The Works Tour

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = Queen Works! Tour


type=World
locations=Europe, South America, Australia, Japan
album="The Works"
artist = Queen
start_date = August 24, 1984
end_date = May 15, 1985
number_of_legs = 5
number_of_shows = 48
last_tour = Hot Space Tour
(1982)
this_tour = The Works Tour
(1984-1985)
next_tour = 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 "", but the name had no relation to the context, because after Tokyo there were two more gigs at Nagoya and Osaka.

Personnel

*John Deacon – Bass guitar, Rhythm guitar
*Brian May – Lead guitar, Vocals
*Freddie Mercury – Lead vocals, Piano, Rhythm Guitar
*Roger Taylor – Drums, Vocals

Extras

*Spike Edney – Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm guitar

etlist (Europe and South Africa)

# Machines (intro)
# Tear It Up
# Tie Your Mother Down
# Under Pressure
# Somebody to Love
# Killer Queen
# Seven Seas of Rhye
# Keep Yourself Alive
# Liar
# Improvisation
# It's a Hard Life
# Dragon Attack
# Now I'm Here
# Is This the World We Created?
# Love of My Life
# Stone Cold Crazy
# Great King Rat
# Spike Edney keyboards solo
# Guitar solo
# Brighton Rock finale
# Hammer To Fall
# Another One Bites The Dust
# Crazy Little Thing Called Love
# Bohemian Rhapsody
# Radio Ga Ga

Encore:
# I Want to Break Free
# Jailhouse Rock
# We Will Rock You
# We Are the Champions
# God Save the Queen [tape]

Other songs

*Staying Power (approx. half of the gigs)
*Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
*Mustapha (intro)
*Sheer Heart Attack (replacing "Jailhouse Rock")
*Not Fade Away (London, September 4, 1984)
*'39 (part, Leiden)

etlist (outside Europe and South Africa)

# Machines (intro)
# Tear It Up
# Tie Your Mother Down
# Under Pressure
# Somebody to Love
# Killer Queen
# Seven Seas of Rhye
# Keep Yourself Alive
# Liar
# Improvisation
# It's a Hard Life
# Dragon Attack
# Now I'm Here
# Is This the World We Created?
# Love of My Life
# Guitar solo
# Brighton Rock finale
# Another One Bites the Dust
# Hammer to Fall
# Crazy Little Thing Called Love
# Bohemian Rhapsody
# Radio Ga Ga

Encore:
# I Want to Break Free
# Jailhouse Rock
# We Will Rock You
# We Are the Champions
# God Save the Queen [tape]

Other songs

*Rock in Rio Blues (improvisation)
*Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
*Mustapha (intro)
*Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
*Let Me Out (during the guitar solo)
*My Fairy King (during the piano improvisation)
*The March of the Black Queen (during the piano improvisation)"'

Tour dates

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.

External links

* [http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/queen/works1984.html Queen Concerts]