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Location:
London, England Date:
April 20, 1992
Information: Freddie Mercury Tribute concert for AIDS awareness. The show was shown live around the world via satellite, gathering the largest audience for a music concert in history at the time. GnR were supposed to perform 3 songs, but they only did "Paradise City" and "Knockin' On Heavens Door" due to technical problems. Slash joins Def Leppard's singer Joe Elliot and Queen to play "Tie Your Mother Down". Later on, Axl goes onstage to sing "Bohemian Rhapsody" along with his childhood idols Elton John and Queen. He also sings "We Will Rock You" with Queen. Axl and Duff are in the choir for "We Are The Champions". |
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Numbers N' Stats |
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| Songs: 6 Playing Time: 30 minutes Introduction Line: "Are you ready for this? Live on stage now. Guns N' Roses" Venue: Wembley Stadium Same Bill As: Metallica, Extreme, Elton John, David Bowie, Queen, Def Leppard, George Michael, Robert Plant a.o. Attendance: Unknown | |||
Recording Info |
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| Audio:
Yes (Soundboard) On Bootlegs: Sound clip: N/A |
Video:
Yes (Pro Shot [TV]) [28 min - only GNR and related songs] On Bootlegs: Screen shots: N/A |
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| Comments: The audio is extracted from the video. | |||
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In Their Own Words |
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Slash: It was completely sold
out before they knew who was on the bill, I'm talking about the public. Slash: Having everybody show up at the concert for that cause was great. And all the bands that were there. There was none of that sort of rock star... you know, "who is who of rock"-vibe, going on. So we all had a basically good time. And it was really well organized. Gilby: That was probably, singly, probably the best experience that I ever had being in the band. Because, number one, I mean, it's like a tragic thing happened that we were there, you know, but it was a positive cause? And I thought it was very, very heart-moving. You know, I couldn't believe the response of a stadium filled with people. It almost didn't matter what band was up there, as long as you were playing a Queen song or, you know, you were there for Freddie Mercury. It was just incredible. Dizzy: It was a pretty special event. It felt like... you could feel the energy and vibe... and just all the people were really... like you could really feel it from the crowd - very caring and... just we need to do something about this horrible disease. And just the fact that all those people were able to come together and play the show was kind of microcosm of what was going on in the world at the time. It was pretty incredible. We could only play two songs, so we played two songs and flew out.1 Axl: When we did "Bohemian Rhapsody," that was unrehearsed. Brian asked me to do it that day, and it felt right. I spoke to Elton before the show, and he was kind of uneasy about meeting me - you know, I'm supposed to be the most homophobic guy on Earth. When we talked, I was excited, but serious, telling him how much his music meant to me. By the end he was like 'Whoa.' Onstage I was trying to be as respectful to him as I could. I was purposely vibing out, and if you look close, you can see it at times, how much love and respect I have for Elton. There was some heavy eye contact going down. It was amazing. MTV's John Norris kept saying, 'This could be the last time you'll ever see Elton John and Axl Rose together onstage.' