''Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl'' is a DVD/live album by the British rock band

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released on 25 October 2004 in Europe and on 9 November 2004 in the US. It was recorded live at the

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, Buckinghamshire, England, on 5 June 1982 during the ''

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''. A DVD was also released with the complete concert and bonus material, such as band interviews and tour highlights. In 2005, the album was also released as an LP. In the UK, the DVD made No. 1 and CD, No. 20 in the DVD and CD chart respectively. In the US, neither the DVD nor album charted.

Notes

During the concert, lead guitarist

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had a few minor problems with his homemade

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guitar. During both the fast version of "

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" and " Dragon Attack", two of the strings broke and he had to change to his Birch Red Special backup for most of "Action This Day" and for the entire second half of "Dragon Attack" and the entire duration of "Now I'm Here (Reprise)". Before playing " Love of My Life", May played a snippet of the intro to "

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" calling it "a little fiddle around". During May's guitar solo, the pickup switches of his guitar were switched off and May's guitar solo stopped for 20 seconds (the full 20 seconds is on the DVD, but the album version of the performance contains only 3 seconds). His guitar tech, Brian Zellis, helped May to get his guitar going again by simply turning back on the switches. Drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist

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performed impromptu solos during "Dragon Attack" and before "

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," respectively when May switched guitars during "Dragon Attack" and was getting his guitar fixed following his solo. During "

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's voice very briefly slipped into an off-key falsetto during the lyric "in this locality" (the original error could be heard on the original BBC TV, Channel 4, MTV, an audience recording, and radio broadcasts of the concert) but the error was fixed for the release of the DVD and CD. During the first verse of "Fat Bottomed Girls," instead of singing the original line "you made a bad boy out of me," Mercury sang "you made an asshole out of me." Mercury performed without his trademark bottomless microphone stand for "We Will Rock You (Fast)", "Now I'm Here", and "The Hero" (shown on the Live in Japan bonus footage on DVD). This allowed Mercury to more freely scale and walk along the raised wings on either side of the stage. Throughout the concert a member of the crowd can be heard using an

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. The "air horn man" is thanked in the album's liner notes. Due to censorship laws the Hong Kong and China release of the CD removed "Get Down, Make Love" and "Fat Bottomed Girls".

Track listing

Disc 1

Disc 2

DVD bonus material

* MK Bowl backstage interview *

interview *

and Roger Taylor interviews * Songs from concert at Stadthalle, Vienna,

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on 12 May 1982 *# "Another One Bites the Dust" *# "We Will Rock You" *# "We Are the Champions" *# "God Save the Queen" * Songs from concert at

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, Japan on 3 November 1982 *# "Flash / The Hero" *# "Now I'm Here" *# "Impromptu" *# "Put Out the Fire" *# "Dragon Attack" *# "Now I'm Here (Reprise)" *# "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" *# " Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" * Photo gallery (

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Personnel

;Queen *

– lead vocals, piano, acoustic rhythm guitar on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" *

– harmony and backing vocals, guitars, piano on "Save Me" * Roger Taylor – harmony and backing vocals, drums, percussion, co-lead vocals on "Action This Day" (verses) and "Sheer Heart Attack" *

– bass guitar, rhythm guitar on "Staying Power", additional backing vocals on "Somebody to Love" and "Back Chat" with: *

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– keyboards, piano ;Technical *Justin Shirley-Smith – mix producer *Kris Fredriksson – Pro Tools HD *

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– recording engineer *Mick McKenna – second recording engineer *Tim Young – mastering *Richard Gray – artwork * Denis O'Regan – photography

Charts and certifications

Charts

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Certifications

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References

External links

* Official YouTube videos
"Guitar Solo" (Live at the Bowl)Queen + Paul Rodgers – "Guitar Solo"

Queen official website: Discography: On Fire Live At The Bowl
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