

Freddie Mercury: The Tribute Concert
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The surviving members of Queen and special guests pay tribute to the late Freddie Mercury.
On April 20, 1992, Roger Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon – the surviving members of Queen - took the stage of London's legendary Wembley Stadium to announce the start of one of the biggest events in rock history: a tribute to the incomparable Freddie Mercury with a glittering array of guests, including Elton John, Robert Plant, Axl Rose, David Bowie, George Michael and many more.
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Freddie Mercury: The Tribute Concert
Special | 1h 26m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
On April 20, 1992, Roger Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon – the surviving members of Queen - took the stage of London's legendary Wembley Stadium to announce the start of one of the biggest events in rock history: a tribute to the incomparable Freddie Mercury with a glittering array of guests, including Elton John, Robert Plant, Axl Rose, David Bowie, George Michael and many more.
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[ "We Will Rock You" plays ] >> ♪ We will, we will rock you ♪ >> All right!
[ Cheers and applause ] This is what you wanted, this is what you're gonna get -- get -- get -- get -- get -- get -- get -- get -- get... [ Guitar playing ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ "Tie Your Mother Down" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Get your party gown ♪ ♪ Get your pigtail down ♪ ♪ Get your heart beatin', baby ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Got my timin' right ♪ ♪ I got my act all tight ♪ ♪ It's gotta be tonight, my little school babe ♪ ♪ Your Daddy says you don't ♪ ♪ And I'm boilin' up inside ♪ ♪ No way I'm gonna lose out this time ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Tie your mother down ♪ ♪ Tie your mother down ♪ ♪ Lock your daddy out of doors ♪ ♪ I don't need him nosin' around ♪ ♪ Tie your mother down ♪ ♪ Tie your mother down ♪ ♪ Give me all your love tonight ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ You're such a dirty louse ♪ ♪ Go get outta my house ♪ ♪ That's all I ever get from you ♪ ♪ Oh, your family ties ♪ ♪ In fact, I don't think I ever heard a single little civil word from those guys ♪ ♪ But I don't give a light ♪ ♪ Gonna make out all right ♪ ♪ Got a sweetheart hand ♪ ♪ To put a stop to all that snipin' an' grousin' ♪ ♪ Tie your mother down ♪ ♪ Tie your mother down ♪ ♪ Take your little brother swimmin' with a brick ♪ ♪ That's all right ♪ ♪ Tie your mother down ♪ ♪ Tie your mother down ♪ ♪ Or you ain't no friend of mine ♪ ♪♪ Slash!
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Your Mommy and your Daddy gonna plague me till I die ♪ ♪ They can't understand ♪ ♪ I'm just a peace-lovin' guy ♪ ♪♪ Ooh, hey!
♪ Tie your mother down ♪ ♪ Tie your mother down ♪ ♪ Get that big, big, big, big, big, big daddy out of doors ♪ ♪ Tie your mother down ♪ ♪ Tie your mother down ♪ ♪ Give me all your love tonight ♪ ♪♪ ♪ All your love tonight ♪ ♪♪ ♪ All your love tonight ♪ ♪♪ ♪ All your love tonight ♪ ♪♪ ♪ All your love tonight ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ >> On stage, Mr. Roger Daltrey!
[ Cheers and applause ] [ "Pinball Wizard" intro plays ] ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ 1, 2... >> ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ And I want it now ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ And I want it now ♪ Yeah!
♪♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ Adventure seeker on an empty street ♪ ♪ Just an alley creeper light on his feet ♪ ♪ Street fighter screaming with no time for doubt ♪ ♪ With the pain and anger, can't see a way out ♪ ♪ It ain't much I'm asking, I heard him say ♪ ♪ Gonna find me a future, move out of my way ♪ Come on!
♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ And I want it now ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ And I want it now ♪ ♪ Listen all you people, come gather round ♪ ♪ I'm gonna get me a game plan ♪ ♪ Gonna shake you to the ground ♪ ♪ But just give me what I know is mine ♪ ♪ People, do you hear me ♪ ♪ Just gimme the sign ♪ ♪ It ain't much I'm asking, if you want the truth ♪ ♪ Here's to the future for the dreams of youth ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ And I want it now ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ And I want it now ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'm a man with a one-track mind ♪ ♪ So much to do in one lifetime ♪ ♪ Not a man for compromise and where's and why's and telling lies ♪ ♪ But I'm living it all ♪ >> ♪ I'm living it all ♪ >> ♪ And I'm giving it all ♪ >> ♪ And I'm giving it all ♪ >> Ooh, yeah!
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ It ain't much I'm asking, if you want the truth ♪ ♪ Here's to the future ♪ ♪ Hear the cry of youth ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ And I want it now, yeah ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ And I want it now ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ And I want it now ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ Please ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ >> ♪ Please give me it all ♪ >> ♪ I want it all ♪ >> ♪ Please ♪ ♪ And I want it now ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ And I want it now ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ I want it all ♪ ♪ And I want it now ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I want it, I want it ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪ Ooh, I want it all ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] Hey!
