Tour itinerary [41 concerts]
The tour was full of small changes in the setlist - which depended mostly on the condition of Paul's voice. So this is an approximate setlist that was typical for most gigs in the middle of the tour.
The first song of the concert was Eminem's Lose Yourself from the tape although most recordings also include It's A Beautiful Day [remix] or Track 13 - these were the last songs played from tape before the actual concerts. Fat Bottomed Girls included a short riff from White Man, Brian's guitar solo included a VERY loud and painful part of Chinese Torture. After Paul's throat problems occurred for the first time, A Little Bit Of Love and Feel Like Makin' Love were dropped off the setlist (the latter one returned back after some time) and Seagull was replaced by Say It's Not True. Depending on Paul's voice condition, vocals in two songs were shared by different people: Hammer To Fall was either sung by (1.) Brian (slow) and Paul (fast) or (2.) Brian (slow) and Roger (fast) or (3.) Brian (1st verse) and Paul (2nd verse and fast) and I Want It All was sung by Brian or Paul. Some more interesting facts: part of I Want To Break Free was mostly sung by the audience, Say It's Not True and I'm In Love With My Car were sung by Roger, Brian of course sang '39 (one or two verses) and Love Of My Life. Radio Ga Ga was sung by Roger (first part) and Paul (finale), in one chorus they shared the vocals together. Bohemian Rhapsody was a virtual duet of Freddie (the balladic part and the very end) and Paul (the rock part).
The Sheffield gig was filmed and released on a DVD in October 2005. The Hyde Park gig was originally scheduled for July 8 but due to terrorist attacks in London (July 7) rescheduled to July 15.
The Japanese dates finally brought a "rolling" setlist with a couple of surprises - an acoustic version of I Was Born To Love You or the return of Brian's Long Away were certainly welcomed very well!
Typical setlist
01. Lose Yourself [tape] | 15. Guitar solo |
02. Reachin' Out | 16. Last Horizon |
03. Tie Your Mother Down | 17. These Are The Days Of Our Lives |
04. I Want To Break Free | 18. Radio Ga Ga |
05. Fat Bottomed Girls | 19. Can't Get Enough |
06. Wishing Well | 20. A Kind Of Magic |
07. Crazy Little Thing Called Love | 21. I Want It All |
08. Say It's Not True | 22. Bohemian Rhapsody |
09. '39 | 23. The Show Must Go On |
10. Love Of My Life | 24. All Right Now |
11. Hammer To Fall slow/fast | 25. We Will Rock You |
12. Feel Like Makin' Love | 26. We Are The Champions |
13. Let There Be Drums | 27. God Save The Queen |
14. I'm In Love With My Car |
Tracks played only scarcely
A Little Bit Of Love (first 6 concerts only) |
Seagull (first 6 concerts only) |
Another One Bites The Dust (from Birmingham on) |
Under Pressure (6 of the UK/Irish gigs) |
Fire And Water (Belfast, Dublin and Tokyo only) |
Long Away (one verse only - Pesaro, Budapest, Yokohama, Nagoya, Fukuoka) |
Tavaszi Szél Vizet Áraszt (part only - Budapest) |
'39 - two verses (first time in Leipzig, then in several more gigs) |
Danube Waltz (in guitar solo - Vienna) |
Molly Malone (in guitar solo - Dublin) |
Sakura (in guitar solo - Tokyo) |
Sunshine Of Your Love (part - Newcastle) |
Imagine (Hyde Park only) |
Bad Company (Aruba, both US dates + 2 Japanese dates) |
Rock'n'roll Fantasy (Aruba, both US dates) |
Teo Torriatte (Japanese dates only) |
I Was Born To Love You (Japanese dates only) |