What was the band's/Freddie's least favourite country to visit?

Just curiosity because there are some stories about some bad experiences they had in a country

South Africa maybe? As Roger stated "Sun City, i wished i never heard of the place".

Mexico?
I remember Freddie's famous "Motherfuckers, you bunch of tacos" or something like that to the crowd in Puebla's first gig (the fans were throwing shoes to the stage, lol)
I dont remember anything like that in any other show...

England

I remember they look pretty pissed off while being TV interviewed by that annoying dude in Brazil. Especially, when he addresses Freddie repeteadly as Fred. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0H2GWD3jh8

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[b]luthorn wrote: [/b] I remember they look pretty pissed off while being TV interviewed by that annoying dude in Brazil. Especially, when he addresses Freddie repeteadly as Fred. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0H2GWD3jh8[/QUOTE]

but that doesn't mean it was among his least favourite places to visit. let's face it the Brazilians loved queen and Rio just had to be Freddie's kinda place.

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US/Canada is probably 2nd to Mexico as leat favorite - North America tours were long and brutal.

In Mexico batteries were confiscated and sold back to concert goers at inflated prices ... and the batteries were thrown at the band on stage.

[url=http://www.queenlive.ca/queen/81-10-17.htm]http://www.queenlive.ca/queen/81-10-17.htm[/url]

http://www.queenconcerts.com/detail.php?action=stories&id=549

Why would anyone throw shoes on stage? Like, that would be the last thing I would think of while being in a Queen gig & enjoying the music.

Slane Castle / Ireland / 1986 .... I think Freddie swore never to come back to Ireland after a fight in the audience occurred and Brian being hit by a beer can.

Perhaps, Australia? Queen played very few concerts there. Their first tour did not go over well, if I recall correctly, which maybe is the reason why they hardly toured there. Perhaps someone with more intimate knowledge of the issue can elaborate.

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[b]luthorn wrote: [/b] I remember they look pretty pissed off while being TV interviewed by that annoying dude in Brazil. Especially, when he addresses Freddie repeteadly as Fred. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0H2GWD3jh8[/QUOTE]

but that doesn't mean it was among his least favourite places to visit. let's face it the Brazilians loved queen and Rio just had to be Freddie's kinda place.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I agree with that. I am surprised thou that there are so few interviews from SA tours and the only one available shows Queen as very cold. Maybe they did not like the guy doing the interview, since, if I recall correctly, he was some big TV person and probably tried to show off.

....from Freddie's point of view, its a hard question cuz Freddie wasnt that kind of person, he loved to perform,even if no one wanted to hear it.....With all the reactions from all over the world, Freddie still enjoyed the Live act of Queen, visiting the countries was just necassary in order to do it....He never went around the country to take in all its landscapes and touristy bits, but he sucked in the culture in other ways..and loved finding out about other ways of living other than the one he was raised in.....But he only did do Australia twice and South Africa once.....but then the same could be said for many other areas of the globe that they only visited once out of circumstance rather than love...

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[b]TRS-Romania wrote: [/b] Slane Castle / Ireland / 1986 .... I think Freddie swore never to come back to Ireland after a fight in the audience occurred and Brian being hit by a beer can.[/QUOTE]

Freddie said lots of things...let's face it - queen never went back anywhere after 1986...so no-one anywhere knows how serious this comment was

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Perhaps, Australia? Queen played very few concerts there. Their first tour did not go over well, if I recall correctly, which maybe is the reason why they hardly toured there. Perhaps someone with more intimate knowledge of the issue can elaborate. [/QUOTE]

My vague recollection is they came in around 1974 and got booed off! In 1985, I still vaguely recall things went much better and I seem to remember one of the band (I think it was Freddie!) saying he was glad they did come back!

And absence has made the heart grow fonder, if the ticket prices on Viagogo are anything to go by! They are getting up to ten times or even moe what they are getting for their cheapest US gigs! > http://www.viagogo.co.uk/Concert-Tickets/Rock-and-Pop/Queen-and-Adam-Lambert-Tickets