Brian May on tour: Guest appearances

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27.06.2008 Hyde Park, London, UK (46664 - Nelson Mandela 90th birthday)

01. Is This The World We Created? (Andrea Corr on vocals, Brian on guitar)

21.05.2008 Dominion Theatre, London, UK (WWRY musical)

Sixth anniversary of the We Will Rock You musical in Dominion. Brian surprisingly played the full version of Don't Stop Me Now. For BoRhap he was supposed to come up through the trap door with a cloud of smoke but the trap door didn't open because the guy from the crew couldn't find the switch in the dark! Brian at least managed to make his way up and to the back of the stage for the head banging section.

01. Don't Stop Me Now (Brian on guitar)
02. Bohemian Rhapsody (Brian on guitar)
03. The Show Must Go On (Brian on guitar)

04.04.2008 Studio 1, South Bank, London, UK (Al Murray's Happy Hour TV show)

Bohemian Rhapsody was apparently played during the break; only the final chords were broadcasted.

01. C-lebrity
02. Bohemian Rhapsody (not broadcasted)
03. All Right Now

24.01.2008 Raimund Theater, Vienna, Austria (WWRY premiere)

01. Bohemian Rhapsody (with WWRY cast)

29.12.2007 Dominion Theatre, London, UK (WWRY musical)

Brian's words: "In the afternoon, I just strolled on and played the solo, like the chaps normally do, because there was no time to rehearse with the cast. But in the evening we risked me being on there in the headbanging section too... it was risky because we still hadn't managed to make the radio link work, so I had a physical lead on the guitar. This was the first time I've done an appearance without coming up in smoke in the trap."

01. Bohemian Rhapsody (with WWRY cast) - both matinee and evening performances

17.11.2007 O2 Arena, London, UK (with Foo Fighters)

Brian and Roger performed this song on the satellite (acoustic) stage. Brian sang the first verse and chorus (Taylor Hawkins sang the second verse), Roger played tambourine and occasionally hit a cymbal and of course, the rest of Foo Fighters played in the song too (Dave Grohl, Jessy Greene, Nate Mendel, Rami Jaffee and one guy I didn't recognize). They sang the song in its entirety (just like on ANATO)

01. '39 (Brian on acoustic guitar and vocals, Roger on percussion and backing vocals, Foo Fighters + guests on plenty of other instruments :-)

29.09.2007 Dominion Theatre, London, UK (WWRY musical (cast change))

01. Bohemian Rhapsody (with WWRY cast) - both matinee and evening performances

01.08.2007 Canon Theatre, Toronto, Canada (WWRY musical + Canadian Idol)

Soloists in order of appearance: Yvan Pedneault, Erica Peck, Alana Bridgewater, Sterling Jarvis, Suzie McNeil, Evan Buliung. The Canadian Idol Top 7 finalists: Jaydee Bixby, Dwight D'eon, Carly Rae Jepsen, Brian Melo, Greg Neufeld, Tara Oram, Matt Rapley.

01. Bohemian Rhapsody (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, WWRY cast on vocals)
02. The Show Must Go On (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, 7 Canadian Idol finalists on vocals)

14.05.2007 Dominion Theatre, London, UK (WWRY musical)

Fifth anniversary of the We Will Rock You musical in Dominion. The evening performance was only for fans, not for general public. Brian May in his white frock coat appeared for the guitar solo in BoRhap and Roger joined him for the rock finale. After Brian's and Ben Elton's speech The Show Must Go On followed (with the cast leads taking a verse each).

01. Bohemian Rhapsody (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, WWRY cast on vocals)
02. The Show Must Go On (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, WWRY cast on vocals)

10.03.2007 Studio 1, South Bank, London, UK (Al Murray's Happy Hour TV show)

At the end of the show, the WWRY cast sang WWRY before a curtain was dropped to show Roger Taylor and Brian May at the other side of the stage. After the guitar solo a brief bit of Tear It Up followed and the show ended with WWRY again, with Al Murray joining in. After the credits it showed Al Murray in bed, waking up saying he had a dream of singing with Queen. The camera panned out to show Brian and Roger in bed with him.

01. We Will Rock You with a snippet from Tear It Up (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums, WWRY cast on vocals)

07.10.2006 Dominion Theatre, London, UK (WWRY musical)

This was supposed to be the final WWRY performance in Dominion (but then the show was extended to 2007). Brian appeared in both performances and played BoRhap. For the evening show he also prepared a short speech: he said the show kept going because of all the the support, especially from the "regulars". Roger was in the audience too.

