Artist: QUEEN
Album: QUEEN ON FIRE - LIVE AT THE BOWL (DVD)

Release date: 1982/ 2004
EAN/UPS: 0801213061495
Media type: CD

“We hadn’t seen the footage for years, but when we looked at it we couldn’t believe how good it was, we were on fire Roger Taylor talking about the band’s 1982 concert at M K Bowl which is released in its full version for the first time Says Brian May: “This is the first time the Milton Keynes night has been shown in its entirety, and I have to say we all get a kick out of it ?all the more amazing because we came off stage that night thinking we hadn’t done ourselves justice!!! I’m proud to say It Rocks!!

By 1982 Queen were at a peak in terms of touring and recording. They were coming off the back of two of their biggest singles Another One Bites The Dust and Under Pressure and by now they were playing more than 60 sell-out concerts a year in the biggest stadiums of the world. They were also basking in the glory of having been the first foreign band to have toured and conquered Latin America. 1981 had seen the band play football stadiums throughout Argentina and Brazil, including two sell-out concerts at Sao Paulo’s historic Morumbi Stadium.

Such was the demand on the band to play arenas and stadiums throughout the world that they managed to play only 4 dates in the UK between 1981 1983. The M K Bowl concert was one of these and the closest they came to playing London in these 3 years.

The date was originally to have been played at Arsenal football ground, but when permission was turned down, the date was switched to the M K Bowl. It is little wonder then that by the time they reached the gig in June 1982 that the Queen touring machine was in prime condition. “We just stormed through that concert,says Taylor. “I’d forgotten just how tight the band was by then.

Queen On Fire Live At The Bowl/STRONG> is Queen at its electric best, with the band charging through 25 numbers drawn from the biggest hits and best loved live songs Dragon Attack, Now I’m Here, Tie Your Mother Down, Sheer Heart Attack, and two versions of We Will Rock You, including the much sought after "‘fast"version, altogether 110 minutes of live lassics.

Filmed by Gavin Taylor, and only ever seen in an edited version on Channel 4’s The Tube, this release has the concert restored to its original full length, amounting to an additional 47 minutes of previously unseen footage. Not released on video, Queen On Fire: Live At The Bowl marks the first time a recording of this concert has been available to own.

TRACKLIST DVD:

Flash
The Hero
We Will Rock You
Action This Day
Play The Game
Staying Power
Somebody To Love
Now I'm Here
Dragon Attack
Now I'm Here (Reprise)
Love Of My Life
Save Me
Back Chat
Get Down Make Love
Guitar Solo
Under Pressure
Fat Bottomed Girls
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Bohemian Rhapsody
Tie Your Mother Down
Another One Bites The Dust
Sheer Heart Attack
We Will Rock You
We Are The Champions
God Save The Queen

Special Features:

- Behind the scenes footage of preparations for the concert, together with unseen material from interviews filmed on the day with Brian May and Roger Taylor
- 35 minutes of bonus live performances from 1982, filmed at the Vienna Stadthalle and the final show of the tour at Tokyo's Seibu Stadium
- Extensive photo gallery archive