Queen at Wembley

For the audio CD release of the same concert, see Live at Wembley '86.

1986 film

Queen at Wembley

Directed by| Gavin Taylor
Produced by| Simon Lupton
Rhys Thomas
Starring| Freddie Mercury
Brian May
Roger Taylor
John Deacon
Spike Edney
Music by| Queen

Release dates

* October 25, 1986 (1986-10-25) (The Tube)
* December 3, 1990 (1990-12-03) (worldwide)

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 from the Magic Tour which took place during the summer of 1986.

It was originally transmitted in 1986 in the UK and released commercially in various audio and video forms in 1990 and the recent DVD.

## Release

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### Broadcast

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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]

### Home media

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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]

## Disc one

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1. One Vision
2. Tie Your Mother Down
3. In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited
4. Seven Seas of Rhye
5. Tear It Up
6. A Kind of Magic
7. Under Pressure
8. Another One Bites the Dust
9. Who Wants to Live Forever
10. I Want to Break Free
11. Impromptu
12. Brighton Rock Solo
13. Now I'm Here
14. Love of My Life
15. Is This the World We Created?
16. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care
17. Hello Mary Lou
18. Tutti Frutti
19. Gimme Some Lovin'
20. Bohemian Rhapsody
21. Hammer to Fall
22. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
23. Big Spender
24. Radio Ga Ga
25. We Will Rock You
26. Friends Will Be Friends
27. We Are the Champions
28. God Save the Queen

## Disc two

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### Road to Wembley

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* Brian May and Roger Taylor interview (2003) (28 mins)
* Gavin Taylor (Director) and Gerry Stickells (Tour Manager) interview (19 mins)
* A Beautiful Day – Rudi Dolezal's backstage documentary about the whole day (30 mins)
* Tribute to the Wembley Towers – including timelapse demolition footage set to 'These Are the Days of Our Lives (Instrumental)' (5 mins)

### Unseen Magic

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* Features 'Friday Concert Medley' – highlights package of the previous night's show (28 mins):

1. A Kind of Magic
2. Another One Bites The Dust
3. Tutti Frutti
4. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
5. We Are The Champions (ending)
6. God Save The Queen

* Rehearsals (10 mins)
* Picture Gallery (5 mins) (The background music for this extra is the full, unreleased original version of "A Kind of Magic" used in the Highlander film)

### Queen cams

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4 tracks presented in multi-angle Brian, Roger, John and Freddie cams:

1. One Vision
2. Under Pressure
3. Now I'm Here
4. We Are the Champions

## Audio

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PCM Stereo & DTS 5.1 Surround Sound

## The original concert

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The original concert started at 4.00pm with tickets costing £14.50. Four bands performed in the following order:

1. INXS
2. The Alarm
3. Status Quo
4. Queen

## Charts

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### Charts

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| Chart (2003)  | Peak
position  | Ref(s)

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Australian Top 40 DVDs Chart  | 1  | [4]
Austrian Top 10 DVDs Chart  | 5  | [5]
Norwegian Music DVDs Chart  | 3  | [6]
UK Music Video Chart (OCC)  | 1  | [7]
Chart (2005)  | Peak
position  | Ref(s)

|
|

Hungarian Top 20 DVDs  | 7  | [8]
Chart (2018–2019)  | Peak
position  | Ref(s)

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Australia Music DVD Chart (ARIA)  | 1  | [9][10]
Spanish Music DVD Chart (Promusicae)  | 2  | [11]
Swiss Music DVD Chart (Hitparade)  | 1  | [12]
UK Music Video Chart (OCC)  | 1  | [13]

## Certifications and sales

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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.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

## References

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1. ^ "Groovy F❉ckers: 40 Years of 'The Tube'". 9 September 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
2. ^ "Queen - London 1986 (stereo satellite simulcast)". YouTube. 25 October 1986. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
3. ^ "QueenOnline.com". www.queenonline.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
4. ^ "ariaNET: The ARIA Report! (Issue 707)" (PDF). Australian Web Archive. Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 19\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2003. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
5. ^ "Austrian Top 10 DVDs Chart". Ö3 Austria Top 40 (in German). 24 July 2003. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
6. ^ "Hovedmeny: SØK I BASE". IFPI Norway (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Search for Queen under Søk på artist i alle listene to see search results.
7. ^ Official Music Video Chart \- Week 5 October 2003 - 11 October 2003
8. ^ "Archivum: DVD Top 20". Mahasz (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 July 2011.
9. ^ ARIA Music DVDs Chart \- Week commencing 24 December 2018
10. ^ ARIA Music DVDs Chart \- Week commencing 14 January 2019
11. ^ Promusicae Music DVDs Chart \- SEMANA 06: del 01.02.2019 al 07.02.2019
12. ^ SWISS CHARTS \- MUSIC DVD TOP 10 Week 21/12/2018-27/12/2018
13. ^ Official Music Video Chart \- 17 February 2019 - 23 February 2019
14. ^ "Argentinian video certifications – Queen – Live at the Wembley Stadium". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
15. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
16. ^ "Austrian video certifications – Queen – Live at Wembley Stadium" (in German). IFPI Austria.
17. ^ "French video certifications – Queen – Queen at Wembley" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012.
18. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Queen; 'Live at Wembley Stadium')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
19. ^ De Luigi, Mario. "Ricossa nazionale" (PDF). Musica e Dischi. p. 10\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
20. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Queen in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Live at the Wembley Stadium in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
21. ^ "Latest Gold / Platinum DVDs". Radioscope. 3 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011.
22. ^ "Wyróżnienia – Platynowe płyty DVD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2004 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 12 October 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
23. ^ "Portuguese Music DVD certifications – Queen – Live at Wembley Stadium" (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
24. ^ "Top 20 DVD Musical – Lista de los títulos mas vendidos del 13.11.06 al 19.11.06" (PDF) (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
25. ^ "British video certifications – Queen – Live at Wembley Stadium". British Phonographic Industry.
26. ^ "American video certifications – Queen – Live at Wembley". Recording Industry Association of America.

## External links

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* Queen at Wembley at IMDb

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