just adding in the info I had stored in a Word doc that I found last night (some already posted) for my own viewing and reading benefit down the road (perhaps next Easter Monday....)
The Tribute ConcertMTV 'news'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uai6vlQTrZQ Seal, Kirk Hammett, Rick Allen, Joe Elliot, Robert Plant, Annie Lennox, Ian Hunter, Brian, Elton John (with his sad comments after rehearsals)
Rehearsals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp8g2JM9nogMetallica rehearsal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w21_dD8c0-kGeorge Michael 'Somebody To Love' rehearsal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46YZ8evUfKkThe show after Queen's introduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjz7M6yeAx0&list=PL2AVtjnLL3PEGMnGmCXsUAK0R-V9w_I1WBBC radio broadcast, including preshow ads and interview with Roger Daltrey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0mffO78Lf0&list=PL4M4uHWrnWKR7STPVG6xh2d6HcXWx_mUg 70 countries showed it on television, 31 live on radio, estimated audience of 1 Billion
The BoRhap tape at 2:30, Brian, Roger, and John introduction speeches.
(39:45 Freddie taped Ay-Oh before Queen takes the stage)
Metallica – "Enter Sandman", "Sad but True", "Nothing Else Matters"
Extreme – Queen Medley (including "Mustapha" (intro), "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Rock Section), "Keep Yourself Alive", "I Want To Break Free", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Bicycle Race", "Another One Bites The Dust", "We Will Rock You", "Stone Cold Crazy" and "Radio Ga Ga"), “Love Of My Life” and "More Than Words" (Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l26ARroNhS4 Brian appears on stage to wild applause and chants, with quite the heart felt intro. I know I went out and bought ‘Pornograffiti’ and ‘III Sides’ soon after this performance.
Def Leppard – "Animal", "Let's Get Rocked", "Now I'm Here" (With Brian May) Phil Collen of Def Leppard, great lead guitar performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhR5gPjwSSk 1.7 MILLION Views This might have helped Brian get over some of his nervousness before the full Queen segment
Bob Geldof – "Too Late God"
Spinal Tap – "The Majesty of Rock"
U2 – "Until the End of the World" – beamed via satellite, pre-recorded on April 18 in Oakland, California.[11] Cindy Crawford announces as "via satellite... straight from Sacramento, California".
Guns N' Roses – "Paradise City", "Only Women Bleed", "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Mango Groove – "Special Star" – played via satellite from Johannesburg, South Africa
Elizabeth Taylor – AIDS Prevention Speech
Freddie Mercury – compilation of various interactions with the audience
followed by
Queen + Joe Elliott and Slash – "Tie Your Mother Down"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AasArumnUVs 8.8 MILLION ViewsQueen + Roger Daltrey and Tony Iommi – "Heaven and Hell" (intro), "Pinball Wizard" (intro), "I Want It All"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CSSnrY3Ezs10 MILLION Views (as the smoke from the flash pods still lingers at the beginning)
Queen + Zucchero – "Las Palabras de Amor"
Queen + Gary Cherone and Tony Iommi – "Hammer to Fall"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trY5YLd5LswQueen + James Hetfield and Tony Iommi – "Stone Cold Crazy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVed8lxJs0Queen + Robert Plant – "Innuendo" (including parts of "Kashmir"), "Thank You" (intro), "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twlc9GzWL8c 8.7 MILLION Views not on the official release
Brian May + Spike Edney – "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1n3-OH0r8k with Brian introducing Spike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uxKNm1kJR4 1 MILLION Views
Queen + Paul Young – "Radio Ga Ga"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvNkcvkGI4M fun to do the Ga Ga, and Young gave a good performance.
