What should be the first song?

Yeah, WWRY fast is my choice as well. Damn, they'll have to practise really hard if they want to make it sound as good as in the 70s.

TYMD of course!

Bohemian Rhapsody (Tape Intro til „Galileo"-Part, then Live)

I've seen Queen 5 times and they always started with a taped intro - One Vision/ Magic Tour, Machines/ Works Tour and Thunder/Lightning/ Crazy Tour.

My choice

Taped Intro
TYMD (Brian & Paul)

One minute, folks:

Don't you think the good idea would be starting with a song of "no tour" years (1987-1991)?

You know, something never played before on stage as band would be one of the important reasons of this tour.

And, about "no tour years" songs, I prefer I WANT IT ALL. Innuendo is very, very great (epic!!!) but I think is not good for starting because its beggining is mid-slow (in crescendo).

Agreed Raul.


Innuendo is too ponderous and labouring for an opener. You'll be waiting for a quick number after 20 seconds.

Hopefully not that shit heap Tear it Up either.

WWRY (fast) or TYMD are most likely IMO...
But INNUENDO could also work (remember musical?)

Innuendo would work. Just others would work better.

I don't think the musical compares to the opening of a Queen concert though.

Did like the opening of the musical to be fair

One Vision.. A exellent intro! A great song! Just peeeeerfect!

They will not open with a 1987-1991 song IMHO but some will be played. Headlong, IWIA, SMGO were played as part of a medley on Brian's solo tour 1998!!!

Agree with Jimi - Innuendo is no-go and will be much later.

Innuendo works really well as the start to We Will Rock You so I don't see why it couldn't work at the concerts. Atmospheric and then One Vision or the fast We Will Rock You could fire up.

Definitely Tie Your Mother Down. Just like on ADATR! Suddenly guitar, absolutly wonderful

I don't know about the first song (probably WWRY fast) but I think they should have Put Out The Fire on the set list. Paul Rodgers could pull this one off.

Rotwang,

Wishfull thinking!! This song has never been played live anywhere outside Japan/US 82!!

Only song from Hot Space with any chance is Under Pressure, otherwise forget it.

Yep, well as soon as the tour was announced and I started dreaming away, this was my opener:

A Day At The Races Intro and wham-bam-thank-you-mam TYMD!!!! (Followed by WWRY fast that hits straight away into I Want it All!)

(And yes, I've let them know on the Paul Rodgers website suggestions-list ;-)


(Oh! And Paul should sing TYMD as far as I'm concerned as it where the opener)