Holy fark, how many people are in that stadium??????

Forget it, I looked at wiki. 72,000 people.

nice mullet, joe!

I'm in Love With My Car

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Happy Birthday Roger!!!

Nobody rocked the mullet quite like Joe.

That's a concert that desperately needs a better DVD release. Nearly half of it was not included on the disk I saw. Luckily, I have the video tape of it, and, to the best of my recollection, only Spinal Tap was left off.

Dumb-Ass-Monkey: That's a concert that desperately needs a better DVD release. Nearly half of it was not included on the disk I saw. Luckily, I have the video tape of it, and, to the best of my recollection, only Spinal Tap was left off.

I taped it straight from MTV, and apparently i missed a shiatload...

vernonFL: Forget it, I looked at wiki. 72,000 people.

I remember watching the concert with my parents and brother. It was a great show. My favorite performance was Annie Lennox and David Bowie doing Under Pressure.

The DVD, sadly, is missing the first half of the concert.
And now I see it's out of print. I bought it the day it came out, way back in 2002.

FriarReb98: Dumb-Ass-Monkey: That's a concert that desperately needs a better DVD release. Nearly half of it was not included on the disk I saw. Luckily, I have the video tape of it, and, to the best of my recollection, only Spinal Tap was left off.

I taped it straight from MTV, and apparently i missed a shiatload...

From Wikipedia: The concert was originally released in VHS form (usually in two tape releases worldwide), but due to time limitations, the last two songs by Extreme, the first two of Def Leppard, and the song of Spinal Tap "The Majesty of Rock" were deleted (along with Robert Plant's "Innuendo") in the original release. The US release also omitted Bob Geldof's performance of "Too Late God" and Zucchero's performance of "Las Palabras De Amor".

In April 2002, for the 10th anniversary of the Mercury Phoenix Trust, the concert was released on DVD and entered the UK charts at number 1. The DVD release garnered strong criticism, however, because the whole first half was not included. "Innuendo" was also not included on the DVD, at the request of Robert Plant, explaining that his voice was in very poor condition and he could not remember the words and consequently could not sing the song correctly at the time. In addition, the original 4:3 footage had been cropped down to widescreen, losing a large amount of the original picture.

Also some Tenement Funster/Roger solo live

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The English Major: I remember watching the concert with my parents and brother. It was a great show. My favorite performance was Annie Lennox and David Bowie doing Under Pressure.

I still have on regular rotation on my MP3 player, GnR's Knockin On Heaven's Door from that show. It's absolutely astounding. And then later on, Axl and Elton John doing Bohemian Rhapsody, with Freddie's recorded voice doing the opera part. Incredible.

We've almost reached the 20th anniversary of the concert. I think it's time for the full show to be released.

Dumb-Ass-Monkey: We've almost reached the 20th anniversary of the concert. I think it's time for the full show to be released.

Amen. Hell, even Liz Taylor's speech was worth listening to.

The English Major: Amen. Hell, even Liz Taylor's speech was worth listening to.

yup!

Honestly, as I can remember it, there wasn't a bad moment in the entire show. It was truly a once in a lifetime experience. I'm just still sad as hell that we had to lose Freddie in order to have that show.

chelmets: /Yea, that would be the one. Besides "Shear Heart Attack" and the love theme from Flash Gordon, there's nothing.

well, i always had a soft spot for "i'm in love with my car."

The English Major: even Liz Taylor's speech was worth listening to.

"What a dump!"

Got to see them back during "The Game" tour... great show, 'cept they only played the intro to Another One Bites the Dust (literally - just 6-8 notes & that was it.)

/RIP Freddy