I was there, the whole show was a mess.
@Peace and Love : Sorry that you thought Queen's show was not good enough when you saw them back in the 80s, this only proves the band are only human and yes things do go wrong and they have good nights and bad and with Freddie's chain smoking in the mid eighties his voice did take a hammering.
Still Freddie was a trouper and carried on the best he could where pricks like Justin Bieber would cancel a show if he had a cold!
Don't get me wrong, I'm still grateful to have had a chance to see the original band. It was just so disappointing to get a shortened messy set.
The comparison to a Justin Beiber concert is a little skewed as Justin is a solo artist. (Sort of)
It was the rest of the band that kept the concert going while Freddie did his thing.
I've seen QAL 3 times and thoroughly enjoyed it.
I would have loved to see Freddie at his best.
The guys have only cancelled one time because Adam was really ill in Italy. It is amazing when you think they have done 225 shows or so (didn't look it up, so number could be off a bit). Then consider how old Brian and Roger are and I read that in several instances Brian was under the weather and he still performed. He truly is amazing. I could not believe how spry he is and how much of the show he carries. He can never stand back there and take a break. I am a few years younger and no way could I ever do something like that. My hats are off to all of them as they embody the words, The show must go on. I am wondering what will happen to the European tour if this corona virus does not abate. It would not be any fault of theirs, of course, but the whole idea of the world dealing with this grave problem is scary. I just read today that it has come back a second time to someone in Japan, I believe. She had it, recovered, and is ill again! I know that is off track, but still had to mention it.
I can't imagine them going to Italy at the moment. The UK dates should be fine at the moment as the virus isn't spreading around there but it's hard to know with mainland Europe especially bordering countries. It could end up spreading quite dramatically.
I think they performed in Asia just in the nick of time - if they had been a week or even just a few days later there could've been the risk of the shows being cancelled as it spread quite a bit outside China not long after.
Yes, so far NZ/Australia have not been affected — just fire and then rain! One more show at the Gold Coast on Saturday! They have been very lucky!
The virus is spreading around here, the UK. There are some affected schools and businesses closed for quarantine today.
Yes, it's the beginning of the corona virus epidemic over here. It will spread unfortunately.
