Queen at Wembley | |
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Directed by | Gavin Taylor |
Produced by | Simon Lupton Rhys Thomas |
Starring | Freddie Mercury Brian May Roger Taylor John Deacon Spike Edney |
Music by | Queen |
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Running time | 300 min |
Language | English |
Queen Live at Wembley Stadium, also referred to as Queen Live At Wembley, Queen At Wembley, Queen Live At Wembley '86, Live At Wembley and Live At Wembley '86, is a live concert by British rock band Queen at Wembley Stadium, London, England on Saturday 12 July 1986. The recording is a performance of the Magic Tour which took place during the summer of 1986.
It was originally transmitted in 1986 in the U.K. and released commercially in various audio and video forms in 1990 and the recent DVD.
The recorded concert was first broadcast as Queen: Real Magic on a special episode for the British music show The Tube on 25 October 1986 on Channel 4.[1] This was transmitted in mono (as was normal before NICAM stereo became standard on UK TV in the early 1990s). However, it was simultaneously broadcast over the radio in stereo so that viewers had the option to mute their televisions, play the audio on a nearby radio and enjoy “the world’s first ever stereo simulcast” in a similar way that previous live (as opposed to, in this case, pre-recorded) classical performances had sometimes been offered.[2]
The recording was first commercially released in December 1990 as an edited VHS (missing 9 songs), then as the Live at Wembley '86 audio CD in 1992. This was followed by a DVD release as Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium (in its entirety) to coincide with the CD rerelease in 2003. The DVD has gone five times platinum in the United States, four times platinum in the United Kingdom, and achieved multi platinum status around the world. On 5 September 2011, the 25th Anniversary Edition of the concert was released as a standard 2-DVD set and a deluxe 2-DVD and 2-CD set which also included the entire Friday, 11 July 1986 concert on DVD for the first time. Eagle Rock Entertainment released a 25th anniversary edition in the US and Canada on 12 March 2013.[3]
4 tracks presented in multi-angle Brian, Roger, John and Freddie cams:
PCM Stereo & DTS 5.1 Surround Sound
The original concert started at 4.00pm with tickets costing £14.50. Four bands performed in the following order:
Charts[edit]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF)[14] | Platinum | 8,000^ |
Australia (ARIA)[15] | 4× Platinum | 60,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[16] | Gold | 5,000* |
France (SNEP)[17] | Diamond | 100,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[18] | 4× Platinum | 200,000^ |
Italy dvd sales in 2005 |
— | 21,000[19] |
Mexico (AMPROFON)[20] | Platinum | 20,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[21] | Platinum | 5,000^ |
Poland (ZPAV)[22] | Platinum | 10,000* |
Portugal (AFP)[23] | Gold | 4,000^ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[24] | Platinum | 25,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] | 7× Platinum | 350,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[26] | 5× Platinum | 250,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |