On this day 30 years ago, 12th July 1986, Queen took to the stage at Wembley Stadium. I feel is probably their best performance. The concert, part of the Magic Tour, was recorded and the album was released on 26 May 1992, with a DVD released in June 2003.
I first saw this Queen concert in 1989 when The Tube, an ITV program, broadcast sections of the show late one Sunday evening. I had a copy of this ‘Queen live at Wembley‘ concert on VHS for many years and I played it to death.
It is certainly one of my favourite live concerts and I regularly put it on and with my piano and guitar turned to 11 (spinal tap reference), I jam away to it. The first 2 tracks kick the concert off with a bang, ‘One Vision’ and ‘Tie Your Mother Down’. Other excellent tracks in the performance include Queen hits like ‘A Kind of Magic’, ‘I Want to Break Free’, ‘Love of My Life’ (with the audience joining in) and a poignant ‘Who Wants to Live Forever’ where Freddie says “we’re gonna stay together until we fucking well die, I’m sure of it.” Apparently, the band knew of his illness at that stage.
If you haven’t seen the concert it is certainly worth taking a look at, as Queen pumps out hit after hit.
Queen: Live at Wembley – Set List
“One Vision” – 5:50
“Tie Your Mother Down” – 3:52
“In the Lap of the Gods… Revisited” – 2:44
“Seven Seas of Rhye” – 1:19
“Tear It Up” – 2:12
“A Kind of Magic” – 8:41
“Under Pressure” – 3:41
“Another One Bites the Dust” – 4:54
“Who Wants to Live Forever” – 5:16
“I Want to Break Free” – 3:34
“Impromptu” – 2:55
“Brighton Rock Solo” – 9:11
“Now I’m Here” – 6:19
“Love of My Life” – 4:47
“Is This the World We Created…?” – 2:59
“(You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care” – 1:34
“Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart)” – 1:24
“Tutti Frutti” ( – 3:23[4]
“Gimme Some Lovin'” – 0:55
“Bohemian Rhapsody” – 5:50
“Hammer to Fall” – 5:36
“Crazy Little Thing Called Love” – 6:27
“Big Spender” – 1:07
“Radio Ga Ga” – 5:57
“We Will Rock You” – 2:46
“Friends Will Be Friends” – 2:08
“We Are the Champions” – 4:05
“God Save the Queen” – 1:27
If you are interested in reading more about this amazing Queen concert at Wembley Stadium in 1986 please the relevant page on my Queen Site.
Link: Queen live at Wembley and if you wish to try to play one of the songs from their set at Wembley then you might try the Bohemian Rhapsody Chords.
