How come Queen never played in Amsterdam?

They played in Leiden, Rotterdam, and The Hague but they never played a concert in Amsterdam. Why is this? Of course, when I say Queen I mean with Freddie.

They did not play in Amsterdam, because they played at the other places you mentioned. 

In all seriousness, I have no clue!

Because 1) Amsterdam sucks  and 2) Up to a few years ago when the Heineken Music Hall was built they did not have a proper concert venue in Amsterdam.

'They always loved playing in Rotterdam Ahoy - in fact Brian mentioned several times when he came back in for the Back to the Light tour and for the Q+PR concerts that "it's good to be back at the good old Ahoy!".

The Phenomenon wrote: Because 1) Amsterdam sucks  and 2) Up to a few years ago when the Heineken Music Hall was built they did not have a proper concert venue in Amsterdam.

'They always loved playing in Rotterdam Ahoy - in fact Brian mentioned several times when he came back in for the Back to the Light tour and for the Q+PR concerts that "it's good to be back at the good old Ahoy!".
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Ever been to Rotterdam? Amsterdam is heaven in comparison.

Hmmmm.... If Amsterdam is heaven, Rotterdam must be God :-)

How come Queen never played in Martin ?

Wijnand wrote: Hmmmm.... If Amsterdam is heaven, Rotterdam must be God :-)
Funny. That was exactly what I wasn't thinking.

because they couldnt play everywere

At that time Amsterdam didn't have any venues to hold big concerts. Nowadays they have the Ajax football statium "Amsterdam Arena" where a lot of the big concerts are held and which is infamous for it's terrible acoustics (well duh, it's a football stadium). And the Heineken Music Hall, for slightly smaller in scale acts.

But there wasn't a good venue to house big acts like Queen in Amsterdam in the 70s or 80s

Good answers. The reason why I asked this question was because Amsterdam is the capital and is bigger than the other Dutch cities they played in. It still is surprising that they didn't even play in a small theatre in Amsterdam yet they play in Leiden many times

@ Thomas Quinn:  I go to Rotterdam regularly... and avoid Amsterdam whenever I can. No seriously, as concert venue Ahoy stands out from the crowd, although the HMH is pretty good and I've seen a lot of bands there (among which one of the last concerts of The Darkness for example - amazing!) .  But nothing beats Queen in Ahoy!

Indeed, in the 70's and 80's there was no suitable arena or concert hall in Amsterdam. In those days we only had indoors Ahoy Rotterdam, IJsselhallen in Zwolle and the Groenordhallen and outdoors Feynoord stadion (only in the 80's as i remember Springsteen and others playing there) and de Galgenwaard stadion in Utrecht. Queen always played at the Ahoy but changed venue in the early eighties to the Groenoorhallen (bigger capacity then the ahoy in those days). The Groenoordhallen are gone by the way. I only saw Queen twice (84' & 86') in the Groenoordhallen, not the best acoustic concert hall but hey, it was Queen!!! I still like the Ahoy and the Heineken music hall in Amsterdam is the perfect concert hall acoustically IMO. I've seen a lot of concerts in the Amsterdam Arena but acoustically it sucks big time, and last year i went to see AC/DC there, and i have sworn that's the last time i ever gonna visit the damn place again, regardless of who's performing.

Exactly - I also hate these football stadiums. In fact, the only reason I will not be seeing Axl Rose live is because they are playing in f$%^kcing Gelredome, the worst acoustics ever. What a shame.

jamster1111 wrote: Good answers. The reason why I asked this question was because Amsterdam is the capital and is bigger than the other Dutch cities they played in. It still is surprising that they didn't even play in a small theatre in Amsterdam yet they play in Leiden many times

Queen in a small theatre? What did you have in mind, like 200 seats? Perhaps 300? Get real!

I went to see them in Leiden two tours running: great venue!