Queen were rumoured to have been asked to do live shows for the Miracle album. One I read in Kerrang in 1988 was at Alton Towers and another was the Nordoff Robbins Silver Clef Festival at Knebworth in 1990. Both were turned down presumably due to Fred's health. Were any other shows offered?
1 Was all worth it intro / Or breakthru
2 Tie your mother down
3 Seven seas of Rhye (short version leading to Kashogi's ship
4 Somebody to love
5 Medley: Killer Queen & The Miracle (edited) leading to A Kind of magic & The invisible man.
5 Another one bites the dust
6 under pressure
7 I want to break free
8 Vocal improvisation with instrumental of My baby does me
9 Who wants to live foerver
10 Now I'm here & party improvisation
11 Guitar solo & Now I'm here reprise
12 Crazy little thing called love
13 '39
14 Love of my life
15 Spread your wings
16 Lair or Keep yourself alive since at beeb was released.
17 Bohemian Rhapsody
18 Hammer to Fall
19 encore Breakthru (if it is not opener) leading to
20 Radio ga ga
21 We will rock you
22 We are the champions
I've always found the 1988 fan club party a lost opportunity for Freddie to sing a couple of songs and say goodbye to his most loyal fans. But of course it's easy to look back now at how the events unfolded and pick a date.
1988 would've been premature; He wouldn't have known he was going to die. Plus it would've given the game away.
If these rumoured post-Magic-Tour dates were mooted I wonder at what stage they would've been pulled.
And in 1986/7 it would, like in 1988, have been premature.
I wouldn't say that December 1988 would be premature. I'm sure Freddie had at that point some doubts about whether he would survive the disease. Hell, some people even make claims that he suspected during the Magic Tour that it would be his last. I'm not saying that it should have been something large with people crying and speeches, but if 3/4 of Queen were already on stage in London for a few songs, why could Freddie not have joined them?