The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Produced by: Jim Beach and Queen
Recorded live at: Wembley Stadium, London. 20 April 1992
UK Picture Music International VHS: 23 November 1992 MVB 4910623
USA Hollywood Records VHS: 1993 1780
UK Parlophone/Capitol 10th Anniversary DVD: 13 May 2002 7243 4 90162
9 3
UK Eagle Vision Blu-ray: 2 September 2013 ERSBD3007
US Eagle Vision Blu-ray: 22 October 2013 EVSBD309939
Blu-ray
1. Stage Preparations
2. Brian May/Roger Taylor/John Deacon - Introduction
3. Metallica - Enter Sandman
4. Metallica - Sad But True
5. Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
6. Freddie Mercury Video Montage 1
7. Extreme - Queen Medley
8. Freddie Mercury Video Montage 2
9. Def Leppard/Brian May - Now I'm Here
10. Queen Montage
11. Bob Geldof - Too Late God
12. Guns N' Roses - Knocking on Heaven's Door
13. Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
14. Elizabeth Taylor - Speech
15. Freddie Mercury Montage 3
16. Queen + Joe Elliot/Slash - Tie Your Mother Down
17. Queen + Roger Daltrey/Tony Iommi - I Want It All
18. Queen + Zucchero - Las Palabras De Amor
19. Queen + Gary Cherone/Tony Iommi - Hammer To Fall
20. Queen + James Hetfield/Tony Iommi - Stone Cold Crazy
| |
21. Queen + Robert Plant - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
22. Brian May - Too Much Love Will Kill You
23. Queen + Paul Young - Radio Ga Ga
24. Queen + Seal - Who Wants To Live Forever
25. Queen + Lisa Stansfield - I Want To Break Free
26. Queen + David Bowie/Annie Lennox - Under Pressure
27. Queen + Ian Hunter/David Bowie/Mick Ronson - All The Young Dudes
28. Queen + David Bowie/Mick Ronson - Heroes
29. Queen + George Michael - '39
30. Queen + George Michael/Lisa Stansfield - These Are The Days Of
Our Lives
31. Queen + George Michael - Somebody To Love
32. Queen + Elton John/Axl Rose - Bohemian Rhapsody 33. Queen + Elton
John/Tony Iommi - The Show Must Go On
34. Queen + Axl Rose - We Will Rock You
35. Queen + Liza Minelli/Cast - We Are The Champions
36. God Save The Queen
|
Concert Info
Following the death of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury on
November 24, 1991, the remaining members of Queen organized a charity concert
to raise money for AIDS research and awareness. Announced by Roger Taylor
at the BRIT Awards, The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert was held on April
20, 1992 at Wembley Stadium in front of a sell out crowd of 72,000 and over
a billion television viewers around the world. Legendary rock artists united
with the hottest stars of the time to pay tribute to Mercury.
The concert was released multiple times on various formats over the years,
however the full, unedited concert has never been made available commercially.
A double VHS release was released in Europe at the end of 1992 with a laserdisc
to follow shortly thereafter. Hollywood Records in the US released an edited
single VHS version the following year. A 10th Anniversary DVD was released
in 2002 that only contained the Queen related performances. The most complete
version was released in 2013 on DVD and Blu-ray featuring most of the opening
acts and Queen set.
Queen and George Michael's performances of Somebody To Love and These Are
The Days Of Our Lives (with Lisa Stansfield) were released a year later
on the Five Live EP with additional George Michael live performances. Procedes
from the EP went to The Mercury Phoenix Trust. Not surprisingly, the EP
landed at number 1 in the UK charts.
Other performances from the concert appeared on various compilations and
CD singles over the years including releases from Metallica, Def Leppard,
Extreme, and Guns n' Roses.
Metallica
Extreme
Def Leppard
Bob Geldof
Spinal Top
The Majesty Of Rock
Appears on: Unreleased
U2
Until The End Of The World (Live
Via Satellite from Sacramento, California)
Appears on: Unreleased
Guns n' Roses
Elizabeth Taylor
Queen + Joe Elliott / Slash
Queen + Roger Daltrey / Tony Iommi
Queen + Zucchero
Queen + Gery Cherone / Tony Iommi
Queen + James Hetfield / Tony Iommi
Queen + Robert Plant
Brian May
Queen + Paul Young
Queen + Seal
Queen + Lisa Sansfield
Queen + David Bowie / Annie Lennox
Under Pressure
Appears on: UK
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992),
US
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993),
The
Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002),
The
Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013),
The
Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
Annie Lennox of Eurythmics fame sings Freddie's part and David Bowie reprises
his lead vocal performance.
Queen + Ian Hunter / David Bowie /
Mick Ronson / Joe Elliott / Phil Collen
Queen + David Bowie / Mick Ronson
Queen + George Michael
'39
Appears on: UK
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The
Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The
Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The
Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
Lead vocals by Wham singer and solo artist George Michael.
These Are The Days Of Our Lives (with Lisa Stansfield)
Appears on: UK
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The
Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The
Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The
Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
These Are The Days Of Our Lives is performed as a duet between George
Michael and Lisa Stansfield.
These Are The Days Of Our Lives (Live at the Freddie
Mercury Tribute Concert) 4:43
Appears on: Five
Live, Five
Live EP
This is a nice duet version. Michael and Stansfield's lead vocals work
very well together. They do mess up some of the lyrics however.
Somebody To Love
Appears on: UK
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1992), US
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (1993), The
Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2002), The
Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD (2013), The
Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Blu-Ray (2013)
This is an excellent performance of Somebody To Love, featuring vocals
by George Michael. This was later released as a single and on the Five
Live EP.
Somebody To Love (Live at the Freddie Mercury
Tribute Concert) 5:17
Appears on: Five
Live, Greatest
Hits 3, Five
Live EP, George
Michael and Queen Somebody To Love CD promo
This is the stand-out performance at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.
George Michael's vocals are great and well suited to the song. This performance
was the centerpiece of the Five Live EP, which reached number one on the
UK charts. Highly recommended.
Somebody To Love (Live at the Freddie Mercury
Tribute Concert Promo Edit) 4:37
Appears on: George
Michael and Queen Somebody To Love CD promo
Nice, tight edit of the track. Some of the middle has been removed to
lower the running time.
Queen + Elton John / Axl Rose
Queen + Elton John
Queen + Axl Rose
Queen + Liza Minnelli / Cast