| Artist | Queen |
| Date | 13.04.1985 |
| Venue | Mount Smart Stadium |
| City | Auckland |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Support band | The Narcs |
| Attendance | 35000 |
| Video recording | Professional recording is rumoured to exist in archives of a local TV station. |
| Bits and pieces | Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet came to see his friend Freddie and they both got drunk like pigs before the Queen concert (even many people in the audience noticed there was something wrong with Freddie that night :-) In addition to that, Tony decided to join Queen for the encore ('Jailhouse Rock') but he confused the lyrics and started singing 'Tutti Frutti' instead. |
| Story | By April in NZ you're well into Autumn, maybe a bit late for an outdoor concert but luckily April 13 was overcast all day without raining. And so it was on this day that Queen played their first and only concert in little ol' NZ to a crowd of 30,000... [read more] |
| 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), Tony Hadley (vocals in Jailhouse Rock) |
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| Ticket stub | ![]() (the ticket is resized and might look strange - but if you save it to your harddisk, it will look fine :-) |
| Ticket in my collection? | NO - if you have it for sale or trade, please contact me |
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Photos supplied by: Mike Tucker, David Austin, www.QueenCuttings.com |