The Works Tour

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Queen Works! Tour
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World tour by Queen
Locations Europe, South America, Australia, Japan
Supporting album The Works
Start date August 24, 1984
End date May 15, 1985
Legs 5
Shows 48
Queen tour chronology
Hot Space Tour
(1982)
The Works Tour
(1984-1985)
Magic Tour
(1986)

The Works Tour was one of the largest tours by the English rock band Queen. During this tour, Queen participated in the Rock in Rio festival in 1985; the concert was released on VHS but there has not been a worldwide DVD release as of 2008. The band released a DVD from a concert in Tokyo titled We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan, but the name had no relation to the context, because after Tokyo there were two more gigs at Nagoya and Osaka.

Contents

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Extras

[edit] Setlist (Europe and South Africa)

  1. Machines (intro)
  2. Tear It Up
  3. Tie Your Mother Down
  4. Under Pressure
  5. Somebody to Love
  6. Killer Queen
  7. Seven Seas of Rhye
  8. Keep Yourself Alive
  9. Liar
  10. Improvisation
  11. It's a Hard Life
  12. Dragon Attack
  13. Now I'm Here
  14. Is This the World We Created?
  15. Love of My Life
  16. Stone Cold Crazy
  17. Great King Rat
  18. Spike Edney keyboards solo
  19. Guitar solo
  20. Brighton Rock finale
  21. Another One Bites the Dust
  22. Hammer to Fall
  23. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  24. Bohemian Rhapsody
  25. Radio Ga Ga
  26. I Want to Break Free
  27. Jailhouse Rock
  28. We Will Rock You
  29. We Are the Champions
  30. God Save the Queen [tape]

[edit] Other songs

Queen performing during the Works Tour
Queen performing during the Works Tour

[edit] Setlist (outside Europe and South Africa)

  1. Machines (intro)
  2. Tear It Up
  3. Tie Your Mother Down
  4. Under Pressure
  5. Somebody to Love
  6. Killer Queen
  7. Seven Seas of Rhye
  8. Keep Yourself Alive
  9. Liar
  10. Improvisation
  11. It's a Hard Life
  12. Dragon Attack
  13. Now I'm Here
  14. Is This the World We Created?
  15. Love of My Life
  16. Guitar solo
  17. Brighton Rock finale
  18. Another One Bites the Dust
  19. Hammer to Fall
  20. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  21. Bohemian Rhapsody
  22. Radio Ga Ga
  23. I Want to Break Free
  24. Jailhouse Rock
  25. We Will Rock You
  26. We Are the Champions
  27. God Save the Queen [tape]

[edit] Other songs

[edit] Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
First Leg – Europe
August 24, 1984 Brussels Belgium Forest National
August 28 and 29 1984 Dublin Ireland RDS Simmons Hall
August 31, September 1 and 2 1984 Birmingham England National Exhibition Centre
September 4, 5, 7 and 8 1984 London England Wembley Arena
September 11, 1984 Dortmund Germany Westfalenhalle
September 14 and 15 1984 Milan Italy Sports Palace
September 16, 1984 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
September 18, 1984 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
September 20, 1984 Leiden Netherlands Groenoordhallen
September 21, 1984 Brussels Belgium Forest National
September 22, 1984 Hannover Germany Europahalle
September 24, 1984 Berlin Germany Deutschlandhalle
September 26, 1984 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle
September 27, 1984 Stuttgart Germany Schleyerhalle
September 29 and 30 1984 Vienna Austria Stadthalle
Second Leg – South Africa
October 5, 6, 7, 12, 13,14 18, 19 and 20 1984 Sun City South Africa Sun City Super Bowl
Third Leg – Brasil (Rock in Rio)
January 12 and 19 1985 Rio de Janeiro Brasil Barra da Tijuca
Fourth Leg – Australia
April 13, 1985 Auckland New Zealand Mount Smart Stadium
April 16, 17, 19 and 20 1985 Melbourne Australia Sports & Entertainments Centre
April 25, 26, 28 and 29 1985 Sydney Australia Sydney Entertainment Centre
Fifth Leg – Japan
May 8, 9 and 11 1985 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan
May 13, 1985 Nagoya Japan Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
May 15, 1985 Osaka Japan Osaka Castle Hall

[edit] Other

  • Mercury fell down the stairs during the performance of "Hammer to Fall" at Hanover. He was only able to play "Bohemian Rhapsody", "We Will Rock You", and "We Are the Champions" afterwards, shortening the concert somewhat.
  • Queen performed before 325,000 people in Rio de Janeiro.

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