Queen + Paul Rodgers live at the Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria [13.04.2005]
Basic information
Artist
Queen + Paul Rodgers
Date
13.04.2005
Venue
Stadthalle
City
Vienna
Country
Austria
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. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Paul on vocals + guitar)
08. Say It's Not True (Roger on vocals)
09. '39 (Brian on vocals & guitar)
10. Love Of My Life (Brian on vocals & guitar)
11. Hammer To Fall slow/fast (Brian and Roger on vocals)
12. Let There Be Drums
13. I'm In Love With My Car (Roger on vocals and drums!)
14. Guitar solo
15. Last Horizon
16. These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Roger on vocals)
17. Radio Ga Ga (Roger and Paul on vocals)
18. Can't Get Enough (Paul on vocals)
19. A Kind Of Magic (Paul on vocals)
20. I Want It All (Paul on vocals)
21. Bohemian Rhapsody (Freddie and Paul on vocals)
22. The Show Must Go On (Paul on vocals)
23. All Right Now (Paul on vocals)
24. We Will Rock You (Paul on vocals)
25. We Are The Champions (Paul on vocals)
26. God Save The Queen
Support band
none or unknown
Attendance
11000
Audio recording
Length: 122:01 Quality: VG+[a very enjoyable recording] No download link available
Video - information
Three complete audience recordings (122 min., 117 min., 113 min.)
Bits and pieces
The guitar solo included part of Danube Waltz.
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 poster
backstage pass (from my own collection)
backstage pass (from my own collection)
setlist
Photos
Photos supplied by: Jan Vanco
Fan stories
Written by APA Tirol.com – Mein Tirol online (translated by Alison Sesi)
The band appear in Vienna with guest singer Paul Rodgers
Thirteen years after the death of singer Freddie Mercury, the British rock band Queen is back on tour for the first time. On balance after the performance on Wednesday in the Vienna Stadthalle: Together with guest voice Paul Rodgers of the two remaining original members Brian May and Roger Taylor are rocking neatly. It was also enjoyed by those members of the audience who were neutral. However, the show slipped elsewhere whenever the guitarist or the drummer took over the microphone - into an emotional maintenance of the historic monument. Only committed Queen fans really understand the significance of that.
'Queen ft. Paul Rodgers playing Queen, Free and Bad Company Songs' read the ticket, and underneath, full price: '78 Euro' (seated). On average around 10,000 people pay as much for the pleasure each evening. The Stadthalle was fairly full, even if not to capacity. A few years ago May and Taylor, on tour using only their own names, had to be content with filling Planet Music - an audience of about 800. People just want big names – Queen has one.
And the audience knew what was on offer: the intro, an Eminem track, was the only concession to the present. 'Tie Your Mother Down' started the journey to an era when guitarists splayed their legs, tossed their long curly locks over their shoulders and stood with instrument at the ready. For that, at least, Brian May does not have to act the part. 'I Want To Break Free' followed, the audience taking over the chorus, 'Fat Bottomed Girls' and 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' then fitted seamlessly into the first section.
The songs were well suited to Rodgers, who in his approach does not attempt to imitate Mercury's affectations and way of singing. In the third section, interpretations of classics like 'We Will Rock You' or the inevitable finale 'We Are the Champions' were to prove a success. 'Queen ft. Paul Rodgers' was working! The addendum 'playing Queen, Free & Bad Company Songs' was not incorrect, but rather an exaggeration, as there was only one song in each section from the guest singer's former bands. At least 'All Right Now' set the venue alight.
The second section belonged to May and Taylor and gave them the opportunity to pay homage to themselves. "The spirit of Queen is still alive" mumbled the guitarist into the microphone and dedicated the schmaltzy 'Love of My Life' to the deceased Freddie. On 'Hammer To Fall' the 'prehistoric rocks' shared the vocal parts before rock history's most distinctive curly head started a guitar solo (including waltz – how novel) which appeared a lot longer than the actual length of ten minutes. Taylor croaked his way through 'These Are The Days of Our Lives' and 'Radio Ga Ga' while the drum computer provided the beat. The pinnacle of emotion: 'Bohemian Rhapsody' with Mercury on video and his voice on tape.
Rodgers returned for 'The Show Must Go On' and demonstrated with Queen that the resurrection of a rock dinosaur need not, in fact, be painful. To be continued?