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The Game Tour

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Start date
  
30 June 1980

Legs
  
5

Dates
  
30 Jun 1980 – 25 Nov 1981

Leg
  
5

End date
  
25 November 1981

No. of shows
  
83

Associated album
  
The Game

The Game Tour was a concert tour by the British rock band Queen to support their successful 1980 album The Game. This tour saw the band being the first to play in South American stadiums in early 1981. In Buenos Aires, Queen drew a crowd of 300,000—the largest single concert crowd in Argentine history as of 1982. In São Paulo, Brazil, the attendance was 131,000 and 120,000 on two consecutive nights. This was the only tour that Queen played in Venezuela where they were due to play 5 shows in its capital city Caracas. However, after their third performance, the Venezuelan government declared an 8-day period of National Mourning due to the passing of Venezuelan former president Romulo Betancourt. The remaining two concerts were cancelled and all tickets were refunded to more than 50,000 disappointed fans.

Contents

North America

  1. Intro
  2. Jailhouse Rock
  3. We Will Rock You (fast)
  4. Let Me Entertain You
  5. Play The Game
  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. Dragon Attack
  15. Now I'm Here (reprise)
  16. Love Of My Life
  17. Keep Yourself Alive
  18. Drum/Guitar Solo
  19. Brighton Rock (finale)
  20. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  21. Bohemian Rhapsody
  22. Tie Your Mother Down
    Encore
  23. Another One Bites The Dust
  24. Sheer Heart Attack
    Encore
  25. We Will Rock You
  26. We Are the Champions
  27. God Save the Queen

Other Songs

  • Need Your Loving Tonight
  • Somebody To Love
  • Europe

    1. Intro
    2. Jailhouse Rock
    3. We Will Rock You (Fast)
    4. Let Me Entertain You
    5. Play the Game
    6. Mustapha
    7. Death on Two Legs
    8. Killer Queen
    9. I'm in Love with My Car
    10. Get Down, Make Love
    11. Need Your Loving Tonight
    12. Save Me
    13. Now I'm Here
    14. Dragon Attack
    15. Now I'm Here (Reprise)
    16. Fat Bottomed Girls
    17. Love of My Life
    18. Keep Yourself Alive
    19. Drum solo
    20. Guitar solo (Brighton Rock)
    21. Battle Theme
    22. Brighton Rock (Reprise)
    23. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
    24. Bohemian Rhapsody
    25. Tie Your Mother Down
      Encore
    26. Another One Bites the Dust
    27. Sheer Heart Attack
      Encore
    28. We Will Rock You
    29. We Are the Champions
    30. God Save the Queen

    Other songs

  • Imagine (performed at least twice on 9 and 14 December in tribute to John Lennon who was killed on 8 December)
  • Japan

    1. Intro
    2. Jailhouse Rock (dropped after the 16th)
    3. We Will Rock You (Fast)
    4. Let Me Entertain You
    5. Play The Game
    6. Mustapha
    7. Death On Two Legs
    8. Killer Queen
    9. I'm In Love With My Car
    10. Get Down Make Love
    11. Need Your Loving Tonight (dropped after the 13th)
    12. Rock It (Prime Jive)
    13. Save Me
    14. Now I'm Here
    15. Dragon Attack
    16. Now I'm Here (reprise)
    17. Fat Bottomed Girls (dropped after the 12th)
    18. Love of My Life
    19. Keep Yourself Alive
    20. Drum/Guitar Solo
    21. Vulcan's Theme/Battle Theme/Flash/The Hero
    22. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
    23. Bohemian Rhapsody
    24. Tie Your Mother Down
      Encore
    25. Another One Bites The Dust
    26. Sheer Heart Attack
      Encore
    27. We Will Rock You
    28. We Are The Champions
    29. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)
    30. God Save The Queen

    South America

    1. Intro
    2. We Will Rock You (Fast)
    3. Let Me Entertain You
    4. Play The Game
    5. Somebody To Love
    6. I'm In Love With My Car
    7. Get Down Make Love
    8. Need Your Loving Tonight
    9. Rock It (Prime Jive)
    10. Save Me
    11. Now I'm Here
    12. Dragon Attack
    13. Now I'm Here (Reprise)
    14. Fat Bottomed Girls
    15. Love Of My Life
    16. Keep Yourself Alive
    17. Drum/Guitar Solo
    18. Flash/The Hero
    19. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
    20. Bohemian Rhapsody
    21. Tie Your Mother Down
      Encore:
    22. Another One Bites The Dust
    23. Sheer Heart Attack
      Encore:
    24. We Will Rock You
    25. We Are The Champions
    26. God Save The Queen

    Other Songs

  • Mustapha
  • Death On Two Legs
  • Killer Queen
  • Jailhouse Rock (played on the third night in Buenos Aires)
  • Rock Montreal

    1. Intro
    2. We Will Rock You (Fast)
    3. Let Me Entertain You
    4. Play the Game
    5. Somebody to Love
    6. Killer Queen
    7. I'm In Love With My Car
    8. Get Down, Make Love
    9. Save Me
    10. Now I'm Here
    11. Dragon Attack
    12. Now I'm Here (Reprise)
    13. Love Of My Life
    14. Under Pressure
    15. Keep Yourself Alive
    16. Drum/Guitar Solo
    17. Flash/The Hero
    18. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
    19. Bohemian Rhapsody
    20. Tie Your Mother Down
      Encore
    21. Another One Bites the Dust
    22. Sheer Heart Attack
    23. Jailhouse Rock
      Encore
    24. We Will Rock You
    25. We Are The Champions
    26. God Save The Queen

    Tour dates

    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, timpani, lead vocals ("I'm in Love With My Car"), backing vocals.
  • John Deacon – Bass guitar, additional vocals
  • References

    The Game Tour Wikipedia