Queen + Adam Lambert
Rock Big Ben Live!
31 December 2014
The Great Hall, Central Hall Westminster, London, UK Lineage: Live sound output (recorded from the fifth row, stage left, opposite the speaker stack) > iPhone 5s with external Blue Mikey stereo mic and using MultiTrack DAW app > WAV > minor edits using Audacity (fades in/out, EQ) > FLAC using xACT Notes: A rather enjoyable way to see in 2015, this. Despite it not being Queen’s “most intimate gig for 40 years” as the show’s adverts claimed (what about the 1979 Crazy Tour?), the size of the Great Hall lent itself brilliantly to the occasion. The stalls standing area was full, but thankfully not uncomfortable, although the microphone knocks you can hear during the fireworks track were caused (in part) by the person next to me knocking the recording gear slightly as he hugged his partner. Recording wise, it’s a very good document of how it sounded in the venue; lots of guitar, and drums slightly low in the mix. I’d be intrigued to hear how this sounds mixed in with the drums and keyboard-heavy BBC TV mix. Feel free to make and share a mix, somebody.
This is the complete show, detailing the moment the band first walked on stage until the house lights came up at the end. Because the band ran 21 seconds over their allocated time in the first (pre-NY) set, Adam’s small speech at the end of The Show Must Go On was talked over and cut away from during the BBC broadcast. Also, the TV broadcast only returned from the London Fireworks broadcast a few notes into Bohemian Rhapsody. Both are included here.
No artwork is included. Again, somebody feel free to make some!
I'm new to recording audio and have been trying out the Blue Mikey mic; it's not bad at all. But I'll be investing in a more conventional rig soon! If anybody would like to remaster this show, I can send them the raw files. You’ll probably be able to make it sound better than me!
(For more information on the Great Hall, visit www.c-h-w.com/organiser/large-rooms/great-hall/) SETLIST
Intro
Don’t Stop Me Now
I Want To Break Free
Adam Talks
Somebody To Love
Another One Bites The Dust
Under Pressure
Adam Talks
Fat Bottomed Girls
Radio Ga Ga
I Want It All
Adam Talks
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
The Show Must Go On
- New Year Countdown and Fireworks (BBC TV feed shown on big screen behind the stage)
- Auld Lang Syne (BBC TV feed shown on big screen behind the stage)
Bohemian Rhapsody
Killer Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise)
We Will Rock You (w/bagpipe intro)
We Are The Champions
God Save The Queen Download link:http://www.mediafire.com/download/hc8jeq61awkj281/20141231_QAL.zip
Enjoy. Feel free to share this/make a Torrent out of this upload; do NOT re-upload and share this in lossy MP3 form! MP3s are only for your own personal (ab)use!
EDIT: just noticed I missed out Killer Queen and Bo Rhap reprise from the text document included with the text file included in this upload. Many apologies.