[ Cheers and applause continues ] ♪♪ [ "Las Palabras De Amor" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ Don't touch me now ♪ ♪ Don't hold me now ♪ ♪ Don't break the spell, darling ♪ ♪ Now you are near ♪ ♪ Look in my eyes and, and speak to me ♪ ♪ The special promises I want to hear ♪ ♪ Las palabras de amor ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Let me hear the words of love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Despacito, mi amor ♪ ♪ Love me slow and gently ♪ ♪ One foolish world, so many souls ♪ ♪ Senselessly hurled through the never-ending cold ♪ ♪ And all for fear and, and all for greed ♪ ♪ Speak any tongue ♪ ♪ But for God's sake we need ♪ ♪ Las palabras de amor ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Let me hear the words of love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Despacito, mi amor ♪ ♪ Let me know this night and evermore ♪ ♪ Let me tell ya ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ This room is bare ♪ ♪ This night is cold ♪ ♪ We're far apart, and I'm growing old ♪ ♪ But while we live ♪ ♪ We'll meet again ♪ ♪ So then, my love, we may whisper once more ♪ ♪ It's you I adore ♪ ♪ Las palabras de amor ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Let me hear the words of love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Despacito, mi amor ♪ ♪ Touch me now ♪ ♪ And for evermore ♪ ♪ Every turn ♪ ♪ Ah, evermore ♪ ♪ Well, babe ♪ ♪ Let me hear the words of love ♪ ♪ Let me hear ♪ ♪ Let me hear the words of love ♪ ♪ Let me hear the words of love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Let me hear the words of love ♪ ♪ Let me hear ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ For evermore ♪ ♪♪ ♪ For evermore ♪ ♪ Yeah, babe ♪ ♪ For evermore ♪ ♪♪ Thank you!
[ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] >> Yeah!
"Hammer to Fall"!
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Here we stand, here we fall ♪ ♪ History won't care at all ♪ ♪ Make the bed, light the light ♪ ♪ Lady mercy won't be home tonight ♪ ♪ We don't waste no time at all ♪ ♪ Don't hear the bell, but you answer the call ♪ ♪ It comes to you as to us all ♪ ♪ We're just waiting for the hammer To fall ♪ Yeah!
♪♪ ♪ Every night and every day ♪ ♪ A little piece of you is falling away ♪ ♪ But lift your face the western way, baby ♪ ♪ Build your muscles as your body decays ♪ ♪ Toe your line and play their game ♪ ♪ Let the anaesthetic cover it all ♪ ♪ Till one day they call your name ♪ ♪ You know it's time for the hammer To fall ♪ Do it!
♪♪ ♪ Rich or poor or famous ♪ ♪ For your truth, it's all the same ♪ >> ♪ Oh, no ♪ ♪ Oh, no ♪ >> ♪ Now lock your door, 'cause rain is pouring through your window pane ♪ >> ♪ Oh, no ♪ >> ♪ Now, baby ♪ ♪ Now your struggle's all in vain ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Are you ready?!
♪♪ Are you ready?!
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ We who grew up tall and proud ♪ ♪ In the shadow of the mushroom cloud ♪ ♪ Convinced our voices can't be heard ♪ ♪ We just wanna scream it louder and louder ♪ ♪ What the hell we fighting for?
♪ ♪ Just surrender and it won't hurt at all ♪ ♪ You just got time to say your prayers ♪ ♪ You know we've got the hammer to fall ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Hammer to fall ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Oh, oh oh oh oh oh ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ You got ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Hammer to, hammer to, hammer to fall ♪ ♪♪ [ Song ends ] Do it one more time!
[ Drum beat ] [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> 1, 2, 3!
[ "Stone Cold Crazy" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ Sleeping very soundly on a Saturday morning ♪ ♪ I was dreaming I was Al Capone ♪ ♪ Rumor going round ♪ ♪ Gotta clear outta town ♪ ♪ Smelling like a dry-fish bone ♪ ♪ Here come the law ♪ ♪ Gonna break down the door ♪ ♪ Gonna carry me away once more ♪ ♪ Never, never, never want it any more ♪ ♪ Gotta get away from this stone-cold floor ♪ ♪ Crazy ♪ ♪ Stone-cold crazy, you know ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Oh!
♪♪ ♪ Rainy afternoon on a killer typhoon ♪ ♪ And I'm playing on my slide trombone ♪ ♪ Anymore, anymore ♪ ♪ Cannot take it anymore ♪ ♪ Gotta get away from this stone-cold floor ♪ ♪ Crazy ♪ ♪ Stone-cold crazy, you know ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Yeah!
♪♪ ♪ Walking down the street ♪ ♪ Shooting people that I meet ♪ ♪ Fully load Tommy gun ♪ ♪ Here come the deputy ♪ ♪ He's gonna come and get a-me ♪ ♪ Gotta get me, get up and run ♪ ♪ They got the sirens loose ♪ ♪ I run right out of juice ♪ ♪ They're gonna put me in a cell ♪ ♪ If I can't go to heaven, let me go to hell ♪ ♪ Crazy ♪ ♪ Stone-cold crazy, you know ♪ Hey!
Yeah!
