The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD1 TNT Village

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was an open-air concert held on Easter Monday, 20 April 1992 at London's Wembley Stadium, for an audience of 72,000. The concert was produced for television by Ray Burdis and broadcast live on television and radio to 76 countries around the world, with an audience of up to one billion. The concert was a tribute to the life of the late Queen frontman, Freddie Mercury, with all proceeds going to AIDS research. The show marked bassist John Deacon's final concert with Queen (save one live appearance with Brian May, Roger Taylor and Elton John in 1997). The profits from the concert were used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust AIDS charity organisation.

The concert opened with a message from the three remaining members of Queen in tribute to Mercury. The music then commenced with short sets from bands that were influenced by the music of Queen, including Metallica, Extreme (playing a Queen medley), Def Leppard (who brought Brian May onstage for a faithful version of "Now I'm Here"), and Guns N' Roses. Between bands, several video clips honouring Freddie Mercury were shown, while the roadies changed the stage for the following act's performance.

Backing musicians Queen were backed by the following musicians:

    Spike Edney - keyboards, piano, backing vocals

    Mike Moran - piano on "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "Somebody to Love"

    Josh Macrae - percussion in some Queen tracks

    Chris Thompson - backing vocals, acoustic guitar on "I Want It All", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Heroes", additional percussion

    Maggie Ryder - backing vocals

    Miriam Stockley - backing vocals

    The London Community Gospel Choir - backing vocals on "Somebody to Love" and "We Are the Champions"

    John Jones - organ and backing vocals on "We are the Champions"

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    Queen and Joe Elliott/Slash - Tie Your Mother Down

    Queen and Roger Daltrey (con Tony Iommi) - Heaven And Hell (intro), Pinball Wizard (intro), I Want It All

    Queen and Zucchero - Las Palabras de Amor

    Queen and Gary Cherone (con Tony Iommi) - Hammer To Fall

    Queen and James Hetfield (con Tony Iommi) - Stone Cold Crazy

    Queen and Robert Plant - Innuendo (con estratti da Kashmir), Thank You (intro), Crazy Little Thing Called Love

    Queen (Brian May con Spike Edney) - Too Much Love Will Kill You

    Queen and Paul Young - Radio Ga Ga

    Queen and Seal - Who Wants To Live Forever

    Queen and Lisa Stansfield - I Want To Break Free

    Queen and David Bowie/Annie Lennox - Under Pressure

    Queen and Ian Hunter/David Bowie/Mick Ronson/Joe Elliott/Phil Collen - All the Young Dudes

    Queen and David Bowie/Mick Ronson - Heroes/The Lord's Prayer

    David Bowie - "The Lord's Prayer"

    Queen and George Michael - 39

    Queen and George Michael/Lisa Stansfield - These Are The Days Of Our Lives

    Queen and George Michael - Somebody to Love

    Queen and Elton John/Axl Rose - Bohemian Rhapsody

    Queen and Elton John (con Tony Iommi) - The Show Must Go On

    Queen and Axl Rose - We Will Rock You

    Queen and Liza Minnelli/Cast - We Are The Champions

    Queen "God Save the Queen" (taped outro)