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The Queen I Tour was a concert tour by British rock group Queen to promote their 1973 album Queen. It was the First major tour by the group. They would only go around Europe (like their Queen II Tour)

Background

Queen had been playing the club and college circuit in and around London for almost two years and with the release of their self-titled debut album, Queen, they decided to go on a tour for the album. This tour would mostly stay in the UK but sometimes they would go out of it to do a concert or two.

Broadcasts and recordings

The Golders Green show was recorded and broadcasted by BBC. It's been bootlegged many times but never in complete form. Six tracks are widely available (Procession, Father To Son, Son And Daughter, See What A Fool I've Been, Ogre Battle and Liar), the rock'n'roll medley (Jailhouse Rock, Stupid Cupid, Be Bop A Lula) leaked in spring 2002 and the rest (Big Spender, Bama Lama Bama Lou) is in the BBC archives (= available but not widely spread).

Tour band

• Freddie Mercury: Lead vocals, piano, tambourine.
• Brian May: Guitar, backing vocals.
• Roger Taylor: Drums, backing vocals.
• John Deacon: Bass guitar, additional vocals.

Opening act

Nutz

Setlist

1. "Procession"
2. "Father to Son"
3. "Son and Daughter"
4. "Ogre Battle"
5. "Hangman"
6. "Keep Yourself Alive"
7. "Liar"
8. "Jailhouse Rock"
9. "Shake Rattle And Roll"
10. "Stupid Cupid"
11. "Be Bop A Lula"
12. "Jailhouse Rock (reprise)"
13. "Big Spender"
14. "Bama Lama Bama Loo"

Notes

Some tracks were played scarcely throughout the tour such as

1. "Stone Cold Crazy (different slow version)"
2. "Great King Rat"
3. "Modern Times Rock'n'roll (instead of Bama Lama Bama Loo)
4. "See What A Fool I've Been"
5. "I'm a Man (different fast version)

Tour dates

References

http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/queen/1973-queen1.html

External links

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