Party At The Palace

Executive Produced by: George Martin, Michael Kamen, and Phil Ramone
Recorded live at: Buckingham Palace, London. 3 June 2002
UK Virgin/EMI CD: 24 June 2002 VTCDX 463 / Did Not Chart

CD
1. God Save The Queen - Brian May feat Roger Taylor & Ray Cooper
2. You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins
3. Dancing in The Street - Atomic Kitten
4. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
5. Everything I Do (I Do It For You) - Bryan Adams
6. You Can Leave Your Hat On - Tom Jones feat Blue & Keith Airley
7. Radio Ga Ga - Queen
8. We Will Rock You - Queen, The London Cast Of The Musical We Will Rock You
9. We Are The Champions - Queen + Will Young, The London Cast Of The Musical We Will Rock You
10. Why - Annie Lennox
11. Move It - Cliff Richard feat S Club 7 & Brian May
 
12. Paranoid - Ozzy Osbourne feat Tony Iommi
13. I Want Love - Elton John
14. God Only Knows - Brian Wilson and The Corrs
15. Good Vibrations - Brian Wilson featuring Emma Bunton & Atomic Kitten
16. Layla - Eric Clapton
17. Gimme Some Lovin' - Steve Winwood
18. With a Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker feat Steve Winwood & Brian May
19. Handbags & Gladrags - Rod Stewart feat J'anna Jacoby
20. All You Need Is Love - Various Artists
21. Hey Jude - Paul McCartney featuring Various Artists

Related Songs

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen, The London Cast Of The Musical We Will Rock You

Album Info

The Queen's Golden Jubilee commemoriated Queen Elizabeth II's 50th year of reign in the UK. Called Party At The Palace, the event was held at Buckingham Palace in front of a crowd of 12,000 and over 200 million watching on television. A who's who of British popular musicians performed with a house band and the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen.

Most famously, Brian May opened the concert on top of Buckingham Palace, performing his rendition of God Save The Queen with the trusty Red Special guitar. Brian May and Roger Taylor later performed a set as Queen with the London Cast Of We Will Rock You and were later joined by Will Young of Pop Idol fame for We Are The Champions. Brian and Roger performed with other artists throughout the evening including Joe Cocker, Phil Collins, and Cliff Richard.

The concert was released on DVD and CD in June 2002. The CD was heavily edited, removing the performance of Bohemian Rhapsody. That performance would finally become available on the We Will Rock You The Musical 10th Anniversary CD.

God Save The Queen

God Save The Queen 1:58
Performers: Brian May + The Royal Academy Of Music Symphony Orchestra with Roger Taylor & Ray Cooper
Appears on: Party At The Palace CD, Party At The Palace DVD

Recorded live at Buckingham Palace June 3, 2002. The historic opening of The Queen's Golden Jubilee featured Brian May on top of Buckingham Palace playing God Save The Queen. On stage assisting is The Royal Academy Of Music Symphony Orchestra with Roger Taylor on timpani and Ray Cooper on gong.

You Can't Hurry Love

You Can't Hurry Love 3:04
Performers: Phil Collins + The Royal Academy Of Music Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Academy Of Music Jazz Horns, and the House Band with Roger Taylor
Appears on: Party At The Palace CD, Party At The Palace DVD

Recorded live at Buckingham Palace June 3, 2002. A very good live version of the Phil Collins classic. Phil Collins of course is on lead vocals while Roger Taylor fills in on drums.

Radio Ga Ga

Radio Ga Ga 2:18
Performers: Queen (Brian May & Roger Taylor) + Phil Collins
Appears on: Party At The Palace CD, Party At The Palace DVD

Recorded live at Buckingham Palace June 3, 2002. Lead vocals by Roger Taylor. Drum duties are handled by Phil Collins.

We Will Rock You

We Will Rock You 1:48
Performers: Queen (Brian May & Roger Taylor) + The London Cast Of The Musical We Will Rock You + Phil Collins
Appears on: Party At The Palace CD, Party At The Palace DVD

Recorded live at Buckingham Palace June 3, 2002. Brian handles lead vocal duties and the cast of the London musical sings backing vocals. Roger Taylor and Phil Collins play drums.

We Are The Champions

We Are The Champions 2:35
Performers: Queen (Brian May & Roger Taylor) + Will Young + The London Cast Of The Musical We Will Rock You + Phil Collins
Appears on: Party At The Palace CD, Party At The Palace DVD

Recorded live at Buckingham Palace June 3, 2002. Will Young of Pop Idol fame is on lead vocals.

Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody 5:45
Performers: Queen (Brian May & Roger Taylor) + Tony Vincent + Hannah Jane Fox + Sharon D. Clarke + The London Cast Of The Musical We Will Rock You + Phil Collins
Appears on: Party At The Palace DVD, UK We Will Rock You 10th Anniversary CD

Recorded live at Buckingham Palace June 3, 2002. Lead vocals are shared between Tony Vincent, Hannah Jane Fox, and Sharon D. Clarke. The full operatic section is performed live by the WWRY London Cast. This was not featured on the Party At The Palace CD and did not appear as an audio release until the 10th Anniversary We Will Rock You Anniversary CD.

Move It

Move It 2:43
Performers: Cliff Richard feat. S Club 7 & Brian May
Appears on: Party At The Palace CD, Party At The Palace DVD

Recorded live at Buckingham Palace June 3, 2002. A live version of the Cliff Richard hit. Brian May is featured on lead guitar.

With A Little Help From My Friends

With A Little Help From My Friends 5:42
Performers: Joe Cocker feat. Steve Winwood & Brian May
Appears on: Party At The Palace CD, Party At The Palace DVD

Recorded live at Buckingham Palace June 3, 2002. Lead vocals by Joe Cocker, Brian May on lead guitar, Phil Collins on drums, and Steve Winwood on keyboard.

All You Need Is Love

All You Need Is Love 3:37
Performers: Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker, Paul McCartney, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Various Artists
Appears on: Party At The Palace CD, Party At The Palace DVD

Recorded live at Buckingham Palace June 3, 2002. Paul McCartney's set finished the Queen's Golden Jubilee concert. Paul is joined on stage by virtually every performer at the concert that day. Brian can be seen on guitar and Roger Taylor is assisting with percussion.

Hey Jude

Hey Jude 6:51
Performers: Various Artists
Appears on: Party At The Palace CD, Party At The Palace DVD

Recorded live at Buckingham Palace June 3, 2002. The last song of the evening, Paul McCartney is on piano and vocals and is joined by all of the artists that performed that day. Brian is standing next to Eric Clapton, sharing guitar duties and Roger Taylor is again assisting with percussion.