QUEEN ~ Le Pavillon. Paris.

  *** CONCERT 1 # 2 --APRIL 23 - 24, 1978 ***

 

🕖 Set Times:

7:00 pm — Doors Open
8:15 pm — Queen (UK)

 

Support Act: ---

~ NEWS OF THE WORLD TOUR 1978 ~

 

 (The News of the World Tour was the fifth headlining concert tour by the British rock band Queen, supporting their successful 1977 album News of the World. The tour spanned from 11 November 1977 to 13 May 1978 over three tour legs: North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom.)

 

News of the World is the sixth studio album by English (from London) rock pop band Queen, released on October 28,1977. Producer Queen - Mike Stone. Its lead single, "We Are the Champions", reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart and #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album subsequently reached #4 on the UK Albums Chart and #3 on the US Top Albums chart. "We Will Rock You" (sample) was released as the B-side of "We Are the Champions", and became one of Queen's biggest songs worldwide as a staple of arena and stadium sets. It's one of the most iconic album covers to appear in the 1970s, painting by American sci-fi artist Frank Kelly Freas.

QUEEN (Band)

Freddie Mercury — lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, occasional rhythm guitar (1970–1991; died on November 24, 1991)
Brian May — lead and rhythm guitars, backing and lead vocals, keyboards (1970–present)
Roger Taylor — drums, backing and lead vocals, percussion, keyboards, rhythm guitar (1970–present)
John Deacon — bass, rhythm guitar, keyboards, occasional backing vocals (1971–1997)

The Setlist
QUEEN

 

We Will Rock You (Slow/Fast)
Brighton Rock
Somebody to Love
Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)
Killer Queen
Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
I'm in Love With My Car
Get Down, Make Love
The Millionaire Waltz
You're My Best Friend
Spread Your Wings
It's Late
Now I'm Here
Love of My Life
'39
My Melancholy Blues
White Man
The Prophet's Song
Guitar Solo
The Prophet's Song (Reprise)
Stone Cold Crazy
Bohemian Rhapsody
Keep Yourself Alive
Tie Your Mother Down

Encore 1

We Will Rock You
We Are the Champions

Encore 2

Sheer Heart Attack
Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley cover) (Brian May plays the riff of "I Feel Fine"))
God Save the Queen ([traditional] cover)  

 

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Time Set: 1h57