We're going to the San Jose show on Wednesday and wanted to know who is opening for Queen, when does Queen actually come on stage, and how long do they play including encores? Thanks.
I saw them in Hollywood and there was no opening act. I think it's the same deal this time too.
It'll run about 2 hrs I think. I can't wait for the SJ show.
I think there are people arriving late thinking there's an opening act and there isn't one.
Get to your seats on time. I've been to 2 shows and both started well before many people were at their seats.
teleman wrote: I think there are people arriving late thinking there's an opening act and there isn't one.
Get to your seats on time. I've been to 2 shows and both started well before many people were at their seats.
That was the same at many of the shows we went to. People were still coming in as the show started.
Here's what to expect:
Approx 30 minutes before the scheduled start of the show, you're going to hear a lot of AC/DC hard rock coming thru the speaker system.
When the show is about to start, you'll hear Beautiful Day.
Next you'll hear Eminem doing a number, encouraging the audience to "Lose Yourself".
Next, the lights go down, and Paul Rodgers starts to sing "Reaching Out". Half way through the song, the spotlight goes on and finds him magically on the stage. At the end of the song, Brian May steps through the black curtain and starts the instrumental part of "Tie Your Mother Down", after which the curtain drops and the concert gets into full gear.
DON'T BE LATE!!! On Saturday night in San Diego, the show started about 10 minutes late, but that is not the norm. I saw a number of people arrive very late, obviously expecting an opening act, and they came in during Bohemian Rhapsody. Damn fools.
In Buffalo they played some CCR and Queen remix songs. Then Beautiful Day and Eminem.
I Deroit they played almost all Jimi Hendrix then Beautiful Day and Eminem.
Matt
They play Eminem because his lyrics go something like ....."lose yourself in the moment, in the music, this is your one shot, comes once in a lifetime..." or something like that.
So they start with Eminem telling the audience to lose themselves in the moment, then Paul Rodgers asking the audience to reach out. And believe me, the concert is much better when the audience loses its inhibitions and gives back to the performers.
Some of the that I went to had 7:30 on the ticket and they still started around 8:15
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if its like the one i went to in Newcastle, it said starts 8pm i think, but at aboout 7:45, they blasted some remixed free/ bad company/ queen songs out teh speakers for about 20 mins, then beauitful day started, at about say 10 past, then lights went out and lose yourself started, so we started around 8:15 if i remmeber correctly.
newcastle was the first show apparantly where it was meant to be a full 2 hours without encores, how wrong were they, there was an encore but then again it was very short. the show was over 2 hours though
Pre-concert music:
In DC they played some AC/DC and lots of the Beatles songs that are more of the hippy era (not I Want to Hold Your Hand peppy Beatles songs). I think they might have also played a Hendrix song. I remember thinking, maybe they were playing the music that was their influence when they were getting started.
Beginning of Concert:
Then the Beautiful Day Remix (this is when the music was getting much louder and the lights I think were slightly dimmed). Then for the Eminem song, it was pitch black and very loud.
Anyway in DC I glanced at my watch and it was 8:07 p.m. for the beginning of the show and it was an 8:00 p.m. time on the ticket.
The tickets for San Jose, CA said 7:30, but when we walked in, the video screens said that the band would be onstage at 8pm. They hit the stage around 8:10pm and never looked back.
Speaking of the bootleg of Neil Diamond doing GnR, what do you think the judges on American Idol would say if Axl showed up to an audition. You should hear him wail on the Use Your Illusion live in Japan disc.
Thanks to everyone that responded. The SJ show was apparently a little different than the others, but once they came onstage about 40 minutes past the start time, they put on a great show. Probably the only downside was that the set mix didn't have more of the older songs, but everything they played really rocked. The show was every bit as fun as when I first saw them at Winterland around '75. You obviously can't replace the talent and voice of Freddie, but Paul Rodgers filled in well. I could not believe the voices on these dudes after so many years. Best show I've seen in a long time. Thanks again for the responses!