It was good while it lasted...

@The Real Wizard - I think the biggest disappointement is that Brian spent so much time hyping the shows with a setlist containing "deep cuts", and now just a couple of shows in, those songs are pulled, and replaced by Greatest Hits stuff.
Saying I'm disappointed in their decision and false advertising, is putting it mildly.
Hopefully they get wiser once their European tour starts.

Just came back from the Jersey show. Like in 2014, shitty crowd. Great production, video, lights, lasers and spectacle. Every second with FRANK was amazing. Great concept and execution.
Too bad they dropped those two songs. I fucking hated it when I heard the opening chords to Break Free because it reminded me of what had been dropped.

On the other side I really enjoyed Get Down Make Love (usually don't care for it much), Hammer to Fall (surprise, surprise, it works), and I'm in love with my car. Even Brian's solo was enjoyable.

I Want it all and Love of my life, two of my highlights from the 2005 tour, were dull, dull, dull... they should now be retired and never be played in the U.S. again.

[QUOTE] [b]Wiley wrote:[/b]

Just came back from the Jersey show. Like in 2014, shitty crowd. Great production, video, lights, lasers and spectacle. Every second with FRANK was amazing. Great concept and execution.
Too bad they dropped those two songs. I fucking hated it when I heard the opening chords to Break Free because it reminded me of what had been dropped.

On the other side I really enjoyed Get Down Make Love (usually don't care for it much), Hammer to Fall (surprise, surprise, it works), and I'm in love with my car. Even Brian's solo was enjoyable.

I Want it all and Love of my life, two of my highlights from the 2005 tour, were dull, dull, dull... they should now be retired and never be played in the U.S. again.


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Glad you enjoyed the show, but wasn't it in New Jersey? Jersey is a small island in the English Channel ;)

New here. How refreshing to read some honest difference of opinion between fans. Not just Adam is shit and no Freddie or unadulterated arse and smoke blowing.

I've seen them twice with Adam and both times they were great. Once up in the Gods in Chicago in 2014 and actually the set list was more for the fans than the current greatest hits one and once in Nottingham, right at the front which was brilliant. On both occasions they were loud and very rocky, despite that Adam is clearly a pop or musical singer.

I'm a little concerned at some of the reviews on here, it really does sound like they've got a bit boring and stayed. Have to say there's a couple of versions I've seen on you tube that are a bit dull, I don't like the STL at the moment. I've seen a couple of good renditions of other songs though.

Which brings us on the matter in hand. I was chuffed to bits when I saw IL and SYW were on the set list, genuinely excited. I think Adam sang them pretty well too especially as someone getting to grips with them. Dropping them for a song the Americans hated is bizarre and an own goal I hope they correct for the UK leg. The criticism of Brian selling a deeper cuts set list is a just one, Christ I even fantasized about about SASS and Sheer Heart Attack being included. For me I couldn't care less if they fucked off Radio Ga Ga, though that will never happen.

Lets face it UK fans are different and will be there to hear Queen's music not Adam's so there's no need to market and appeal to Glamberts and play Two Fux for a start. As I'm going to the Newcastle gig I'm hoping by then the excitement will be back and the set list more interesting. And one final suggestion which will never be taken on board - why not finish in a different way? Everyone knows what's coming and it's frankly boring. Why not mix it up and play Champions and WWRY (if the bloody thing has to be played) at different stages of the set and end with some other combinations? Wouldn't it be great to end with Laps of the Gods?

well having travelled from the UK to the Brooklyn show I was rather excited

echoing what everyones said, the production is I think the best they've done, the use of Frank was genius, the band were exceptionally loud I thought, way louder than the last time I seen them in 2015

now onto the slight negatives, yes the tour was hyped as an anniversary tour for NOTW and we got 1 new song which was GDML, and also agreeing what Wiley said I did feel a disappointment of sorts when IWTBF started coz I knew thats where Its Late used to be!

Got 3 shows booked for the UK tour so hopefully with the new boxset of NOTW coming out in November, they'll put those 2 songs back in as those were on the Live Killers album that was the 79 European tour, so hopefully the band think they're more well known in Europe coz of that album

It's Late isn't on my copy of Live Killers.

Not on mine either, and I'm not sure what Live Killers has to do with News Of The World

".....they'll put those 2 songs back in as those were on the Live Killers album that was the 79 European tour..."

Those 2 songs weren't on the Live Killers album.

So on the American tour IL and SYW lasted 2 nights.

The last show with both SYW and It's Late was in Denver, July 6th. I really enjoyed the production and feel fortunate they played those songs.

Ok yeah my mistake

It's late wasn't on live killers album but it was played on the live killers tour! That's a mixup on my part, I always felt with the recordings available both Its Late and Spread your wings were better received by the European audiences, especially Spread your wings as per the live killers version with the audience singing along so hopefully we get those back for our 2017 European tour!

On the last US tour the show opened with Now I'm Here. By the time they reached UK and European arenas it was dropped in favour of One Vision. This doesn't look good for anyone hoping that It's Late and Spread Your Wings will return later in the year, if anything I have a feeling Get Down Make Love will fade away too.

While I agree for the most part with Real Wizard's post about playing the hits to an arena filled hits market I can't help noticing that along with Now I'm Here, Stone Cold Crazy was added but has remained. Surely to the greatest hits fan that is just as obscure as any other none single track. Both Roger and Brian have said that deep cuts will be played but they continue to step back from that statement. It would be better if they didn't say stuff like this and then surprise people if they decided to include something different.

I'm still looking forward to seeing them, I'm quite excited about it, but I'm a little disappointed by the fact that the bands promise that they would dig deeper into the catalogue at this point has only resulted in a snippet of Bicycle Race, a song they played last time around two songs which they've dropped and one real surprise!

[QUOTE] [b]Nitroboy wrote:[/b]

@The Real Wizard - I think the biggest disappointement is that Brian spent so much time hyping the shows with a setlist containing "deep cuts", and now just a couple of shows in, those songs are pulled, and replaced by Greatest Hits stuff.
Saying I'm disappointed in their decision and false advertising, is putting it mildly.
Hopefully they get wiser once their European tour starts.[/QUOTE]

Everyone will make up their own mind as to whether "the deep cuts" delivered matches their own expectation for the tour. I went to the DC show and was very pleased with the inclusion of SCC, BR and GDML. A pretty good haul I thought. I also have to give credit for a transition that occurred that used the intro to YTMBA. While lost on most glambert fans and casual Queen fans, your more substantial Queen fan is going to enjoy bits like that and it does count toward a deep cut in my book, even though it was a taped version. While the concert clock ticks there is only so much program time to devote. Sadly.

TYMD from Houston sounds pretty good. Slightly different tempo but plenty of balls. Adam sings it like a rock singer not a pop singer too.

And between Rock You and Champions - neat location for it.

What are you all talking about? TYMD from Houston. In the 1970's? On this tour? When was it between those two songs?