If There Was A "Miracle" Tour

Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote:

'I Want To Break Free' and 'Now I'm Here' came next, and Brian remarked after 'I Want To Break Free' that he would've liked to see Freddie appear with his false breasts and wig again. John suggested Freddie do that only if Roger dress up in his schoolgirl outfit, which resulted in cat calls and whistles from the audience. Brian then said, 'We're gonna rock you, Philly,' and blasted out the intro to 'Now I'm Here'.

The lights dimmed for a second, and a single spotlight picked out Freddie and Brian on stools at the front of the stage. Brian announced, 'These two songs always seem to go hand in hand, but we're gonna try expanding it a little bit tonight. This is 'Love Of My Life'.' As usual, 'Is This The World We Created?' followed, and it seemed that the audience became temporary lead singers for these two songs. After 'Created' was over, Freddie walked over to the piano and said, 'OK, we've never done this one before,' and he plucked out the introduction to 'Jealousy', a song they'd never done in the live setting before. The audience listened quietly and intently - something that's very rare in concerts these days. Brian walked off the stage, and Roger and John came out while Freddie stayed at the piano. I had an idea of what song they were going to do, but the very fact that they were resurrecting 'My Melancholy Blues' was pretty much the highlight of the entire concert - up to that point, of course.

Freddie concluded the song, then Brian came back out, and a stellar version of 'White Queen (As It Began)' followed. The band really shone on this one. Freddie then introduced the band: 'Brian May is over here on my left - your right - and he's the one who plays guitar. John Deacon is on my right - your left - and he just looks smashing tonight, doesn't he? Roger Taylor is behind me, and he's just plain smashed. Spike Edney is somewhere in the shadows, farting around on piano and guitar, while I'm running around this fucking stage working my arse off. We call ourselves Queen.'

Roger smacks his snare drum twice, and the band launch into 'Friends Will Be Friends'. I heard they performed this as a medley between 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are The Champions' in 1986, but I'm glad they performed a full version of this. 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Another One Bites The Dust', 'Hammer To Fall', and 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' all followed, and they were all performed perfectly. Freddie seemed delighted to dance around the stage with an acoustic guitar for most of 'Crazy Little Thing', while Spike Edney helped out on piano. Spike also played rhythm guitar on 'Hammer To Fall', and 'Bites The Dust' was a good chance for John to lay down some funky beats - they've really worked this one up from the previous tour.

'Radio Ga Ga' concluded the set, and left the audience screaming for more. Five minutes later, the lights darken, and all we hear is, 'Here we are. Born to be kings, we're the princes of the universe.' Smoke bombs go off as the band explode onto the stage again, launching into 'Princes Of The Universe'. As usual, the audience sings along to every word, prompting Freddie to remark, 'Hey you're good!' At the song's conclusion, the stage goes dark again, with laser beams, smoke, and lights creating a menacing effect while a keyboard drones and Brian creates feedback with his guitar. All of a sudden, Brian tears down the neck of his guitar, and the stage is bright again - 'Was it All Worth It''

The band leave the stage for about two minutes, before a single spotlight picks out Roger, and pounds out the intro to one of the most instantly recognizable songs ever - 'We Will Rock You'. Oddly enough, after the last chorus of 'We will, we will rock you,' instead of the guitar solo, the band launch into the fast version of the song, with a blazing bass guitar solo. We know the show is coming to a close, and Freddie addresses us again: 'This has been