| Mr Darkman 11.03.2020 12:57 |
What I mean is stuff like playing at "weddings for friends". |
| emrabt 11.03.2020 14:36 |
There's a couple of things like When Freddie Joined in at a local pub gig in 1982 and The Roof party at Kensington Garden club in 1986 where there were impromptu performances. The Cross + Brain and John did a 1989 fan club gig. But not as Queen. |
| Jekaling 11.03.2020 16:49 |
Last year Brian, Roger and Adam played a gig for Microsoft. |
| stevelondon20 11.03.2020 17:15 |
emrabt wrote: There's a couple of things like When Freddie Joined in at a local pub gig in 1982 and The Roof party at Kensington Garden club in 1986 where there were impromptu performances. The Cross + Brain and John did a 1989 fan club gig. But not as Queen.I'd love to know if anyone secretly filmed any of these! |
| . 11.03.2020 17:20 |
In 1979 I queued up at Ticket machine in Oxford street to get two tickets for ALL of the London and Brighton shows on the Crazy Tour. The most memorable gig for me was the one at the Tottenham Mayfair, it could almost be considered a "private" gig. It was a local haunt of mine, and I couldn't quite believe it when I discovered Queen were to play there. On the night I was sure they wouldn't turn up, they made a mistake on this one for sure I thought. How wrong could I be, Queen were in my local and I was was six feet from the stage with a beer in hand. This was a TINY venue for a band of their status, and it was an absolute blast for the few hundred fans who managed to get hold of a £4.75 ticket. The venue is long gone, but not forgotten (not least by me). Micky "Arrowmick" (who worked back stage at the venue) told me it was the best night of his career. |
| Queenman!! 11.03.2020 17:26 |
DP |
| Queenman!! 11.03.2020 17:28 |
Queenman!! wrote:stevelondon20 wrote:------------------------------------ The pub gig from 1982 had some footage at facebook a while ago link linkemrabt wrote: There's a couple of things like When Freddie Joined in at a local pub gig in 1982 and The Roof party at Kensington Garden club in 1986 where there were impromptu performances. The Cross + Brain and John did a 1989 fan club gig. But not as Queen.I'd love to know if anyone secretly filmed any of these! |
| emrabt 11.03.2020 17:53 |
Actually I need to make a correction it's was the 1988 fan club gig. |
| people on streets 11.03.2020 19:16 |
The Kurgan wrote: In 1979 I queued up at Ticket machine in Oxford street to get two tickets for ALL of the London and Brighton shows on the Crazy Tour. The most memorable gig for me was the one at the Tottenham Mayfair, it could almost be considered a "private" gig. It was a local haunt of mine, and I couldn't quite believe it when I discovered Queen were to play there. On the night I was sure they wouldn't turn up, they made a mistake on this one for sure I thought. How wrong could I be, Queen were in my local and I was was six feet from the stage with a beer in hand. This was a TINY venue for a band of their status, and it was an absolute blast for the few hundred fans who managed to get hold of a £4.75 ticket. The venue is long gone, but not forgotten (not least by me). Micky "Arrowmick" (who worked back stage at the venue) told me it was the best night of his career.Brilliant! |
| . 11.03.2020 19:31 |
^ Christmas was less than a week away and it was like a big party! |
| MisterCosmicc 11.03.2020 20:58 |
Peter Freestone said Freddie didn’t want to do private gigs. He said Freddie didn’t want to be used as a puppet by record executives or anyone else, he preferred playing to the public. |
| stevelondon20 11.03.2020 23:07 |
Queenman!! wrote:Cheers mate.Queenman!! wrote:stevelondon20 wrote:------------------------------------ The pub gig from 1982 had some footage at facebook a while ago link linkemrabt wrote: There's a couple of things like When Freddie Joined in at a local pub gig in 1982 and The Roof party at Kensington Garden club in 1986 where there were impromptu performances. The Cross + Brain and John did a 1989 fan club gig. But not as Queen.I'd love to know if anyone secretly filmed any of these! |
| . 12.03.2020 10:01 |
There was never any video footage on facebook of Freddie at the Hog's Grunt in '82, just a few screen shots. |
| Queenman!! 12.03.2020 11:02 |