[ Cheers and applause ] >> James Hetfield!
[ Cheers and applause ] [ "Thank You" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ If the sun refused to shine ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I would still be loving you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ If mountains crumble to the sea ♪ ♪♪ ♪ There will still be you and me ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Kind woman, I give you my all ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Kind woman, nothing more ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ If the sun refused to shine ♪ ♪ Ooh, baby ♪ ♪ Ooh, girl, you know that I will still be loving you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Mountains crumble to the sea, baby ♪ ♪♪ ♪ There would still be you and me ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Because ♪♪ [ "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" plays ] ♪♪ ♪ This thing called love ♪ ♪ I just can't handle it ♪ ♪ This thing called love ♪ ♪ I must get 'round to it ♪ ♪ I ain't ready ♪ ♪ Crazy little thing called love ♪ ♪ This thing ♪ >> ♪ This thing ♪ >> ♪ Called love ♪ >> ♪ Called love ♪ >> ♪ It cries ♪ >> ♪ Like a baby ♪ >> ♪ In a cradle all night ♪ ♪ It swings ♪ >> ♪ Woo ♪ >> ♪ It jives ♪ >> ♪ Woo ♪ >> ♪ It shakes all over like a jellyfish ♪ ♪ I kinda like it ♪ ♪ Crazy little thing called love ♪ ♪ There goes my baby ♪ ♪♪ ♪ She knows how to rock 'n' roll ♪ ♪ She drives me crazy ♪ ♪ She gives me hot and cold fever ♪ ♪ Break out in a cold, cold sweat ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Gotta be cool ♪ ♪ Relax ♪ ♪ Get hip ♪ ♪ Ooh, get on my tracks ♪ ♪ Take a back seat ♪ ♪ Hitchhike ♪ ♪ And take a long ride on my motorbike ♪ ♪ Until I'm ready ♪ ♪ Crazy little thing called love ♪ ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Gotta be cool ♪ ♪ Relax ♪ ♪ Get hip and get on my tracks ♪ ♪ Take a back seat ♪ ♪ Hitchhike ♪ ♪ And take a long ride on my motorbike ♪ ♪ Until I'm ready ♪ >> ♪ Ready, Freddie?
♪ >> ♪ Till I'm ready ♪ >> ♪ Ready, Freddie?
♪ >> ♪ Till I'm ready ♪ >> ♪ Ready, Freddie?
♪ >> ♪ A crazy little thing called love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ This thing called love ♪ ♪ Ooh, baby, I don't know, but I just can't handle it ♪ ♪ This thing called love ♪ ♪ I just must get 'round to it ♪ ♪ Kinda like it ♪ ♪ Crazy little thing called love ♪ >> ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ >> ♪ Crazy little thing called love ♪ >> ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ >> ♪ Crazy little thing called love ♪ >> ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ It's crazy, crazy ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Crazy little thing called love ♪ >> ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ >> ♪ Crazy little thing called love ♪ >> ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ >> ♪ Crazy little thing called love ♪ >> ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ >> ♪ Crazy little thing called love ♪ >> ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ >> All right!
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ ♪ Ooh, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Love ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] >> The incomparable Robert Plant!
[ Cheers and applause ] [ "Too Much Love Will Kill You" plays ] ♪♪ ♪ I'm just the pieces of the man I used to be ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Too many bitter tears are raining down on me ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'm far away from home ♪ ♪ And I've been facing this alone ♪ ♪ For much too long ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I feel like no one ever told the truth to me ♪ ♪♪ ♪ 'Bout growing up and what a struggle it would be ♪ ♪♪ ♪ In my tangled state of mind ♪ ♪ I've been looking back to find ♪ ♪ Where I went wrong ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Too much love will kill you ♪ ♪ If you can't make up your mind ♪ ♪ Torn between the lover ♪ ♪ And the love you leave behind ♪ ♪ You're headed for disaster ♪ ♪ 'Cause you never read the signs ♪ ♪ Too much love will kill you every time ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪ I'm just the shadow of the man I used to be ♪ ♪♪ ♪ And it seems like there's no way out of this for me ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I used to bring you sunshine ♪ ♪ All I ever do is bring you down ♪ ♪♪ ♪ How would it be if you were standing in my shoes ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Can't you see that it's impossible to choose ♪ ♪♪ ♪ There's no making sense of it ♪ ♪ Every way I go, I have to lose ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Too much love will kill you ♪ ♪ Just as sure as none at all ♪ ♪ It'll drain the power that's in you ♪ ♪ Make you plead and scream and crawl ♪ ♪ And the pain will make you crazy ♪ ♪ You're the victim of your crime ♪ ♪ Too much love will kill you every time ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Yeah, too much love will kill you ♪ ♪ It'll make your life a lie ♪ ♪ Yes, too much love will kill you ♪ ♪ And you won't understand why ♪ ♪ You'd give your life, you'd sell your soul ♪ ♪ But here it comes again ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Too much love will kill you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ In the end ♪ ♪♪ ♪ In the end ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ >> Get those hands up!
