Our Lives was released as a double A-sided single to raise funds for the Terence Higgins Trust. It entered the UK chart at No. 1, where it stayed for five weeks, raising over £1,000,000 for the charity and Queen became the first band to have the same single top the uK charts twice. In December of that year Queen had 10 albums in the UK Top 100. In 1992 Freddie was awarded posthumously the BRIT’s “Outstanding Contribution to British Music” and Days Of Our Lives won Best Single. On 20th April many of the world’s top stars joined Brian, Roger and John on stage at Wembley for an emotional tribute to Freddie.

In 1995 the tracks that Queen had begun in 1991 were completed by Brian, Roger and John and the long-awaited MADE IN HEAVEN was released worldwide. It was the end of an era. Since then the phenomenon of Queen has remained, however, with continuing sales for their recorded output on CD and video. A ballet of their music by famous French choreographer Maurice Bejart was premiered at the National Theatre in Paris in 1997 and in May 2002 the hit musical We Will Rock You opened to sell-out audiences in London’s West End and continues to play to packed houses and standing ovations every night. Queen’s first DVD Greatest Video Hits Vol.1 was released at the end of October 2002, and yet another piece of Queen product entered the UK charts at number 1. October 2002 also saw Queen receive their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, joining The Beatles as only one of a handful of non-US bands to receive the much coveted honour. Last year, 2004 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Walk of Fame, and in the UK were voted by the public into the first UK Music Hall of Fame.

Queen’s musical has since opened in Australia, Spain, Las Vegas,USA, Russia, Germany and is scheduled to open in Japan this May.

Brian and Roger continue to be ambassadors for Nelson Mandela’s 46664 HIV/AIDS awareness campaign and this month, March, played a second benefit concert for 46664 in Fancourt, South Africa.

Brian and Roger took Queen back onto the touring circuit for the first time since 1986 in 2005 and 2008, joined by former Free/Bad Company singer, songwriter and musicial Paul Rodgers playing concerts across the UK and throughout Europe. (Source: www.queenonline.com)

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