The Kurgan wrote: There was never any video footage on facebook of Freddie at the Hog's Grunt in '82, just a few screen shots.---------------------------- your right Kurgan. i meant images not footage. |
| martin S 12.03.2020 11:53 |
Didn't they do a small gig for Adnan Kashoggi on his private yacht? cheers |
| The Real Wizard 12.03.2020 13:06 |
emrabt wrote: There's a couple of things like When Freddie Joined in at a local pub gig in 1982 and The Roof party at Kensington Garden club in 1986 where there were impromptu performances. The Cross + Brain and John did a 1989 fan club gig. But not as Queen.But how can we know for sure, since it's not public information? Most bands then and now do private functions in any number of circumstances. It's one of those things we just won't know about unless we were there or speak with people who were. And even if you ask them, they will almost certainly deny it unless they trust you (which is a million to one odds in this business) because even decades later there are still any number of reasons why they'd need to do so. There is far more that goes on than is in the public eye, and all the players involved (bands, techs, management, etc.) know what can be said openly and what cannot. And if anyone opens their yap when they shouldn't, they'll probably never work again. |
| The Real Wizard 12.03.2020 13:08 |
MisterCosmicc wrote: Peter Freestone said Freddie didn’t want to do private gigs. He said Freddie didn’t want to be used as a puppet by record executives or anyone else, he preferred playing to the public.And that could just be smart PR, even all these years later. People connected to rock stars will tow the company line even well after death. It's the same reason why McCartney continues to say Getting Better isn't about Lennon beating his woman, insisting it's character portrayal in song. Friends protect their friends. Mr Freestone is an honourable man, and he would never throw Mercury under the bus if given the opportunity. He tells stories, but he'll never tell all of them. After all these years, these guys are all experts at filtering when necessary (which is pretty well always). Peter Hince didn't understand this, and that's why Brian let him have it publicly. Of course it seemed unfair on the surface, but that's the price you pay when you look the gift horse in the mouth even decades after the fact. |
| Bo Alex 12.03.2020 14:03 |
What about the story related to the saudi arabian millionaire Adnán Jashogyi? I heard once that the song Kashoggi's Ship from The Miracle album was about the time Queen played a private gig for that man, in his ship. |
| brENsKi 12.03.2020 14:09 |
i think this one was relatively private: Truro City Hall, June 27, 1970 |
| PAPA EMERITUS VI 12.03.2020 14:56 |
I don't know. I do know however, that her sister Margaret could sing quite good and actually did ocassionally at private meetings. I've seen that in The Crown. |
| SkyeTV 12.03.2020 15:55 |
I heard that the Q+AL incarnation played a very private gig for a very famous writer before Christmas. I can't say the source or name the name, but by all accounts, it was a kind of magic. Potter on now. |
| MisterCosmicc 12.03.2020 17:22 |
Bo Alex wrote: What about the story related to the saudi arabian millionaire Adnán Jashogyi? I heard once that the song Kashoggi's Ship from The Miracle album was about the time Queen played a private gig for that man, in his ship.Brian said in an interview in 1989 that it was Freddie’s song and made a joke about Freddie partying on a yacht, not sure if he really did, particularly Khashoggi’s yacht, but it was Freddie’s concept either way. |
| emrabt 13.03.2020 12:35 |
The Real Wizard wrote: But how can we know for sure, since it's not public information?We can't which is why i gave the 3 things i know for a fact happened as we have proof of all three of them. |
| moonhead79 14.03.2020 09:44 |
link How can i edit this post to do it linkable ? |
| GoodTimesAreNow 14.03.2020 12:35 |
link Check the list! |
| GoodTimesAreNow 14.03.2020 12:46 |
link |
| PAPA EMERITUS VI 16.03.2020 16:45 |
Yeah, they played at my then girlfriend's party in the backyard, somewhere in 1976. Her parents got fed up with the noise, so we had to tie her mother down Then her brother went swimming with a brick or something. Anyway...star of the party was not Queen but a fella called Kashoggi There you have it.... |