The last time one gets to see John at the mic singingQueen + Seal – "Who Wants to Live Forever"
Queen + Lisa Stansfield – "I Want to Break Free"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev5e1UKx7TkComplete with vacuum cleaner 😊
Queen + David Bowie and Annie Lennox – "Under Pressure"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCP2-Bfhy04 53 MILLION Views !!!Queen + Ian Hunter, David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Joe Elliott and Phil Collen – "All the Young Dudes"
Queen + David Bowie and Mick Ronson – "Heroes"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ6T9uYImnQ1.1 MILLION Views David Bowie – "Lord's Prayer"
Queen + George Michael – "'39"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvpZuFX681oQueen + George Michael and Lisa Stansfield – "These Are the Days of Our Lives"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9rx_VVNaH8 2.5 MILLION ViewsQueen + George Michael – "Somebody to Love"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvM2Cmi-YRU 33 MILLION Views (other sites have another 15 Million total)
Queen + Elton John and Axl Rose – "Bohemian Rhapsody" using the same light show as The Magic Tour from 1986 for the opera section, and vocals played from a tape using the original 1970s’ studio recording featuring Freddie Mercury.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i26406_EldM 24 MILLION ViewsAnd, what do you know….they didn’t eff up the taped section when filming it for once !!!!!!!!!!
Queen + Elton John and Tony Iommi – "The Show Must Go On"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbadIO0j0hQQueen + Axl Rose – "We Will Rock You"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jXgiUY8FxE 2.8 MILLION Views
A very choked up Brian introducing THE perfect final guest performer
Queen + Liza Minnelli, supported by everyone else who performed at the concert – "We Are the Champions"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSxKIVm33mE 2 MILLION all together
(“You’ve brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it, and WE thank you all…” which is how it should have been sung ever since…)
Queen – "God Save the Queen" (taped outro)
Had to be tough for Elton to walk out and do BoRhap after George Michael’s show stealing performance.
Damn, a shame they didn’t use the version of ‘The Show Must Go On’ on their GH III release. I would have been OK with that.
Axl Rose….great wardrobe choice ?
Tony Iommi….what a great ‘shoulder’ for Brian to be able to lean on at times.
Poor John at the end……playing BEHIND all the other guest performers......…
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Queen's activity
Freddie Mercury – pre-recorded piano and vocals (on "Bohemian Rhapsody") and compilation of various interactions with the audience during the section before the Queen + section of the concert.
Brian May – electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards (on "Too Much Love Will Kill You" and "Who Wants To Live Forever"), lead vocals (on "Tie Your Mother Down" for 1st verse, then co-lead vocals with Roger Taylor on 1st chorus on "Tie Your Mother Down" and "Too Much Love Will Kill You"), co-lead vocals (on "I Want It All"), backing vocals
Roger Taylor – drums, tambourine, backing vocals, co-lead vocals (on "Tie Your Mother Down" with Brian May on 1st chorus, and on "Under Pressure" as a trio with David Bowie and Annie Lennox on choruses).
John Deacon – bass guitar, backing vocals
Guest musicians
Elton John – piano on "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Slash – electric guitar on "Tie Your Mother Down"
Tony Iommi – electric guitar on "Heaven and Hell" (intro), "Pinball Wizard" (intro), "I Want It All", "Hammer to Fall", "Stone Cold Crazy" and "The Show Must Go On"
Ian Hunter – electric guitar on "All the Young Dudes"
Mick Ronson – electric guitar on "All the Young Dudes" and "Heroes"
David Bowie – alto saxophone on "All the Young Dudes"
Joe Elliott – backing vocals on "All the Young Dudes"
Phil Collen – backing vocals on "All the Young Dudes"
Backing musicians
Queen were backed by the following musicians:
Spike Edney – keyboards, piano, backing vocals
Mike Moran – piano on "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "Somebody to Love"
Josh Macrae – percussion in some Queen tracks
Chris Thompson – backing vocals, acoustic guitar on "I Want It All", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Heroes", additional percussion
Maggie Ryder – backing vocals
Miriam Stockley – backing vocals
London Community Gospel Choir – backing vocals on "Somebody to Love" and "We Are the Champions"
John Jones – organ and backing vocals on "We Are the Champions"
Brian's 'Too Much Love Will Kill You' single would be released four months later, reaching #5 in the UK charts. I'll start the discography back up with that single and his almost UK chart topping LP tomorrow.