| crazy duck 30.12.2013 12:43 |
After watching Wembley for the first time in years I suddenly rememberd the bandmates balloons floating off into the air infact it looks like fred and bri escaped and rog gets pulled into the crowd! Anyone know where they ended up? Ever shown up on ebay lol? The other thing was, did this just happen at Wembley didn't see it at any other show . |
| superbeak 30.12.2013 17:53 |
For some reason I want to say they were at Knebworth too As far as them popping up again after a concert... I doubt it since they were probably at least 30lbs deflated and were shredded to pieces and trampled by the crowd. A real treasure: the beach ball that Freddie kicked back into the crowd at Knebworth. :D |
| A Word In Your Ear 30.12.2013 19:38 |
I went to 3 of the "Magic Tour" 1986, UK gigs, Wembley (First Night) Manchester (????) & Knebworth & I am sure all three of those gigs had the inflatables, but could be wrong about Manchester, the old grey cells are fading in the last 27 years...... |
| ANAGRAMER 31.12.2013 01:52 |
No inflatables at Newcastle :-( |
| master marathon runner 31.12.2013 02:48 |
That's right, none at Newcastle, but Newcastle had something that Wembley didn't....- the flaming beacons atop the stage facade. Obviously, Wembley's overhanging roof section made they're inclusion impossible. |
| Martin Packer 31.12.2013 04:29 |
Flaming beacons at Knebworth also. And Pipe organ behind Brian when he played keyboards. |
| ploughman 31.12.2013 04:33 |
Was it in Manchester or in Newcastle where Freddie entered the stage from a "trap-door" beneath the stage with a puff of smoke? I'm not sure if he did have these different entrances during that tour. One which was planned (according to Ratty's or Phoebe's book) was that he should be lowered onto stage from the scaffolding in a "bucket" but he couldn't do it because of the height....then there is that urban legend of him think about rifing a huge plastic dick to the stage !? I guess this NEVER materialized... |
| . 31.12.2013 06:22 |
I took these two photos at Wembley on the 12th. link link |
| luthorn 31.12.2013 10:40 |
Good pics. Throw a couple more, if you may. |
| woodi485485 01.01.2014 01:38 |
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| woodi485485 01.01.2014 01:40 |
There were no inflatables at Manchester and only one of the four beacons lit during Is This The World We Created.........some woman joined them on stage for the Rock n Roll Melody, but to this day I have no idea who she was. |
| master marathon runner 01.01.2014 04:12 |
Anyone remember the hydraulic giraffes at Newcastle? |
| master marathon runner 01.01.2014 04:13 |
.......only kidding. |
| A Word In Your Ear 01.01.2014 05:23 |
woodi485485 wrote: There were no inflatables at Manchester and only one of the four beacons lit during Is This The World We Created.........some woman joined them on stage for the Rock n Roll Melody, but to this day I have no idea who she was.it was a long time ago,(I could be getting things muddled up) I am sure they were there (But most likely wrong) & I do remember the woman coming on stage & the beacon torches. I also remember, some guys climbing the fence, to do a pitch invasion & running to get a good place & some guys already on the pitch dropping one of them. |
| woodi485485 02.01.2014 01:39 |
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| woodi485485 02.01.2014 01:42 |
I seem to recall they had some dodgy Hells Angel type security in place and I can clearly remember the incident you refer to. Some lad was running full pelt on the pitch to get to the stage and this monster stuck his arm out and 'clotheslined' him and nearly took his head off. His head is probably still spinning! |
| crazy duck 02.01.2014 08:32 |
One things for sure you would have ahell of a shock if you woke up one moning and opend your curtains to find a huge yellow member of queen had landed in the garden. Seeing those photos kinda brings it all back and makes you realise what a bloody long time ago it was:-( still when you watch the dvds of this tour it really dosnt look its age imo. |
| A Word In Your Ear 02.01.2014 10:27 |
woodi485485 wrote: I seem to recall they had some dodgy Hells Angel type security in place and I can clearly remember the incident you refer to. Some lad was running full pelt on the pitch to get to the stage and this monster stuck his arm out and 'clotheslined' him and nearly took his head off. His head is probably still spinning!Yes, that was it.The Hells Angel guy, with beard.. you must have been stood quite close to where I was. I was stood to the left of the stage, in the terraces, quite close to where that lad climbed the fence & got dropped on the pitch. |
| woodi485485 03.01.2014 01:56 |
I sure was in the Kippax Stand. Apart from the show, my other great memory of the day was being stood outside the ground waiting to get in, and they switched on the PA and played Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel. There was quite a bit of concern by locals and the Council that the gig was going to be too loud. Having seen Queen at The NEC in 1984 and come away pretty deaf for a couple of days, I was worried the sound would not be loud enough for a rock concert, but these fears were allayed when I heard Sledgehammer vibrating around the ground from the outside. The gig wasn't as loud as The NEC, but it was loud enough. Amazing day, apart from Belouis Some!!! Queen Productions missed a trick that day, as they could have filmed a shot panning over the terraced houses of Moss Side into the ground for the start of I Want To break Free.......missed opportunity there! |
| noorie 03.01.2014 19:59 |
crazy duck wrote: One things for sure you would have a hell of a shock if you woke up one moning and opend your curtains to find a huge yellow member of queen had landed in the garden.I would so love that to happen to me! |
| flyingcelery 29.09.2014 12:11 |
For those wondering what happened to the Freddie inflatable which escaped from Wembley, here's a link to the story at Brian's site. Scroll down the page and you'll see it... link |
| Costa86 29.09.2014 14:02 |
I'm sure some sadistic bastard is using John Deacon's inflatable as a sex doll. |
| cmsdrums 30.09.2014 07:52 |
Costa86 wrote: I'm sure some sadistic bastard is using John Deacon's inflatable as a sex doll.Probably John..... |
| tomchristie22 30.09.2014 09:04 |
cmsdrums wrote:LOL. Funniest thing I've read in a while.Costa86 wrote: I'm sure some sadistic bastard is using John Deacon's inflatable as a sex doll.Probably John..... I'd completely forgotten about these inflatable things too, I hadn't watched Wembley for aages. Guess I was influenced by the general aversion to it some people here have. Still, those balloons are such a bizarre and amusing idea. Can anyone tell me where they were released from? |
| Nitroboy 30.09.2014 09:29 |
If I remember correctly, two of them were up close near the stage, and the other two were down by the tent. |
| Doga 30.09.2014 10:00 |
tomchristie22 wrote: I'd completely forgotten about these inflatable things too, I hadn't watched Wembley for aages. Guess I was influenced by the general aversion to it some people here have.Is not aversion but, having Budapest, what's the point of listening to Wembley? The mix is really horrible, and Queen were better in Budapest. |
