Queen - Live in West Berlin (26th June 1986)

QUEEN QUEEN QUEEN Tour: Magic Date: 26th June 1986 Venue: Waldbühne City: West Berlin, West Germany Attendance: 22,600 Audio Quality: A- Lineage: RADIO - ? - "Immigrant Magic" (Gypsy Eye 148-149) - ? - FLAC The pictures were taken by two Unknown Photographers. Four years after playing the Waldbühne already, Queen return to the outdoor venue in 1986 to play another show that is part of the German "Open Air Festival '86". Just like in 1982, the band are swarmed by mosquitoes throughout the show which might affect their performance which is far less tight and consistent than what you'd usually expect from a Magic Tour show. Especially Brian has some uncharacteristically sloppy moments, mostly during the first 40 minutes of the show. Put that together with a rough show for Freddie (despite the five days off, he only manages to sing cleanly in a few songs although his soft tone sounds quite good during the acoustic set!), leading to weak renditions of 'Seven Seas of Rhye', 'I Want to Break Free' and 'Hammer to Fall' (for Freddie, who often struggled with this song in 1986). Despite this, there are great moments throughout, including 'One Vision', 'A Kind of Magic' and 'Now I'm Here' as well as Brian's 9-minute-long guitar solo which includes a few hints at older songs and covers and is generally very strong. This show also infamously features a one-off cover of Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Song' after the Impromptu. While it's clearly not planned and rehearsed, the band have a lot of fun with it. Snippets at this show: 'Liar' (before 'Tear It Up'), 'Immigrant Song' by Led Zeppelin (after the Impromptu), 'Sakura' and 'Keep Yourself Alive' (both during Brian's guitar solo) and 'Johnny B. Goode' by Chuck Berry (during 'Now I'm Here'). 00:00:00 - 01. One Vision 00:05:29 - 02. Tie Your Mother Down 00:09:49 - 03. In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited 00:12:12 - 04. Seven Seas of Rhye 00:13:31 - 05. Liar / Tear It Up 00:15:48 - 06. A Kind of Magic 00:22:11 - 07. Ay-Oh 00:23:34 - 08. Under Pressure 00:27:31 - 09. Another One Bites the Dust 00:32:15 - 10. Who Wants to Live Forever 00:35:59 - 11. I Want to Break Free 00:39:23 - 12. Impromptu 00:42:11 - 13. Immigrant Song 00:43:01 - 14. Guitar Solo 00:52:05 - 15. Now I'm Here 00:57:20 - 16. Love of My Life 01:02:06 - 17. Is This the World We Created...? 01:04:53 - 18. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care 01:06:17 - 19. Hello Mary Lou 01:07:52 - 20. Tutti Frutti 01:11:01 - 21. Bohemian Rhapsody 01:16:37 - 22. Hammer to Fall 01:22:16 - 23. Crazy Little Thing Called Love E N C O R E [cut] 01:28:05 - 24. Radio Ga Ga E N C O R E 01:35:52 - 25. We Will Rock You 01:38:56 - 26. Friends Will Be Friends 01:40:59 - 27. We Are the Champions 01:44:42 - 28. God Save the Queen [tape] You can download every show I've uploaded either on queenboots.live or the Queen Forum (queenchat.boards.net)!