[ Cheers and applause ] [ "Radio Ga Ga" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'd sit alone and watch your light ♪ ♪ My only friend through teenage nights ♪ ♪ And everything I had to know ♪ ♪ I heard it on my radio ♪ ♪♪ ♪ You gave us all your old-time stars ♪ ♪ Through wars of worlds invaded by Mars ♪ ♪ You made 'em laugh, you made 'em cry ♪ ♪ You made us feel like we could fly ♪ ♪ So don't become some background noise ♪ ♪ A backdrop for the girls and boys ♪ ♪ Who just don't know and just don't care ♪ ♪ And just complain when you're not there ♪ ♪ You had your time, you had the power ♪ ♪ You've yet to have your finest hour ♪ ♪ Radio ♪ ♪♪ That's it.
♪ All we hear is radio ga ga ♪ ♪ Radio goo goo ♪ ♪ Radio ga ga ♪ ♪ All we hear is radio ga ga ♪ ♪ Radio blah blah ♪ ♪ Radio, what's new?
♪ ♪ Radio, someone still loves you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ We watch the shows, we watch the stars ♪ ♪ On videos for hours and hours ♪ ♪ We hardly need to use our ears ♪ ♪ How music changes through the years ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Let's hope you never leave, old friend ♪ ♪ Like all good things, on you we depend ♪ ♪ So stick around, 'cause we might miss you ♪ ♪ When we grow tired of all this visual ♪ ♪ You had your time, you had the power ♪ ♪ You've yet to have your finest hour ♪ ♪ Radio ♪ >> ♪ Radio ♪ >> ♪ All we hear is radio ga ga ♪ ♪ Radio goo goo ♪ ♪ Radio ga ga ♪ ♪ All we hear is radio ga ga ♪ ♪ Radio goo goo ♪ ♪ Radio ga ga ♪ ♪ All we hear is radio ga ga ♪ ♪ Radio blah blah ♪ ♪ Radio, what's new?
♪ ♪ Radio, someone still loves you ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Radio ga ga ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Radio ga ga ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Radio ga ga ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ You had your time, you had the power ♪ ♪ You've yet to have your finest hour ♪ ♪ Radio ♪ >> ♪ Radio ♪ >> ♪ All we hear is radio ga ga ♪ ♪ Radio goo goo ♪ ♪ Radio ga ga ♪ ♪ All we hear is radio ga ga ♪ ♪ Radio blah blah ♪ ♪ Radio, what's new?
♪ ♪ Radio, someone still loves you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Loves ♪ ♪ You ♪ ♪♪ Thank you!
♪♪ [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you!
[ Cheers and applause continues ] [ "Who Wants to Live Forever" plays ] ♪♪ >> ♪ There's no time for us ♪ ♪♪ ♪ There's no place for us ♪ ♪♪ ♪ What is this thing that builds our dreams ♪ ♪ Yet slips away from us ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Who wants to live forever ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Who wants to live forever ♪ ♪♪ ♪ No, oh oh oh ♪ ♪ There's no chance for us ♪ ♪♪ ♪ It's all decided for us ♪ ♪♪ ♪ This world has only one sweet moment ♪ ♪ Set aside for us ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Who wants to live forever ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Who wants to live forever ♪ ♪♪ ♪ No, oh ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ Who wants to live forever ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ Whoa, oh oh oh ♪ ♪ When love must die ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ But touch my tears with your lips ♪ ♪ Touch my world with your fingertips ♪ ♪♪ ♪ And we can have forever ♪ ♪♪ ♪ And we can love forever ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Forever is ours today ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Who wants to live forever ♪ ♪ Who wants to live forever ♪ ♪ Forever is ours ♪ ♪ Will we get a chance ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Today ♪ ♪ Who wants to live forever ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ Thank you very much.
Thank you.
[ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ "I Want to Break Free" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> Hello!
♪♪ ♪ I want to break free ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I want to break free ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I want to break free from your lies ♪ ♪ You're so self satisfied ♪ ♪ I don't need you ♪ ♪ I've got to break free ♪ ♪♪ ♪ God knows ♪ ♪ God knows I want to break free ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I've fallen in love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I've fallen in love for the first time ♪ ♪ This time I know it's for real ♪ ♪ I've fallen in love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ God knows ♪ ♪ God knows I've fallen in love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ It's so strange but it's true ♪ ♪ Oh, I can't get over the way you love me like you do ♪ ♪ But I've got to be sure ♪ ♪ When I walk out that door ♪ ♪ Ooh, I've got to be free, baby ♪ ♪ I want to break free ♪ ♪ Ooh, how I want to break free ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Oh, life still goes on ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I can't get used to living without ♪ ♪ Living without you ♪ ♪ By my side ♪ ♪ I don't want to live alone ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, can't you see?¿ ♪ ♪ Oh, I've got to break free ♪ ♪ Baby, baby, can't you see ♪ ♪ I've got to break free ♪ ♪ Ooh, baby, ooh ♪ ♪ See, yeah ♪ ♪ God knows I want to ♪ ♪ God knows I want to ♪ ♪ God knows I want to break ♪ ♪ Break free ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪♪ Thank you!
