QUEEN - Queen Rock Montreal DVD Screenings Announced For London

September 6, 2007, 17 years ago

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According to an update at QUEEN guitarist Brian May's official website, later in the month there will be some special cinema screenings of the forthcoming Queen Rock Montreal DVD

London screenings will take place at the Empire Screen 2, Leicester Square, as follows:

- Friday, September 21st, Saturday, September 22nd - late night shows (approx 11pm)
- Tuesday, September 25th - 2 evening performances (time tbc)

It is planned that further regional screenings will take place - more news on this asap.

As previously reported, on October 30th, Eagle Rock Entertainment will simultaneously release two incredible DVDs capturing the incomparable QUEEN in their pomp as the world's biggest band at a sold out show in 1981 at Montreal's 18,000-seater Forum.

The single DVD is Queen Rock Montreal and there is a special edition double DVD Queen Rock Montreal + Live Aid. The live CD/LP from the concert is released on the same date on Universal with HD-DVD and Blu-ray versions to follow in November through Eagle.

Following their record-breaking South American tour, the Montreal shows on November 24th and 25th, 1981 were to be the only concerts by Queen ever shot on film - indeed they were the first group to shoot an entire show in full cinema format 35mm. These releases offer the best ever sound and picture quality on a Queen concert release. Always a great live band, with two years non-stop touring behind them and Freddie Mercury in front of them, Queen excelled themselves with the cameras rolling. The footage has been digitally restored from the original film and the sound has been newly mixed and mastered for DTS Surround Sound and PCM Stereo from the original multi-track tapes.

"Hello Montreal... long time no see. You wanna get crazy?" asks Freddie as the band tear into their alternative 'fast' version of 'We Will Rock You', and from there on Queen show their hard rock roots, slowing down only for 'Love of My Life' and the more mid-tempo 'Under Pressure', notably being performed live for the first time in this concert.

Tracklisting: Intro, 'We Will Rock You' (fast), 'Let Me Entertain You' 'Play The Game', 'Somebody To Love', 'Killer Queen', 'I'm In Love With My Car', 'Get Down Make Love', 'Save Me', 'Now I'm Here', 'Dragon Attack', 'Now I'm Here' (reprise), 'Love Of My Life', 'Under Pressure', 'Keep Yourself Alive', Drum & Timpani Solo, Guitar Solo, 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love', 'Jailhouse Rock', 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Tie Your Mother Down', 'Another One Bites The Dust', 'Sheer Heart Attack', 'We Will Rock You', 'We Are The Champions', 'God Save The Queen'.

Tracklisting (Double Disc Live Aid footage): Live Aid: 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Radio Gaga', 'Hammer To Fall', 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love', 'We Will Rock You', 'We Are The Champions', 'Is This The World We Created'.


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