Queen + Paul Rodgers live at the Hyde Park, London, UK [15.07.2005]
Basic information
Artist
Queen + Paul Rodgers
Date
15.07.2005
Venue
Hyde Park
City
London
Country
UK
Setlist
01. Intro: It's A Beautiful Day Ross Robertson / DJ Koma 2005 techno mix [tape]
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. I Want To Break Free (Paul on vocals)
06. Fat Bottomed Girls (Paul on vocals)
07. Wishing Well (Paul on vocals)
08. Another One Bites The Dust (Paul on vocals)
09. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Paul on vocals + guitar)
10. Say It's Not True (Roger on vocals)
11. '39 (Brian on vocals & guitar)
12. Love Of My Life (Brian on vocals & guitar)
13. Imagine (vocals: Brian 1st verse, Roger 2nd, Paul and full band backing 3rd)
14. Hammer To Fall slow/fast (Brian and Paul on vocals)
15. Feel Like Makin' Love (Paul on vocals)
16. Let There Be Drums
17. I'm In Love With My Car (Roger on vocals and drums!)
18. Guitar solo
19. Last Horizon
20. These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Roger on vocals)
21. Radio Ga Ga (Roger and Paul on vocals)
22. Can't Get Enough (Paul on vocals)
23. A Kind Of Magic (Paul on vocals)
24. I Want It All (Paul on vocals)
25. Bohemian Rhapsody (Freddie and Paul on vocals)
26. The Show Must Go On (Paul on vocals)
27. All Right Now (Paul on vocals)
28. We Will Rock You (Paul on vocals)
29. We Are The Champions (Paul on vocals)
30. God Save The Queen
Support band
Razorlight, Peter Kay
Attendance
60000
Audio recording
Length: 139:34 Quality: VG[an average audience recording] No download link available
Video - information
At least two audience recordings (131 min. and 138 min.)
Bits and pieces
Roger lost one drumstick during his solo (Let There Be Drums). Brian dedicated We Are The Champions to the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in London.
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)
concert program (from my own collection)
concert poster
concert poster
backstage pass (from my own collection)
backstage pass (from my own collection)
setlist (from my own collection)
Photos
Photos supplied by: Peter Williams
Fan stories
Written by Alison Sesi
This concert had been postponed from 8 July due to the London bomb attacks on 7 July.
I'd been wary of coming to a large gig like this because I felt it would be too impersonal as it would be teeming with so many people. But watching 'Live 8', which had taken place at Hyde Park, on TV, convinced me that this would surely be the best place to hear that Queen sound. I was right. This didn't just apply to the instruments, of course – with their immaculate precision throughout – but also to the singing of Roger, Brian and Paul, whose voices absolutely excelled, bringing off the best vocal performances I'd heard from them. There were times that Paul's voice made you think "ouch – how did he do that?"
From the initial appearance of the three 'men in black' – Spike, Jamie and Danny (who, again was not to be considered as a 'replacement' bassist) – to the final bows to acknowledge the euphoria of the massive audience after singing 'We Are The Champions' as a dedication to the Emergency Services, there's no way to convey the sheer quality of all the performances. With the frenzied crowd as a catalyst, there was a chemical reaction between Brian, Roger and Paul that was at first sizzling, then bubbling, and finally effervescing off the stage, until at last it blew the stopper out completely.
I was delighted with the position I'd managed to take up, both because I was near enough to the stage for my liking and because I had some leeway around me to be able to rock! What a joy to be able to do that after my experience at Wembley! And I found that my original fears had been unfounded as I felt a relationship with the musicians like never before. In addition, I was at last able to view the light show in all its glory and be aware at first hand that Spike, usually hidden from my view, did actually spend the entire concert on stage!
Bearing in mind the senseless depravity that London had been subjected to the previous week, Lennon's 'Imagine', was inserted into the setlist, with Brian, then Roger and finally Paul on vocals.
At one point towards the end of the concert, Brian, standing near the join of the catwalk and the stage, clearly sensing a cosmic surge from the masses below and deciding that this atmosphere was to have and to hold, started conducting the audience of 60,000 during 'All Right Now'. Even if I raided the dictionary for superlatives, none would be adequate. This concert had all the elation of Brixton and was the glorious culmination of the work that had been started there.