[ Cheers and applause ] Be well!
[ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ "Under Pressure" plays ] ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ Mm-noom-ba-deh ♪ ♪ Boom-ba-beh ♪ ♪ Boo-boo-boom-ba-beh-beh ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ Pressure ♪ ♪ Pushin' down on me ♪ ♪ Pressin' down on you, no man ask for ♪ ♪ Under pressure brings a building down ♪ ♪ Splits a family in two, puts people on streets ♪ >> ♪ Mm-ba-ba-beh ♪ ♪ Mm-ba-ba-beh ♪ ♪ Dee-day-da ♪ ♪ That's okay ♪ >> ♪ The terror of knowing what this world is about ♪ ♪ Watchin' some good friends screamin', "Let me out" ♪ >> ♪ Pray tomorrow brings me higher ♪ ♪ Pressure on people, people on streets ♪ >> ♪ Hey, oh oh ♪ >> ♪ Ba-da-da, ba-bum ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ Okay ♪ >> ♪ Chippin' around, kick my brains cross the floor ♪ ♪ These are the days it never rains but it pours ♪ ♪ Ee-doh-ba-buh ♪ >> ♪ Ee-da-ba-ba-bop ♪ >> ♪ Beh-lup ♪ >> ♪ People on streets ♪ ♪♪ ♪ People on streets ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ It's the terror of knowing what this world is about ♪ ♪ Watching some good friends screaming, "Let me out" ♪ >> ♪ Pray tomorrow takes me higher ♪ ♪ Pressure on people, people on streets ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ Turned away from it all like a blind man ♪ ♪ Sat on a fence, but it don't work ♪ ♪ Keep coming up for air, but she's so slashed and torn ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, whoa, oh ♪ ♪ Whoa, yeah ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, yeah ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, eee, yeah ♪ ♪ Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love ♪ >> ♪ Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking ♪ >> ♪ Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
♪ ♪ Why can't we give love one more chance?
♪ ♪ Why can't we give love, give love, give love ♪ ♪ Give love, give love, give love, give love ♪ ♪ Give love?
♪ >> ♪ 'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word ♪ ♪ And love dares you to care for ♪ ♪ The people on the edge of the night ♪ ♪ And love dares you to change our way of ♪ Caring about ourselves ♪ ♪ This is our last dance ♪ ♪ This is our last dance ♪ ♪ This is ourselves ♪ ♪ Under pressure ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Under pressure ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Pressure ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ Pressure ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] The most exquisite Annie Lennox.
[ Cheers and applause ] [ "All the Young Dudes" plays ] ♪♪ >> ♪ Billy rapped all night about his suicide ♪ ♪ How he'd kick it in the head when he was 25 ♪ ♪ Speed dive ♪ ♪ Don't want to stay alive ♪ ♪ When you're 25 ♪ ♪ And Wendy's stealing clothes from under the stars ♪ ♪ And Freddy's got spots from ripping off the stars from his face ♪ ♪ A funky little boat race ♪ ♪♪ ♪ The television man is crazy ♪ ♪ Saying we're juvenile delinquent wrecks ♪ ♪ But, man ♪ ♪ I need a TV when I've got T. Rex ♪ ♪ Oh, brother, you guessed ♪ ♪ I'm a dude ♪ >> ♪ All the young dudes ♪ >> ♪ Hey, dudes ♪ >> ♪ Carry the news ♪ ♪ Boogaloo dudes ♪ ♪ Carry the news ♪ ♪♪ ♪ All the young dudes ♪ >> ♪ I wanna hear you ♪ >> ♪ Carry the news ♪ ♪ Boogaloo dudes ♪ ♪ Carry the news ♪ >> ♪ Now Lizzy's looking sweet 'cause she dresses like a queen ♪ ♪ But you can kick like a mule ♪ ♪ It's a real mean team ♪ ♪ But we can love ♪ ♪ You better believe it ♪ ♪♪ ♪ And my brother's back at home With his Beatles and his Stones ♪ ♪ We never got it off on that revolution stuff ♪ ♪ What a drag ♪ ♪ Too many snags ♪ ♪ I drunk a lot of wine ♪ ♪ And I'm feeling fine ♪ ♪ I gotta race some cat to bed ♪ ♪ Is there concrete all around or is it in my head?
♪ ♪ Oh, brother, you guessed ♪ ♪ I'm a dude, yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'm a dude, yeah ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ All the young dudes ♪ >> ♪ Hey, dudes ♪ >> ♪ Carry the news ♪ ♪ Boogaloo dudes ♪ ♪ Carry the news ♪ ♪♪ ♪ All the young dudes ♪ ♪ All you ♪ ♪ Carry the news ♪ >> ♪ I wanna feel you ♪ >> ♪ Boogaloo dudes ♪ ♪ Carry the news ♪ ♪♪ ♪ All the young dudes ♪ ♪ Carry the news ♪ ♪ Boogaloo dudes ♪ ♪ Carry the news ♪ ♪♪ ♪ All the young dudes ♪ ♪ Carry the news ♪ ♪ Boogaloo dudes ♪ ♪ Carry the news ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ All right, all right, right, right, right, right.