01. Bohemian Rhapsody (with WWRY cast) - both matinee and evening performances

22.09.2006 Wembley Arena, London, UK (with McFly)

Superb intro - after a minute of Don't Stop Me Now Brian zoomed up out of one of the traps rising through the floor of the stage into some cool pyrotechnic effects. He performed the rest of the song with McFly, then played a short guitar solo (basically some weird aeroplane noises :) and then joined McFly for one of their songs. Afterwards he exited down the same trap :-)

01. Don't Stop Me Now
02. Guitar improvisation
03. 5 Colours In Her Hair

05.09.2006 Dominion Theatre, London, UK (WWRY musical - Freddie's 60th birthday party)

Freddie's 60th birthday party in the Dominion Theatre. Don't Stop Me Now features guys from McFly. Brian and Roger came on stage during BoRhap and then performed a short set as a tribute to Freddie.

01. Bohemian Rhapsody (with WWRY cast; Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)
02. Love Of My Life (Brian on guitar and vocals)
03. Say It's Not True (Brian on guitar, Roger on vocals)
04. The Show Must Go On (with WWRY cast, Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)

16.07.2006 Novello Theatre, London, UK (Love Letter To Dan - A Tribute To Dan Crawford)

01. Who Wants To Live Forever (Mazz Murray on vocals, Mike Dixon on piano, Brian on guitar)

17.06.2006 Hyde Park, London, UK (with Foo Fighters)

Taylor Hawkins surprised the crowd when he left his drumkit, chanted the famous Freddie's "Day-O" vocal improvisation and dedicated the encore to Freddie Mercury.

01. We Will Rock You (intro + finale only)
02. Tie Your Mother Down (Taylor Hawkins on vocals, Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)

25.05.2006 Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (VH1 Rock Honors)

Joe Elliott welcomed Brian May as "the official 6th member of Def Leppard."

01. 20th Century Boy (Brian on guitar)

11.05.2006 Dominion Theatre, London, UK (WWRY musical)

4th anniversary of the We Will Rock You musical. Roger attended the performance too but didn't play anything because he was back from the hospital.

01. Bohemian Rhapsody
02. The Show Must Go On

11.06.2005 Fyllingen, Tromso, Norway (46664 festival)

01. Gladiator Theme (with Jivan Gasparyan)
02. Temptation Of Christ Theme - The Feeling Begins (with Jivan Gasparyan and Peter Gabriel)
03. Everybody's Got To Learn Some Time (with Zucchero and Sharon Corr)
04. Cosi Celeste (with Zucchero and Sharon Corr)

12.01.2005 Dominion Theatre, London, UK (WWRY musical)

01. Bohemian Rhapsody (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)
02. Tie Your Mother Down (Mazz Murray and Brian on vocals, Roger on drums)
03. The Show Must Go On (Brian on guitar, Roger on drums)

18.12.2004 Paris, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (WWRY musical)

Brian probably played the same tracks in both the matinee and evening performance.

01. Bohemian Rhapsody
02. Brighton Rock guitar solo
03. Show Must Go On

12.12.2004 Flora, Cologne, Germany (WWRY afterparty)

01. Tie Your Mother Down (Brian & Brigitte Oelke on vocals)
02. I'm In Love With My Car (Roger on vocals)
03. The Show Must Go On (Alex Melcher on vocals)
04. Little Wing (Brian on Vocals)
05. Don't Stop Me Now (Michaela Kovarikova on vocals)
06. Sleeping on the Sidewalk (Brian on vocals)
07. Rock And Roll (Roger on vocals)
08. With a Little Help from My Friends (WWRY cast on vocals)

11.12.2004 CCN CongressCenter, Nürnberg, Germany (Wetten, dass...?)

Famous German TV show in which the forthcoming (2005) tour was announced.

01. We Will Rock You (with WWRY cast)
02. We Are The Champions (with WWRY cast)
03. We Will Rock You (improvised)

28.11.2004 Grosvenor House Hotel, London, UK (the Annual Ball of The Grand Order of Water Rats)

01. Freight Train
02. I'm Just A Rollin' Stone
03. Mama Don't Allow

11.11.2004 Hackney Empire, London, UK (Hall Of Fame induction)

Line-up: Brian May (guitar), Roger Taylor (drums), Spike Edney (keyboards), Jamie Moses (guitar), Pino Palladino (bass), Paul Rodgers (vocals), Treana Morris (backing vocals), Polyphonic Spree (in the last song only).

