Talk:Queen live performances

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Q: Do we need pictures for the decades? It would nicely break up the text a bit.

Yes. This article needs some pictures, especially of lighting rigs.(I found this one (http://pic.piczo.com/img/i119694966_76898_3.jpg) from a Hammersmith Odeon(?) show but it has a watermark.)— miketm - Queen WikiProject - 07:43, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Q: I think we should definitely change the picture to a Live Aid shot!

I think we should not change it but use both pictures. -Candyfloss 23:58, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Not to offend anyone, but it seems quite odd that the band is not in the Wembley photo!—Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.54.68.233 (talk • contribs)

Q: According to Queen-Live by Brooks, the band did 704 concerts. But this number could be debated.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.55.123.100 (talk • contribs)

I can assure you that there are many, many mistakes in this book... -Candyfloss 23:58, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Q: "The band first began to play "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" by Elton John on this tour which thereafter featured regularly on many future tours." This statement is incorrect. "Saturday Night's Alright" was played *maybe* once a tour, on very rare occasions. The fact that it happened to show up at Earl's Court and Wembley (two of the most famous gigs) seem to be misleading the author of that statement. -Axle

I have to admit that I am somewhat confused. Apart from the Magic Tour, SNAFF was played on numerous occasions. I have a number of bootleg recordings and Greg Brook's book has the song in many setlists. Perhaps you are thinking of Big Spender as this was hardly ever played in Queen's latter concerts but was in the Wembley gig. I have put the sentence back.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.54.201.47 (talk • contribs).

Contents 1 Thanks 2 About critics liking Queen + Paul Rodgers 3 Fair use rationale for Image:Queen542.jpg 4 Was/Is

[edit] Thanks

Thanks to the person who put in the mention of Love Of My Life! I thought I had ticked off all the usual trademarks of Queen's live career. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.55.124.199 (talk) 05:04, 9 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] About critics liking Queen + Paul Rodgers

Don't know about how it was at other places, but in Sweden they were hated by critics (altough maybe all the reviewers where Queen-haters). So maybe we should state they had a mixed reception?

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Queen542.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 11:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Was/Is

Queen is still performing with lead signer Brian Rodgers, so the opening sentence: "The English rock band Queen is noted for live performances with an energetic atmosphere" is correct. But then the opening para changes tense to past, starting with the next sentence: "A diverse catalogue of songs, massive sound systems, huge lighting rigs, an arsenal of pyrotechnics and many extravagant costumes helped turn shows into entertaining, theatrical events." And so on. The tenses bother me - shouldn't they be uniform, except when the reference is clearly to the Freddie Mercury era of the past? Glane23 (talk) 20:43, 23 May 2008 (UTC)