Amen!
♪♪ [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.
>> Ian Hunter!
[ Cheers and applause ] >> Thank you!
[ "39" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ In the year of '39, assembled here the volunteers ♪ ♪ In the days when lands were few ♪ ♪ Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn ♪ ♪ Sweetest sight ever seen ♪ ♪ And the night followed day ♪ ♪ And the storytellers say ♪ ♪ That the score brave souls inside ♪ ♪ Oh, for many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas ♪ ♪ Never looked back, never feared, never cried ♪ Come on!
♪ Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away ♪ ♪ Don't you hear me calling you ♪ ♪ Write your letters in the sand ♪ ♪ For the day I take your hand ♪ ♪ In the land that our grandchildren knew ♪ ♪ Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away ♪ ♪ Don't you hear me calling you ♪ ♪ All your letters in the sand ♪ ♪ Cannot heal me like your hand ♪ ♪ For my life still ahead ♪ ♪ Pity me ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪ Oh, ho, ho ♪ [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ "These Are the Days of Our Lives" plays ] ♪♪ >> ♪ Ooh ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ Sometimes I get to feelin' ♪ ♪ I was back in the old days, long ago ♪ ♪ When we were kids, when we were young ♪ ♪ Things seemed so perfect, you know?
♪ ♪ The days were endless, we were crazy, we were young ♪ ♪ The sun was always shinin', we just lived for fun ♪ ♪ Sometimes I feel like lately, I just don't know ♪ ♪ The rest of my life seems just a show ♪ ♪♪ ♪ 'Cause those were the days of our lives ♪ ♪♪ ♪ The bad things in life were so few ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Those days are all gone now, but one thing is true ♪ ♪♪ ♪ When I look and I find I still love you ♪ >> ♪ You can't turn back the clock ♪ ♪ You can't turn back the tide ♪ ♪ Ain't that a shame?
♪ >> ♪ Ain't that a shame?
♪ >> ♪ I'd like to go back one time on a roller coaster ride ♪ ♪ When life was just a game ♪ ♪♪ ♪ No use in sitting and thinkin' on what you did ♪ ♪ When you can lay back and enjoy it through your kids ♪ ♪ Sometimes it seems like lately, I just don't know ♪ ♪ Better sit back and go with the flow ♪ ♪ 'Cause these are the days of our lives ♪ ♪♪ ♪ They've flown in the swiftness of time ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Those days are all gone now, but some things remain ♪ ♪ When I look and I find no change ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ 'Cause those were the days of our lives ♪ ♪♪ ♪ The bad things in life were so few ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Those days are all gone now, but one thing's still true ♪ >> ♪ When I look ♪ >> ♪ And I find ♪ >> ♪ I still love you ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ I still love you ♪ >> ♪ I love you ♪ >> ♪ I still love you ♪ >> ♪ Love you ♪ ♪ I still love you ♪ >> ♪ Still love you ♪ >> ♪ Ooh, yeah, yeah ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] >> Thank you.
It's Lisa Stansfield!
[ Cheers and applause ] [ "Somebody to Love" plays ] ♪♪ ♪ Each morning I get up, I die a little ♪ ♪ Can barely stand on my feet ♪ >> ♪ Take a look at yourself ♪ >> ♪ Take a look in the mirror and I cry ♪ ♪ Lord, what you're doing to me?
♪ ♪ I spent all my years in believing you ♪ ♪ But I just can't get no relief, Lord!
♪ ♪ Somebody ♪ >> ♪ Somebody ♪ >> ♪ Ooh, somebody ♪ >> ♪ Somebody ♪ >> ♪ Can anybody find me somebody to love?
♪ ♪♪ ♪ I work hard ♪ >> ♪ He works hard ♪ >> ♪ Every day of my life ♪ ♪ I work till I ache in my bones ♪ ♪ At the end ♪ >> ♪ At the end of the day ♪ >> ♪ I take home my hard-earned pay all on my own ♪ ♪ I go down on my knees and I start to pray ♪ ♪ Till the tears run down from my eyes, Lord!
♪ ♪ Somebody ♪ >> ♪ Somebody ♪ >> ♪ Ooh, somebody ♪ >> ♪ Somebody ♪ >> ♪ Can anybody find me somebody to love?
♪ >> ♪ He works hard ♪ ♪ Every day ♪ >> ♪ I try, and I try, and I try ♪ ♪ But everybody wants to put me down ♪ ♪ They say I'm going crazy ♪ ♪ They say I got a lot of water in my brain ♪ ♪ Oh, I got no common sense ♪ ♪ He's got nobody left to believe in ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Somebody ♪ >> ♪ Somebody ♪ ♪ Somebody ♪ >> ♪ Anybody find me somebody to love?
♪ ♪ Can ♪ ♪ Anybody ♪ ♪ Find me someone to love?
♪ >> ♪ I got no feel, I got no rhythm ♪ ♪ I just keep losing my beat ♪ >> ♪ You just keep losing and losing ♪ >> ♪ I'm all right ♪ ♪ I ain't gonna face no defeat ♪ ♪ Just gotta get out of this prison cell ♪ ♪ Someday I'm gonna be free, Lord!