01. We Will Rock You
02. We Are The Champions
03. All Right Now

17.10.2004 The State Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Russia (WWRY afterparty)

Apparently Jim Beach sang backing vocals during the whole concert and he seemed to be a bit "in party mood"! :-)

01. Tie Your Mother Down (Olga Belaya + Brian on vocals)
02. I'm In Love With My Car (Roger on vocals)
03. The Show Must Go On (Zemfira on vocals)
04. Sleeping On The Sidewalk (Brian on vocals)
05. We Will Rock You (WWRY cast on vocals, Jim Beach on backing vocals)
06. Rock And Roll (Roger on vocals)
07. Johny B Goode (Evgeniy Drier and Anthon Bizeev on vocals)
08. With a Little Help Of My Friends (WWRY cast on vocals)

16.10.2004 The State Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Russia (MTV Russia)

Queen were introduced by Konstantin Habenskiy as special guests of the Russian Music Awards Ceremony (RMA 2004)

01. We Will Rock You (Brian, Roger and WWRY cast, Russian 'Galileo' on vocals)
02. We Are The Champions (Brian, Roger and WWRY cast, Zemphira on vocals)

09.10.2004 Sydney, Australia (WWRY afterparty)

01. Tie Your Mother Down (Amanda Harrison and Brian May on vocals)
02. I'm In Love With My Car (Roger Taylor on vocals)
03. Rock And Roll (Roger Taylor on vocals)
04. Little Wing (Brian May on vocals)
05. Johnny B Goode (Andrew Swann on vocals)
06. With A Little Help From My Friends (Kate Hoolihan on vocals)

24.09.2004 Wembley Arena, London, UK (Fender Stratocaster anniversary)

Brian had a Stratocaster for the first seven songs (this 15-min. set launched the whole concert) and his Red Special for the remaining two songs.

01. Oh Boy! (Sonny Curtis on vocals)
02. Maybe Baby (Brian on vocals)
03. Love You More Than I Can Say (Sonny Curtis on vocals)
04. Every Day (Sonny Curtis on vocals)
05. Peggy Sue (Sonny Curtis on vocals)
06. I Fought The Law And The Law Won (Sonny Curtis on vocals)
07. That'll Be The Day (Brian on vocals)
08. All Right Now (Paul Rodgers on vocals)
09. Stay With Me (All-Star Line-Up)

08.09.2004 Paris Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (WWRY afterparty)

Line-up: Brian May (guitar), Steve Vai (guitar), Nuno Bettencourt (guitar), Steve Lukather (guitar), Paul Crook (guitar), Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), Chad Smith (drums), Eric Singer (drums), Simon Phillips (drums), Glenn Hughes (vocals in SCC, bass in last four songs), Meat Loaf (vocals in one song) and two main singers from the WWRY musical - Jason Wooten and Kacie Sheik.

01. Tie Your Mother Down (Jason Wooten and Kacie Sheik on vocals)
02. The Show Must Go On (Kacie Sheik on vocals)
03. Don't Stop Me Now (Jason Wooten on vocals)
04. Stone Cold Crazy (Glenn Hughes on vocals)
05. Rock and Roll (Roger Taylor on vocals)
06. Johnny B Goode (Meat Loaf on vocals)
07. With A Little Help From My Friends (Jason Wooten on vocals)

30.05.2004 Teatro Calderón, Madrid, Spain (WWRY musical)

This was the very last performance of the musical in Madrid.

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28.05.2004 Astoria Theatre, London, UK (with Ian Hunter)

01. All The Way From Memphis

11.05.2004 Dominion Theatre, London, UK (WWRY musical - special performance for BBC Sport Relief charity)

01. Bohemian Rhapsody (with WWRY cast)
02. We Are The Champions (with WWRY cast)

06.05.2004 Royal Albert Hall, London, UK (with Zucchero, Pavarotti, Paul Young, Ronan Keating...)

01. Madre Dolcissima (with Zucchero)
02. Il Mare Impetuoso Al Tramonto (with Zucchero)
03. Il Mare Impetuoso Al Tramonto (with Zucchero - encore)

03.05.2004 Teatro Calderón, Madrid, Spain (WWRY musical - press launch for the cast album)

01. Bohemian Rhapsody

17.04.2004 Dominion Theatre, London, UK (WWRY musical - both performances)

01. Bohemian Rhapsody (with WWRY cast)
02. We Are The Champions (with WWRY cast)

31.01.2004 Dominion Theatre, London, UK (WWRY musical)

01. Bohemian Rhapsody (with WWRY cast) - both matinee and evening performance
02. We Are The Champions (with WWRY cast) - the evening performance only