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Queen - The DVD Collection: Live At Wembley Stadium (Two Disc Set) [1986] | ![Queen - The DVD Collection: Live At Wembley Stadium (Two Disc Set) [1986]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31jQsPo180L._SL160_.jpg)
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| Director: Gavin Taylor
Actor: Queen
Studio: EMI
Category: DVD
List Price: £17.99
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Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 928
Format: Box Set, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Exempt
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 300 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
UPC: 724349047198
EAN: 0724349047198
ASIN: B00009LW5L
Theatrical Release Date: 1986
Release Date: June 9, 2003
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Ships from Australia, to the UK! Orders take approximately 2 weeks via Airmail
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Amazon.co.uk Review
A complete concert of one of the best bands live, Queen Live at Wembley Stadium is the record of one remarkable summer night in 1986. This really was history in the making: no-one, except possibly Freddie Mercury, could have guessed that the band would only ever play two more concerts in the UK and would never return to Wembley. Director Gavin Taylor's omnipresent cameras, including stunning aerial views, also remind us of the glories of the now-defunct stadium and its signature towers, such a perfect venue for Queen's epic staging, with their massive video screen and dazzling light show. The second night playing to a capacity crowd saw the band at the peak of their form, riding high on the popular success of their recent string of hits: "A Kind of Magic", "I Want to Break Free", "Radio Ga Ga" and "One Vision" all feature here alongside earlier favourites from "Seven Seas of Rhye" through "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "We Will Rock You" to "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Under Pressure". In short, a veritable greatest hits collection--all performed with larger-than-life gusto, boundless exuberance and impeccable musicianship. In a period when most new bands were content to mime along to weedy synthesised backing tracks, Queen were simply bigger, bolder and a whole lot more fun than anyone else. Freddie Mercury's extraordinary stage presence is likely to remain forever unsurpassed. On the DVD: Queen Live at Wembley Stadium is a superb memento of this memorable night. Disc 1 contains the entire Saturday gig (almost two hours) remastered in vivid DTS 5.1 or PCM Stereo. The second disc collects both contemporary and brand-new material, including new interviews with Brian May and Roger Taylor. "A Beautiful Day" is a good documentary made at the time. More exciting is the wealth of unseen footage, both from the Friday night show and the band in rehearsal. There are "Queen Cam" views of each band member, and a photo gallery. Most poignant is a time-lapse short, "Wembley Towers", showing the philistine destruction of these national monuments. It's a fitting epitaph for this great live band. --Mark Walker
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| Customer Reviews: Read 31 more reviews...
This is a bit of rock history July 12, 2008
Grant K. Muddiman
I was 26 and my girlfriend and i were lucky enough to be there. It made me so sad to see Freddie on this DVD and think he's no longer with us, he's Awsome!
this is the best DVD i've ever bought, it's pure history!
How kind of Queen! February 9, 2008
JJ (UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Ok, the context: 1986 saw a massive resurgence in Queen's popularity, largely on the back of Live Aid and the preceeding album 'The Works' which did re-ignite their career with the notable exception of the USA.
The '86 album A Kind of Magic confirmed that position and,
having been relegated to has-beens in the States, Queen put ALL of their efforts into their biggest European Tour ever.
The Wembley shows were booked in the middle of the extesive tour and finds Queen at their well-oiled live peak.
In contrast to Live In Montreal, the band connect instantly with the huge audience with a slamming rendition of One Vision. Freddie doesn't attempt to hide his delight, somehow relating to the entire 72000 strong audience; a wacky schoolmaster and long-lost friend
The set is fairly predictable with the exception of the rock'n'roll medley where Messrs May and Taylor abandon their stations to provide an unplugged rockabilly delight!
Above all, it's the love of each other and their audience that wins here - a band on top of their game.
Pure delight
 one error,still a great show December 30, 2007
K. B. Cookmiss (london,u.k)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
in reply to magic rat,the reason why gimme some lovin so abruptly stops,is cos freddie has clearly forgotten the lyrics!!!!
probably one of the best bands that the uk has ever graced there shores. November 15, 2007
D. Thomson
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
my only regret is i was never fortuate to see this great band live and sadly i never will but this dvd is the next best thing the uk should embrace the fact that they have had one of the greatest front men of any band in the history of world music a man with dignity who held all fans with great esteem buy this dvd with confidence and see what i mean,he may be gone but should never be forgotten,als to be a great front man you need a great band,which they excelled,thanx for the memories.
awesome June 20, 2007
Geoffrey Rowbottom (Stoke)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Revisited this after quite a few years and had forgotten quite how good a live Band Queen were. Over 20 years old now, this show seems as relevant today as it was groundbreaking then. A year after LiveAid, Queen really let rip at Wembley - they raised the bar on what a live show should look like and nothing and no one have come close since.
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