♪ ♪♪ Want to hear every single person.
See every single pair of hands.
3, 4.
♪ Find me somebody to love ♪ ♪ Find me somebody to love ♪ ♪ Find me somebody to love ♪ ♪ Find me somebody to love ♪ ♪ Find me somebody to love ♪ ♪ Find me somebody to love ♪ ♪ Find me somebody to love ♪ ♪ Find me somebody to love ♪ ♪ Somebody ♪ >> ♪ Somebody ♪ >> ♪ Somebody ♪ >> ♪ Somebody ♪ >> ♪ Somebody ♪ ♪ Find me somebody ♪ ♪ Find me somebody to love ♪ ♪ Can anybody find me ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Somebody t-o-o-o-o ♪ Come on!
>> ♪ Love ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Yeah!
♪♪ >> ♪ Find me somebody to love ♪ >> ♪ Oooooooooh ♪ ♪ Find me somebody, somebody, somebody to love ♪ ♪ Find me, find me, find me, find me, find me ♪ ♪ Ooh, somebody to love ♪ >> ♪ Find me somebody to love ♪ ♪ Find me somebody to love ♪ >> ♪ Anybody, anywhere, anybody, find me somebody to love, love ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Love ♪ ♪♪ [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you very much!
[ "Bohemian Rhapsody" plays ] [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ >> ♪ Mama ♪ ♪ Just killed a man ♪ ♪ Put a gun against his head ♪ ♪ Pulled my trigger, now he's dead ♪ ♪ Mama ♪ ♪ Life had just begun ♪ ♪ Now I've gone and thrown it all away ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Mama ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Didn't mean to make you cry ♪ ♪ If I'm not back again this time tomorrow ♪ ♪ Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪ Too late ♪ ♪ My time has come ♪ ♪ Sends shivers down my spine ♪ ♪ Body's aching all the time ♪ ♪ Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go ♪ ♪ Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth ♪ ♪ Mama ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ >> ♪ Any way the wind blows ♪ >> ♪ I don't wanna die ♪ ♪ I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ I see a little silhouetto of a man ♪ ♪ Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
♪ ♪ Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me ♪ >> ♪ Galileo ♪ >> ♪ Galileo ♪ >> ♪ Galileo ♪ >> ♪ Galileo ♪ >> ♪ Galileo Figaro ♪ >> ♪ Magnifico ♪ ♪ But I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me ♪ ♪ He's just a poor boy from a poor family ♪ ♪ Spare him his life from this monstrosity ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
♪ >> ♪ Bismillah ♪ ♪ No, we will not let you go ♪ ♪ Let him go ♪ >> ♪ Bismillah ♪ ♪ We will not let you go ♪ >> ♪ Let him go ♪ >> ♪ Bismillah ♪ ♪ We will not let you go ♪ >> ♪ Let him go ♪ ♪ Will not let you go ♪ ♪ Let me go ♪ ♪ Will not let you go ♪ ♪ Let me go-oh-oh ♪ ♪ No, no, no, no, no, no, no ♪ >> ♪ Oh, mamma mia, mamma mia ♪ ♪ Mamma mia, let me go ♪ ♪ Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me ♪ ♪ For me, for me ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
♪ ♪♪ ♪ So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
♪ ♪ Oh, baby ♪ ♪ Can't do this to me, baby ♪ ♪ Just gotta get out ♪ ♪ Just gotta get right outta here ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, yeah, ooh, yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Nothing really matters ♪ ♪ Anyone can see ♪ ♪ Nothing really matters ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Nothing really matters to me ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪ Any way the wind blows ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ "The Show Must Go On" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ Empty spaces ♪ ♪ What are we living for?
♪ ♪ Abandoned places ♪ ♪ I guess we know the score ♪ ♪ On and on ♪ ♪ Does anybody know what we are looking for?
♪ ♪ Another hero ♪ ♪ Another mindless crime ♪ ♪ Behind the curtain ♪ ♪ In the pantomime ♪ ♪ Hold the line ♪ ♪ Does anybody want to take it anymore?
♪ >> ♪ The show must go on ♪ >> ♪ Yeah ♪ >> ♪ The show must go on ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ Inside my heart is breaking ♪ ♪ My makeup may be flaking ♪ ♪ But my smile still stays on ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Whatever happens ♪ ♪ Yeah, I'll leave it all to chance ♪ ♪ Another heartache ♪ ♪ Another failed romance ♪ ♪ On and on ♪ ♪ Does anybody know what we are living for?
