QUEEN Live at Hyde Park 1976

A report about the Queen concert at London Hyde Park september 18 1976.

Here are impression shots of the vast audience.

Queen returned to London after their tour for a free concert at Hyde Park. An estimate 200,000 people turned up. Which is still a record.

The concert was organised by a very young Richard Branson.

Capitol FM radio dj Kenny Everett hosted his radio program that day at thyde park. He did not broadcast anything of the concert.



From wikipedia :

Queen live in Hyde Park 1976 was a famous concert by the band. The concert took place on 18 September, during the hot summer of 1976. It was part of a brief summer tour of the UK by the band; they also played in Edinburgh and Cardiff on this tour.

The Hyde Park gig was a free concert, which drew in a crowd of over 150,000, which was one of the largest audiences for any concert in London.[1][2] The free concert was organised by Richard Branson, an entrepreneur at the time.[3]

There is more than one audio source of this concert as well as a video. According to Roger Taylor, the drummer of Queen, the complete show was supposed to be shown on TV in early 1976 but was never aired. Since then, the footage has leaked out to collectors, though in terrible quality. Over the years, some of the footage has been showed in various documentaries and there are rumors of a future official release.

The rest of the day's music was provided by The Kiki Dee Band, Supercharge, The Rich Kids (not to be confused with Midge Ure's band of the same name), Broken Wreck Chords and Steve Hillage. Elton John did not appear duetting with Kiki Dee for "Don't go breaking my heart". She sang to a 2/3 life-sized cardboard cut-out of Elton instead.

Setlist
"A Day at the Races (Intro)"
Bohemian Rhapsody (Opera and Rock Section)"
"Ogre Battle"
"Sweet Lady"
"White Queen (As It Began)"
"Flick Of The Wrist"
"You're My Best Friend"
"Bohemian Rhapsody (Ballad)"
"Killer Queen"
"The March Of The Black Queen"
"Bohemian Rhapsody (Reprise)"
"Bring Back That Leroy Brown"
"Brighton Rock"
"Son And Daughter (Reprise)"
"'39"
"You Take My Breath Away"
"The Prophet's Song"
"Stone Cold Crazy"
"Keep Yourself Alive"
"Liar"
"In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"