Various performers. Originally produced for television.
Contents:
Rehearsal footage ; Mercury Phoenix Trust ; Photo galleries (77 min.). We are the champions Sad but true ; Nothing else matters a DoRo production for Queen Films ; produced by Jim Beach & Rudi Dolezal ; directed by Rudi Dolezal & Hannes Rossacher ; Video insert 2, Moody ; Mustapha ; Bohemian rhapsody ; Keep yourself alive (Extreme) ; I want to break free (Extreme) ; Fat bottomed girls ; Bicycle race ; Another one bites the dust (Extreme) ; We will rock you ; Stone cold country ; Radio ga ga (Extreme) ; Video insert 3, Showman ; Now I'm here (Def Leppard & Brian May) ; Video insert 4, Two mad minutes ; Too late God (Bob Geldof) ; Paradise city ; Knocking on heaven's door (Guns 'n' Roses) ; Elizabeth Taylor speech / a Fugitive production for Queen Films ; produced by Queen and Jim Beach ; directed by David Mallet (84 min.) -- Disc two, main show. Video insert 5, Day-oh ; Tie your mother down (Queen + Joe Elliott and Slash) ; I want it all (Queen + Roger Daltrey and Tony Iommi) ; Las palabras de amor (Queen + Zucchero) ; Hammer to fall (Queen + Gary Cherone and Tony Iommi) ; Stone cold crazy (Queen + James Hetfield and Tony Iommi) ; Crazy little thing called love (Queen + Robert Plant) ; Too much love will kill you (Brian May) ; Radio ga ga (Queen + Paul Young) ; Who wants to live forever (Queen + Seal) ; I want to break free (Queen + Lisa Stansfield) ; Under pressure (Queen + David Bowie and Annie Lennox) ; All the young dudes (Queen + Ian Hunter, David Bowie, and Mick Ronson) ; Heroes (Queen + David Bowie and Mick Ronson) ; '39 (Queen + George Michael) ; These are the days of our lives (Queen + George Michael and Lisa Stansfield) ; Somebody to love (Queen + George Michael) ; Bohemian rhapsody (Queen + Elton John and Axl Rose) ; The show must go on (Queen + Elton John and Tony Iommi) ; We will rock you (Queen + Axl Rose) ; We are the champions (Queen + Liza Minnelli and cast) ; Video insert 6, King Mercury / a Fugitive production for Queen Films ; produced by Queen and Jim Beach ; directed by David Mallet (106 min.) -- Disc three, bonus material. 10th anniversary documentary / a DoRo production for Queen Films ; produced by Jim Beach & Rudi Dolezal ; directed by Rudi Dolezal & Hannes Rossacher ; Rehearsal footage ; Mercury Phoenix Trust ; Photo galleries (77 min.).
Summary:
Rock concert organized by Queen members Brian May, Roger Taylor, and Queen manager Jim Beach to raise money and public awareness of AIDS, celebrating the life and work of Queen's vocalist Freddie Mercury, who had died of the disease in 1991. It was held at Wembley Stadium, London, on April 20, 1992. Also included in the concert are video clips of Mercury, as well as a tenth anniversary documentary on the concert.
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