Queen + Paul Rodgers live at the Le Zenith, Paris, France [30.03.2005]
Basic information
Artist
Queen + Paul Rodgers
Date
30.03.2005
Venue
Le Zenith
City
Paris
Country
France
Setlist
01. Intro: Track 13 [tape - Made In Heaven]
02. Intro: Lose Yourself [tape - Eminem]
03. Intro: Reachin' Out (Paul on vocals + Spike keyboards only)
04. Tie Your Mother Down (Paul on vocals)
05. Can't Get Enough (Paul on vocals)
06. I Want To Break Free (Paul on vocals)
07. Fat Bottomed Girls (Paul on vocals)
08. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Paul on vocals + guitar)
09. Seagull (Paul on vocals + guitar, Roger on congas)
10. '39 (Brian on vocals & guitar)
11. Love Of My Life (Brian on vocals & guitar)
12. Hammer To Fall slow/fast (Brian and Paul on vocals)
13. A Little Bit Of Love (Paul on vocals)
14. I'm In Love With My Car (Roger on vocals and drums!)
15. Guitar solo
16. Last Horizon
17. These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Roger on vocals)
18. Radio Ga Ga (Roger and Paul on vocals)
19. I Want It All (Paul on vocals)
20. A Kind Of Magic (Paul on vocals)
21. Feel Like Makin' Love (Paul on vocals)
22. Bohemian Rhapsody (Freddie and Paul on vocals)
23. The Show Must Go On (Paul on vocals)
24. All Right Now (Paul on vocals)
25. We Will Rock You (Paul on vocals)
26. We Are The Champions (Paul on vocals)
27. God Save The Queen
Support band
none or unknown
Attendance
6932
Audio recording
Length: 118:39 Quality: VG+[a very enjoyable recording] No download link available
Video - information
no info available
Line-up
Paul Rodgers (lead vocals, acoustic guitar)
Brian May (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, lead/backing vocals)
Roger Taylor (drums, congas, lead/backing vocals)
Jamie Moses (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals)
Danny Miranda (bass guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals)
Spike Edney (keyboards, backing vocals)
Memorabilia
ticket stub (from my own collection)
concert program (from my own collection)
backstage pass (from my own collection)
backstage pass (from my own collection)
setlist (from my own collection)
Photos
Photos supplied by: Sarah
Fan stories
Written by Freddie F
I was already happy not to wait too long for the show (just 3 months) but I was aware that the band would be in a warm-up phase and that they'd spare their energy for the rest of the tour. I was right.
We almost had to fight to stand at a good place (7th row in the pit, just in front of the stage), because there was a very unpleasant rush after the gates were open. The entire Track 13-intro was a treat to me and most of the fans: some of them booed. Just imagine their reaction to Eminem's "Lose Yourself"... Nevertheless, I enjoyed every song of the show, from "Reaching Out" to "We Are The Champions". Paul was more than okay, and even great sometimes; Brian and Roger played his songs really well: all except "All Right Now" were downers for the crowd, but it was the rule of the game, of course. I found the setlist rather disappointing: only 5 Freddie numbers, almost all the rest for Brian, except Roger and Paul's songs. I couldn't help myself thinking that this tour shouldn't have been called "Queen + Paul Rodgers" but "Brian May Band feat. Roger Taylor + Paul Rodgers".
Roger hasn't aged very well, for me, like some kind of an English rock n'roll Marlon Brando, but his drumming was still correct and he sang really well on "I'm In Love With My Car", "These Are The Days Of Our Lives" and "Radio Ga-Ga". During this song, I saw one my neighbours (a teenager) in a curious state: his head was turned in the wrong direction and he stood completely still; I thought he was about to collapse, but his pals told me he was actually blind and he was concentrating on the music! I felt a little ashamed to have sung every song so loud, like many people around...
My personal highlights: "These Are The Days Of Our Lives", "Love Of My Life", "Lost Horizon" (what a surprize!), "The Show Must Go On", "We Are The Champions". But the story doesn't end here...
After the final "God Save The Queen" and the return of the lights, I said goodbye to my friend and her son - who had to go - and I waited a little. I didn't know why, but I knew I had something important to do, and it was NOW OR NEVER.
I went to the entry of the backstage area. I stood just behind a curtain. After two minutes of observation, I saw the security guy (who was 4 meters away) wasn't looking in my direction. I made one step forward and one second later, I was in the hall of the aftershow, with about 30 guests. I understood that some of them were allowed to go and meet the band in half an hour or so. I noticed most of these guests had passes, which wasn't my case, of course. Trying to be as discrete as possible but not too much, I chatted a little with some people of the record company. One of their colleagues came to give them their passes: there were 4 for 6 persons, including me. Fortunally, one of the guys declined and a very nice lady let me take the last pass.
Minutes later, I was in the real backstage area. Paul, smiling all around, went out very quickly with his girlfriend. Roger had just had a shower. I saw really closely how much he had got fat... Brian was the last to quit his dressing room. The guests were unknown to me, except for a rather famous French male model, whose name I just forgot. After a few minutes, I let my ticket sign by Roger, then Spike Edney (yes!) and finally by Brian. Brian is such a nice and sweet guy, no-one can imagine... I really had a wonderful moment speaking to him, hearing him answering to me with his soft voice and laughing when I told him I was surprized to see him without his famous clogs!
On my way home, I remembered the teenager I was in 1990-91, when I first really got into Queen. If you had told me at this time that I would have seen a band called "Queen" live and that I would have met them and talked to them, I wouldn't have believed you a single second. But, eh, dreams are made to come true, aren't they?