Tour itinerary [35 concerts]
13.09.1973 London, UK 
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26.11.1973 Manchester, UK
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13.10.1973 Bonn, Germany
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27.11.1973 Birmingham, UK
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14.10.1973 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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28.11.1973 Swansea, UK
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20.10.1973 London, UK
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29.11.1973 Bristol, UK
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26.10.1973 London, UK
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30.11.1973 Bournemouth, UK
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02.11.1973 London, UK
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01.12.1973 Southend, UK
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12.11.1973 Leeds, UK
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02.12.1973 Chatham, UK
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13.11.1973 Blackburn, UK
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06.12.1973 Cheltenham, UK
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15.11.1973 Worcester, UK
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07.12.1973 Cheltenham, UK
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16.11.1973 Lancaster, UK
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08.12.1973 Liverpool, UK
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17.11.1973 Liverpool, UK
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14.12.1973 London, UK (1st gig)
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18.11.1973 Hanley, UK
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14.12.1973 London, UK (2nd gig)
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19.11.1973 Wolverhampton, UK
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15.12.1973 Leicester, UK
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20.11.1973 Oxford, UK
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21.12.1973 Taunton, UK
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21.11.1973 Preston, UK
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22.12.1973 Peterborough, UK
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22.11.1973 Newcastle, UK
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28.12.1973 Liverpool, UK
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23.11.1973 Glasgow, UK
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27.01.1974 Sunbury, Australia
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25.11.1973 Edinburgh, UK
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The Golders Green show was recorded and broadcasted by BBC. It's been bootlegged many times but never in complete form. Six tracks are widely available (Procession, Father To Son, Son And Daughter, See What A Fool I've Been, Ogre Battle and Liar), the rock'n'roll medley (Jailhouse Rock, Stupid Cupid, Be Bop A Lula) leaked in spring 2002 and the rest (Big Spender, Bama Lama Bama Lou) is in the BBC archives.
Stone Cold Crazy was also in the setlist these early days. You may wonder how is it possible? This track was properly released in 1974 but Queen played a slightly different version of this song even much earlier. It is said to be a "slower" version but it's hard to prove that, as far as I know, NO recording of this rare live gem exists.
A few interesting bits and pieces appear in an interview done by the band for the Sounds magazine in December 1973. John says the band really enjoyed the gigs in Newcastle, Glasgow or Bournemouth. Also the band placed a lot of emphasis on America but they didn't "want to go out there too soon and blow it". And perhaps the most interesting part is when they say: "We've been thinking a lot about getting in a keyboard. We may get another guy in. It would thicken the sound up. It's a bit limited with only 3 instruments on stage, but we don't want to make it a 5-piece."
Typical setlist
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01. Procession
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08. Jailhouse Rock
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02. Father To Son
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09. Shake Rattle And Roll
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03. Son And Daughter
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10. Stupid Cupid
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04. Ogre Battle
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11. Be Bop A Lula
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05. Hangman
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12. Jailhouse Rock (reprise)
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06. Keep Yourself Alive
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13. Big Spender
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07. Liar
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14. Bama Lama Bama Loo
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Tracks played only scarcely
| Stone Cold Crazy (different slow version) |
| Great King Rat |
| Modern Times Rock'n'roll (instead of Bama Lama Bama Lou) |
| See What A Fool I've Been |
