| Artist | Queen |
| Date | 11.01.1985 |
| Venue | Barra of Tijuca (Rock In Rio) |
| City | Rio De Janeiro |
| Country | Brazil |
| Support band | Ney Matogrosso, Erasmo Carlos, Baby Consuelo e Pepeu Gomes, Whitesnake, Iron Maiden |
| Attendance | 150000 |
| Audio recording | 110:22 min. | very good quality |
| Video recording | 112 minutes. Stolen (?) from TV archives. Part was released officially. |
| Bits and pieces | Freddie wore fake boobs for 'I Want To Break Free' and although the fans didn't mind, the British press made a huge fuss about it and wrote that the audience felt offended because 'I Want To Break Free' was a symbol of a fight for freedom. The existing bootleg video proves the contrary. Freddie also forgot some words during 'It's A Hard Life' and had to improvise a bit. |
| Story | It was in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Rock in Rio concerts were happening. Two weeks of the most varied types of band playing on a giant stage. Disparate as it may seem names such as AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, The B52's, Queen, Iron Maiden, James Taylor... [read more] |
| Newspaper | article 1 |
| Line-up | Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano, electric guitar), Brian May (electric guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar), Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar, electric guitar), Spike Edney (keyboards, piano, electric guitar, backing vocals) |
| Ticket stub | ![Ticket: Concert: Queen live in Barra of Tijuca (Rock In Rio), Rio De Janeiro, Brazil [11.01.1985]](/inc/tickets/1985-01-11.jpg) (the ticket is resized and might look strange - but if you save it to your harddisk, it will look fine :-) |
| Ticket in my collection? | yes |