Freddie Mercury live in Hog's Grunt Pub, Cricklewood, UK (with Taxi)

What's going on here?
From what occasion was this show? Because Freddie has performed there, Jailhouse Rock. Do you know anything about this?

Yeah, thats one really interesting case
As photos from the place looks more like a screenshots there must be (at least partial) video of this perfomance!

Yep the thing was video recorded and according to this (https://www.flickr.com/photos/comunitaqueeniana/32154242701) it's 30min long footage and sikke seems to have it. Would love to see the footage.

If it's only one track (if sources are correct), what is the 30mins footage?

Since we know so little about it, how big chance is that the rest of the perfomance was just some talking or QA& or something like that? But im pretty sure that jailhouse rock was the only confirmed song and the rest is unkown so.

I think I read somewhere that it is just Jailhouse Rock and Freddie didn't really receive that huge a reaction from the crowd, like they couldn't care less he was there.

My guess is it's either just a few mins, or the rest of the 30 mins (if it exists) is Taxi without Freddie. I can't see them doing a Q&A at a pub.

Sounds intersting but maybe what comes to my mind is that since you can see is freedie on screen during 26min that maybe the whole stuff whas just taxi perfomance and freddie came to play jailhouse rock for the end of the show, maybe he was just guest.

Yeah, just noticed 26 mins on the screen from the screenshot. Could be the 26th minute of several clips on one disc/file, though - this being just a few mins long. I'd think that's the most likely scenario, tbh.

That's indeed sounds very possible to me as well.

What the hell is this?!?! I've been a Queen fan for over 20 years and have been reading QZ weekly for most of that time. Yet, I don't have a slightest clue about what is discussed here :O

Freddie turns up at a gig by Taxi in 1982 and joins them for their last song.

Quite why this wasn't in the movie I don't know.

That doesn't even look like him. I mean, the video quality is bad so it's tough to tell, but that looks like a balding black man.

It's Freddie alright.

Here's some better screenshots - http://www.queenconcerts.com/detail/live/1241/freddie-mercury-live-08-01-1982-hogs-grunt-pub-cricklewood-uk-with-taxi.html

8th January 1982 - Freddie Mercury made a guest appearance with Peter Straker’s Taxi, Hog's Grunt Pub, Cricklewood, UK - sang Jailhouse Rock. (From brianmay.com)

OK, it must be out there somewhere though right. Everyone get searching Peter Straker footage!!?!

Thank you! Thought for a while that was some kind of TV-show :D