The Works Tour

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The Works Tour
World tour by Queen
Associated album The Works
Start date 24 August 1984
End date 15 May 1985
Legs 5
Number of shows 26 in Europe
7 in Africa
2 in South America
9 in Oceania
5 in Asia
46 in Total
Queen concert chronology

The Works Tour was a concert tour by the British rock band Queen. During the tour, Queen participated in the Rock in Rio festival in 1985; the concert was released on VHS. The band released a DVD from a concert in Tokyo titled We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan, but the name of the concert was incorrect as the band performed 2 further concerts after Tokyo in Nagoya and Osaka.

Stage design

The stage design was based on a scene from Fritz Lang's Metropolis with huge rotating cog-wheels at the rear of the stage and a brightly lit cityscape.[1] Due to a prior ligament damage in his knee, it was somewhat of a challenge for Mercury to navigate the complex set of multiple levels and stairs. Eventually, in Hanover, Mercury fell down the stairs during the performance of "Hammer to Fall".[2] He was only able to play "Bohemian Rhapsody", "We Will Rock You", and "We Are the Champions" afterwards, shortening the concert somewhat. Due to Mercury's injury, May played the first bars of "We Will Rock You" out of anxiety in order to get Mercury to hospital.

Setlists

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Europe & Africa Setlist
  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. Keyboard Solo
  19. Guitar Solo
  20. Brighton Rock (finale)
  21. Radio Ga Ga
  22. Another One Bites The Dust
  23. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  24. Bohemian Rhapsody
  25. Hammer To Fall
    Encore
  26. I Want To Break Free
  27. "Jailhouse Rock"
    Encore
  28. We Will Rock You
  29. We Are the Champions
  30. God Save the Queen

Other songs

Hannover, Germany Setlist

  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. It's a Hard Life
  11. Mustapha (intro)
  12. Dragon Attack
  13. Now I'm Here
  14. Is This the World We Created?
  15. Love of My Life
  16. Stone Cold Carzy
  17. Great King Rat
  18. Keyboard solo
  19. Guitar solo
  20. Brighton Rock (outro)
  21. Another One Bites the Dust
  22. Hammer to Fall (Freddie falls down and injures his leg and shortens the concert)
  23. Bohemian Rhapsody
    Encore
  24. We Will Rock You
  25. We Are The Champions
  26. God Save the Queen
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Asia & Oceania Setlist
  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. It's a Hard Life
  11. Dragon Attack
  12. Now I'm Here
  13. Is This the World We Created?
  14. Love of My Life
  15. Guitar solo
  16. Brighton Rock finale
  17. Another One Bites the Dust
  18. Hammer to Fall
  19. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  20. Bohemian Rhapsody
  21. Radio Ga Ga
    Encore
  22. I Want to Break Free
  23. Jailhouse Rock
    Encore
  24. We Will Rock You
  25. We Are the Champions
  26. God Save the Queen

Other Songs

  • Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
  • Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
  • Mustapha (intro)
  • Let Me Out (part in guitar solo)
  • My Fairy King (part in guitar solo)
  • March of the Black Queen (part in piano improvisation)
Queen performing during the Works Tour

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Europe
24 August 1984 Brussels Belgium Forest National
28 August 1984 Dublin Ireland RDS Simmonscourt
29 August 1984
31 August 1984 Birmingham England National Exhibition Centre
1 September 1984
2 September 1984
4 September 1984 London Wembley Arena
5 September 1984
7 September 1984
8 September 1984
11 September 1984 Dortmund West Germany Westfalenhalle
14 September 1984 Milan Italy Palasport di San Siro
15 September 1984
16 September 1984 Munich West Germany Olympiahalle
18 September 1984 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
20 September 1984 Leiden Netherlands Groenoordhallen
21 September 1984 Brussels Belgium Forest National
22 September 1984 Hannover West Germany Europahalle
24 September 1984 Berlin Deutschlandhalle
26 September 1984 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
27 September 1984 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
29 September 1984 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
30 September 1984
Africa
5 October 1984 Bophuthatswana South Africa Sun City Super Bowl
6 October 1984
13 October 1984
14 October 1984
18 October 1984
19 October 1984
20 October 1984
South America
11 January 1985[A] Rio de Janeiro Brazil Cidade do Rock
18 January 1985[A]
Oceania
13 April 1985 Auckland New Zealand Mount Smart Stadium
16 April 1985 Melbourne Australia Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre
17 April 1985
19 April 1985
20 April 1985
25 April 1985 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
26 April 1985
28 April 1985
29 April 1985
Asia
8 May 1985 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan
9 May 1985
11 May 1985 Yoyogi National Gymnasium
13 May 1985 Nagoya Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
15 May 1985 Osaka Osaka Castle Hall
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was part of "Rock in Rio"
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
10 September 1984 Westfallenhalle Dortmund Rescheduled to 11 September 1984
12 September 1984 Verona Arena Verona Cancelled
7 October 1984 Sun City Super Bowl Bophuthatswana Cancelled after four songs due to Mercury losing his voice
9, 12 October 1984 Sun City Super Bowl Bophuthatswana Cancelled
11 April 1985 Hawkes Bay Winery Hawkes Bay Cancelled
14 April 1985 Queen Elizabeth II Park Christchurch Cancelled

Tour band

Additional musicians:

Trivia

  • On 7 October in Sun City, the concert came to an end early after Mercury lost his voice and left in tears after the third song in the set "Under Pressure".[3]
  • Queen performed for a total of 600,000 people in the two Rio de Janeiro's Rock in Rio Music Festival concerts (300,000 per show)[4]
  • In Hannover, after the end of Hammer to Fall, Mercury fell and injured his leg. This can be seen on the bootleg cover "Hannover is Dangerous". Mercury was helped to the piano to continue the concert by his assistant, however the set was shortened because he suffered from the pain to his leg.

References

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