♪ ♪ I guess I'm learning ♪ >> ♪ Learning ♪ >> ♪ I must be warmer now ♪ ♪ I'll soon be turning ♪ >> ♪ Turning, turning ♪ >> ♪ Round the corner now ♪ ♪ Outside the dawn is breaking ♪ ♪ But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ The show must go on ♪ >> ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ >> ♪ The show must go on ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ Inside my heart is breaking ♪ ♪ My makeup may be flaking ♪ ♪ But my smile still stays on ♪ [ Instrumental break ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies ♪ ♪ Fairy tales of yesterday grow but never die ♪ ♪ I can fly, my friends ♪ >> ♪ The show must go on ♪ >> ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ >> ♪ The show must go on ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ I'll face it with a grin ♪ ♪ I'm never giving in ♪ ♪ On with the show ♪ >> ♪ The show must go on ♪ >> ♪ Yeah ♪ >> ♪ The show must go on ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ I'll top the bill ♪ ♪ I'll overkill ♪ ♪ I got to find the will to carry on with the show ♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ The show must go on ♪ >> ♪ The show must go on ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause continue ] [ "We Will Rock You" plays ] [ Rhythmic clapping ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ Buddy, you're a boy, make a big noise ♪ ♪ Playing in the street, gonna be a big man someday ♪ ♪ You got mud on your face, you big disgrace ♪ ♪ Kicking your can all over the place, singin' ♪ >> ♪ We will, we will rock you ♪ >> Sing it!
>> ♪ We will, we will rock you ♪ >> ♪ Buddy, you're a young man, hard man ♪ ♪ Shouting in the street, gonna take on the world someday ♪ ♪ You got blood on your face, you big disgrace ♪ ♪ Waving your banner all over the place singin' ♪ >> ♪ We will, we will rock you ♪ >> Come on!
>> ♪ We will, we will rock you ♪ >> ♪ Buddy, you're an old man, poor man ♪ ♪ Pleading with your eyes, gonna make you some peace someday ♪ ♪ You got mud on your face, you big disgrace ♪ ♪ Somebody better put you back into your place ♪ >> ♪ We will, we will rock you ♪ >> All right!
>> ♪ We will, we will rock you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ We will, we will rock you ♪ >> All right!
>> ♪ We will, we will rock you ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Song ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] >> I think there is -- I know there is one person in the world that Freddie would be very proud to have stand in his footsteps tonight.
And she's here.
Ladies and gentlemen, Liza!
[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ >> Yeah.
♪ I've paid my dues ♪ ♪ Time after time ♪ ♪ I've done my sentence ♪ ♪ But committed no crime ♪ ♪ And bad mistakes ♪ Ha!
♪ I've made a few ♪ ♪ I've had my share of sand kicked in my face ♪ ♪ But I've come through ♪ >> ♪ And we mean to go on and on and on and on ♪ ♪ Oh, we are the champions, my friends ♪ ♪ And we'll keep on fighting till the end ♪ ♪ We are the champions ♪ ♪ We are the champions ♪ ♪ No time for losers ♪ ♪ 'Cause we are the champions ♪ >> ♪ Of the world ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I've taken my bows ♪ Ha!
♪ And my curtain calls ♪ ♪ You brought me fame and fortune and everything that goes with it ♪ ♪ And we thank you all ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ But it's been no bed of roses ♪ ♪ No pleasure cruise ♪ ♪ I consider it a challenge before the whole human race ♪ ♪ And we ain't gonna lose ♪ >> ♪ And we mean to go on and on and on and on ♪ ♪ We are the champions, my friends ♪ ♪ And we'll keep on fighting till the end ♪ ♪ We are the champions ♪ ♪ We are the champions ♪ ♪ No time for losers ♪ ♪ 'Cause we are the champions of the world ♪ >> ♪ We are the champions, my friends ♪ >> ♪ We are the champions ♪ >> ♪ And we'll keep on fighting till the end ♪ >> ♪ Just keep on fighting ♪ >> ♪ We are the champions ♪ ♪ We are the champions ♪ ♪ No time for losers ♪ ♪ 'Cause we are the champions ♪ ♪ We are the champions, my friends ♪ >> ♪ 'Cause we are the champions ♪ >> ♪ And we'll keep on fighting till the end ♪ ♪ We are the champions ♪ ♪ We are the champions ♪ ♪ No time for losers ♪ ♪ 'Cause we are the champions ♪ ♪ We are the champions ♪ >> Thank you, everybody!
>> ♪ My friends ♪ >> ♪ Oh, we are the champions ♪ >> ♪ And we'll keep on fighting till the end ♪ >> ♪ Just keep on fighting ♪ >> ♪ We are the champions ♪ ♪ We are the champions ♪ ♪ No time for losers ♪ ♪ 'Cause we are the champions ♪ >> Thanks, Freddie!
We just wanted to let you know we were thinking about you!
Stay safe!
♪ Of the wo-o-o-rld ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause continue ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] >> Good night, Freddie!
We love you!
[ Cheers and applause continue ] ♪♪ [ "God Save the Queen" plays ] >> ♪ Long live our noble Queen ♪ ♪ God save the Queen ♪ ♪ Send her victorious ♪ ♪ Happy and glorious ♪ ♪ Long to reign over us ♪ ♪ God save the Queen ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause continue ] [ Explosions ] >> Please take your time when you're leaving the stadium.
Just turn around.
Move through the exits.
[ Explosion ] [ Speaking indistinctly ] Thank you, and good night.
[ Explosion ] [ Cheers and applause continue ] [ Explosions ] ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause continue ] [ Explosion ] [ Cheers and applause continue ]
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