Live at Wembley '86

Summary

Live at Wembley '86 is a double live album by the British rock band Queen. It was recorded live on Saturday 12 July 1986 during the Magic Tour at Wembley Stadium in London, England. The album was released on 26 May 1992, with a companion DVD released in June 2003.

Live at Wembley '86
Live album by
Released26 May 1992 (1992-05-26)
Recorded12 July 1986
VenueWembley Stadium, London, England
GenreRock
Length110:53
Label
ProducerQueen
Queen chronology
Classic Queen
(1992)
Live at Wembley '86
(1992)
The 12″ Collection
(1992)
Singles from Live at Wembley '86
  1. "We Will Rock You / We Are the Champions"
    Released: June 1992 (EU)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]
VideoVista[3]

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 5 September 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.

Track listing edit

Disc one edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One Vision"5:50
2."Tie Your Mother Down"May3:52
3."In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"Mercury2:44
4."Seven Seas of Rhye"Mercury1:19
5."Tear It Up" (with "Liar" Intro)May (Liar intro written by Mercury)2:12
6."A Kind of Magic"Taylor8:41
7."Under Pressure"
3:41
8."Another One Bites the Dust"Deacon4:54
9."Who Wants to Live Forever"May5:16
10."I Want to Break Free"Deacon3:34
11."Impromptu"
  • Mercury
  • May
  • Taylor
  • Deacon
2:55
12."Brighton Rock" (Guitar Solo)May9:11
13."Now I'm Here"May6:19
Total length:1:00:28

Disc two edit

Bonus tracks on 2003 Hollywood Records remaster edit

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

The original Friday concert edit

The original Friday 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 edit

Certifications and sales edit

Music Album
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[26] Gold 100,000*
France (SNEP)[27] Platinum 300,000*
Germany (BVMI)[28] Gold 250,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[29] Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[30] Gold 7,500^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[31] Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[32] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[33] Platinum 300,000*
United States (RIAA)[34] Platinum 1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


Video Album
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[35] 2× Platinum 30,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[36] Gold 5,000*
Germany (BVMI)[37] 4× Platinum 200,000^
Italy 15,000[38]
Mexico (AMPROFON)[39] Platinum 20,000^
Portugal (AFP)[40] 11× Platinum 88,000^
United States (RIAA)[41] 5× Platinum 500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel edit

Additional musicians

  • Spike Edney – keyboards, piano, guitar on "Hammer to Fall", backing vocals

References edit

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  39. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved 27 November 2019. Type Queen in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Live at Wembley in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
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External links edit

  • Queen official website: Discography: Live at Wembley '86: includes lyrics of "In Lap of the Gods...Revisited", "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care", "Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart)", "Tutti Frutti", "Gimme Some Lovin'", "Big Spender", "Radio Gaga".