Queen: Live In Budapest

Sat 24th Jan - 10:00PM

On 27 July 1986, Queen went behind the Iron Curtain to play the largest ever stadium show at the Nepstadium in Budapest. Incredible footage from a legend-making gig: we will rock you!

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Queen
born: 27-06-1970

They won awards for their songwriting, respect for their studio techniques and praise for their energy and showmanship in performance. They also provided the soundtrack for two films: 'Flash Gordon' and 'Highlander'.

Controversy arose in 1984 when the band played in South Africa, then still under Apartheid, which lead to them being blacklisted by the United Nations. However, the next year they were one of the biggest acts in the Live Aid concert for Famine Relief. This performance, regarded by many as the highlight of the night, firmly established them as a landmark in English Rock.

On 23rd November, 1991 Freddie Mercury announced to the world's press that he had AIDS. Exhausted after a long illness, he died the next day. The rest of the band released a charity single of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' in aid of the Terrence Higgins Trust, and followed that the next year with a Wembley Stadium concert celebrating his life.

The surviving members of the band continued to make music, both together and separately. In 2002, the group's greatest hits were turned into a stage musical,'"We Will Rock You' by Ben Elton. Critical reviews were, as ever, poor, but the production is a large commercial success.

In 2003, four new songs were recorded by Queen for Nelson Mandela's 46664 campaign against AIDS. The studio versions of Invincible Hope (Queen + Nelson Mandela, featuring Treana Morris), 46664 - The Call and Amandla (Anastacia, (Dave Stewart and Queen) have not yet been released on album.

At the end of 2004, May and Taylor announced that they would reunite and return to touring in 2005, with Paul Rodgers (founder and former lead singer of Free and Bad Company).

A live double CD album, Return of the Champions, was released on in September, 2005. It featured Paul Rodgers and was recorded live in May 2005 during the Queen and Paul Rodgers tour at the Sheffield Arena. In March 2006, Queen and Paul Rodgers set out to tour the United States and Canada. The tour marked Queen's first full-on United States tour since Hot Space in 1982.

In November the following year Queen announced plans to release its first new recording in a decade to mark World AIDS day. Say It’s Not True, the band's first studio collaboration with Rodgers, will be available as a free download from the band’s website. (See link below.)

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Links relating to this biography:
Official Queen Site
The Official Queen Fan Club