If I remember what Jim Beach said it was something like this...
Queen were not as successful at that time in the US and Freddie wasn't keen on doing the work to get that success back. Of course health could have been a reason too. But Jim also mentioned that some members didn't enjoy the road much anymore by that time. "I Want to Break Free" really did haunt them there. If they did tour the US in '86, it would likely have not been stadiums
Regor · Member since
Didn't they sell out the LA Forum and MSG multiple nights between 1977 and 1982? I remember 4 nights in LA and 3 in NYC in 1980, which means they could've easily played the stadiums of theses cities (I think the forum has a capacity of 18.000 and MSG of 20.000).
skip · Member since
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Didn't they sell out the LA Forum and MSG multiple nights between 1977 and 1982? I remember 4 nights in LA and 3 in NYC in 1980, which means they could've easily played the stadiums of theses cities (I think the forum has a capacity of 18.000 and MSG of 20.000).[/QUOTE]
When you have multiple nights you have a certain number of repeat clients.
U.S. stadiums are usually in the 50,000 + range. Queen wasn't capable of doing a U.S. stadium tour at any point
in their career. They did have certain cities where they could play multiple nights (west coast/east coast).
Wikipedia states MSG holding 20,000 for a concert, but that's if seats are sold behind and to the left and right of the stage. Most bands don't sell these seats, so I think a sold out show there in a 3/4 configuration is around 15,000 or
16,000.
LA Forum - Concerts: 18,000. Same thing applies to seats behind and to the left/right of the stage.
Stadium shows aren't all they're cracked up to be. I prefer seeing a band in an arena. Better sound and sight lines.
Gregsynth · Member since
Interesting information! [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]Now here's another question: Would Queen sell out the arenas and theatres during the mid 80s tours?[/QUOTE]
thunderbolt 31742 · Member since
I doubt Queen would have been willing to tour theatres in America in the mid-1980's. If they had, I'm sure they would have sold them out.
Arenas probably would have sold out in large markets, but I doubt they could have drawn multiple nights in large venues, and I question if they would've bothered with the mid-markets at all, considering they probably would not have sold out there.
skip · Member since
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Now here's another question: Would Queen sell out the arenas and theatres during the mid 80s tours?
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IMO, Queen would have been able to play arenas in the some of the major cities where they were once popular.
They would no longer be playing multiple nights in the same city.
If Freddie hadn't passed away they would have regained some of their success in the U.S. after "Wayne's World".
I think they would have been able to do a decent U.S. arena tour in support of "Innuendo". They would have had
to focus their setlist on their heavier material, with much of the setlist coming from the '70s.
