Crazy Tour



Crazy Tour was a short tour by the British rock band Queen during November and December 1979.

After the release of the single "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", the band decided to change the concert dynamic they used to do the last years. In this tour Queen would revisit smaller venues, many which held fewer than two thousand seats. Nonetheless, it was the highly awaited UK leg of the successful Jazz Tour. The last concert of this tour at the Hammersmith Odeon was also the first concert of the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea. A bootleg recording of this concert exists as the 2-CD set Crazy Tour of London.

The Crazy Tour is generally considered by fans to be Queen's strongest tour they ever did in terms of performance quality. Recordings from the show demonstrates Mercury's voice at its peak. He hits several high notes such as: A high C5 on "Bohemian Rhapsody" during the second Newcastle show and the first Liverpool show, hits several C#5's on various versions of "Somebody to Love" and "Now I'm Here," and hits an F#6 on "Get Down, Make Love" during the first Liverpool concert, which is Freddie Mercury's highest note he ever hit. On the Crazy Tour, Mercury would also regularly hit key notes of songs which he would only do scarcely on previous tours, such as the Bb4 in "Keep Yourself Alive," the B4 in "'39," and the B4 in "Spread Your Wings."

Setlist

 * 1) Intro
 * 2) Jailhouse Rock
 * 3) We Will Rock You (Fast)
 * 4) Let Me Entertain You
 * 5) Somebody To Love
 * 6) If You Can’t Beat Them
 * 7) Mustapha
 * 8) Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)
 * 9) Killer Queen
 * 10) I'm In Love With My Car
 * 11) Get Down Make Love
 * 12) You're My Best Friend
 * 13) Save Me
 * 14) Now I'm Here
 * 15) Don't Stop Me Now
 * 16) Spread Your Wings
 * 17) Love of My Life
 * 18) '39
 * 19) Fat Bottomed Girls
 * 20) Keep Yourself Alive
 * 21) Drum/Guitar Solo
 * 22) Brighton Rock (Finale)
 * 23) Crazy Little Thing Called Love
 * 24) Bohemian Rhapsody
 * 25) Tie Your Mother Down Encore
 * 26) Sheer Heart Attack Encore
 * 27) We Will Rock You
 * 28) We Are The Champions
 * 29) God Save the Queen

Other songs:
 * Mull of Kintyre (7 December 1979 Liverpool)
 * Silent Night (26 December 1979 London)
 * Danny Boy (22 November 1979 Dublin)
 * Liar (Manchester, Glasgow and Newcastle)

Tour dates

 * Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
 * This concert was a part of "Concerts for the People of Kampuchea"


 * Cancellations and rescheduled shows

Tour band

 * Freddie Mercury: Lead vocals, piano, guitar ("Crazy Little Thing Called Love"), tambourine.
 * Brian May: Guitar, backing vocals, piano.
 * Roger Taylor: Drums, lead vocals ("I'm in Love With My Car"), backing vocals.
 * John Deacon: Bass guitar, additional vocals, triangle