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.[1] A bootleg recording of this concert exists as the 2-CD set Crazy Tour of London.[2]

Crazy Tour
Local tour by Queen
The London concerts.
Start date22 November 1979
End date26 December 1979
Legs1
No. of shows20
Queen concert chronology

The Crazy Tour is praised by fans as one of Queen's best tours. Freddie Mercury's vocals have recovered from the wear of the previous tour and are possibly the greatest they have ever been on stage. Because Mercury is in great form during this run of concerts, he is very experimental and isn't afraid to try daring high notes, some of which he had never tried in a live setting before, such as the C5's in "Somebody To Love," "Bohemian Rhapsody," or "We Are The Champions."[3][4][5]

Five concerts from the Crazy Tour have available audio from circulating audience tapes: December 1 (Glasgow), December 3 (Newcastle), December 4 (Newcastle), December 6 (Liverpool), and December 26 (London, Hammersmith Odeon). November 26 (Manchester) is said to have an audience recording which is not in circulation. A couple of short 8mm film clips from December 22 (London, Alexandra's Palace) were shown in the documentary, "The Great Pretender," although each is only about 2 seconds long.

Setlists

Average setlist

This setlist is representative of the performance on 4 December 1979 in Newcastle, England. It does not represent all the setlists for the duration of the tour.

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

Selected setlists
UK and Ireland

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
22 November 1979 Dublin Ireland RDS Simmonscourt
24 November 1979 Birmingham England Birmingham International Arena
26 November 1979 Manchester Manchester Apollo
27 November 1979
30 November 1979 Glasgow Scotland The Apollo
1 December 1979
3 December 1979 Newcastle upon Tyne England Newcastle City Hall
4 December 1979
6 December 1979 Liverpool Liverpool Empire Theatre
7 December 1979
9 December 1979 Bristol Bristol Hippodrome
10 December 1979 Brighton Brighton Centre
11 December 1979
13 December 1979 London Lyceum Theatre
14 December 1979 Rainbow Theatre
17 December 1979 Purley Tiffany's
19 December 1979 Tottenham Mayfair
20 December 1979 Lewisham Odeon
22 December 1979 Alexandra Palace
26 December 1979 Hammersmith Odeon

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

References
  1. Freestone, Peter; David Evans (2001). Freddie Mercury: An intimate memoir by the man who knew him best. Omnibus Press. p. 18. ISBN 0-7119-8674-6.
  2. "Crazy Tour of London". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  3. "Live In Newcastle: 12/3/1979". Gregsynthbootlegs.
  4. "Live In Newcastle: 12/4/1979". Gregsynthbootlegs.
  5. "Live At The Hammersmith: 12/26/1979". Gregsynthbootlegs.
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