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Live at Wembley '86 is a double compact disc live album by English rock band Queen.

It was recorded live on Saturday July 12, 1986 during the Magic Tour at Wembley Stadium in London, England and released on May 26, 1992. A companion DVD was released in June 2003.

The album was remastered and re-released with bonus tracks in August 2003 in the US as Live at Wembley Stadium after the companion DVD. This name has also been used on subsequent releases elsewhere, although they lack the bonus tracks included with the US version.

A remastered special edition DVD was released on September 5, 2011 in the UK (what would have been Freddie Mercury's 65th birthday), and for the first time included the Friday evening concert in addition to the Saturday night show. Snippets of the Friday show were included on earlier DVDs, but the remastered release marked the first time that the concert has been presented in full. A Deluxe Edition also included the Saturday concert in remastered CD form.

During the introduction to "Who Wants to Live Forever," Freddie addressed the rumours at the time of a Queen breakup by pointing to his posterior and saying, "They're talking from here!," which got quite a response from the audience. During the speech, Freddie making what was, prior to the Queen+ collaborations, a prophetic comment: "So forget those rumours, we're gonna stay together until we fucking well die, I'm sure of it."

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "One Vision" (Queen) – 5:50
  2. "Tie Your Mother Down" (Brian May) – 3:52
  3. "In the Lap of the Gods...Revisited"[3] (Freddie Mercury) – 2:44
  4. "Seven Seas of Rhye" (Mercury) – 1:19
  5. "Tear It Up" (May) – 2:12
  6. "A Kind of Magic" (Roger Taylor) – 8:41
  7. "Under Pressure" (Queen, David Bowie) – 3:41
  8. "Another One Bites the Dust" (John Deacon) – 4:54
  9. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (May) – 5:16
  10. "I Want to Break Free" (Deacon) – 3:34
  11. "Impromptu" (Queen) – 2:55
  12. "Brighton Rock Solo" (May) – 9:11
  13. "Now I'm Here" (May) – 6:19

Disc two

  1. "Love of My Life" (Mercury) – 4:47
  2. "Is This the World We Created...?" (Mercury, May) – 2:59
  3. "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 1:34
  4. "Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart)" (Gene Pitney) – 1:24
  5. "Tutti Frutti" (Little Richard) – 3:23[4]
  6. "Gimme Some Lovin'" (Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis, Muff Winwood) – 0:55
  7. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) – 5:50
  8. "Hammer to Fall" (May) – 5:36
  9. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury) – 6:27
  10. "Big Spender" (Dorothy Fields, Cy Coleman) – 1:07
  11. "Radio Ga Ga" (Taylor) – 5:57
  12. "We Will Rock You" (May) – 2:46
  13. "Friends Will Be Friends" (Mercury, Deacon) – 2:08
  14. "We Are the Champions" (Mercury) – 4:05
  15. "God Save the Queen" (arr. May) – 1:27

Bonus tracks on 2003 Hollywood Records remaster

  1. "A Kind of Magic (Live July 11, 1986 at Wembley Stadium, London)"
  2. "Another One Bites the Dust (Live July 11, 1986 at Wembley Stadium, London)"
  3. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Live July 11, 1986 at Wembley Stadium, London)"
  4. "Tavaszi szél vízet áraszt (Live July 27, 1986 at Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary)"

The Original Concert

The concert started at 4.00pm with tickets costing £14.50, 4 bands performed in the following order:

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

Release history

Country Release Date
Worldwide May 26, 1992 (1992-05-26)
United States June 2, 1992 (1992-06-02)

Chart positions and sales

Country Charts Sales
Peak position Weeks Certification Sales
Belgium 1 100.000
Italy 1 Platinum (5x) 500.000
France 2 Platinum 600.000
United Kingdom 2[5] 15[5] Platinum[6] 700.000
Austria 6 16 Gold 35.000
Switzerland 6 13 Gold 50.000
Netherlands 9 100.000
Germany 20 Gold 300.000
Sweden 29 4 15.000
United States 53[5] 1[5] Platinum[7] 500.000
Japan 81 100.000
Mexico Platinum[8] 250.000
Brazil Gold 150.000
Canada 80.000
Spain 300.000

Personnel

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Notes and references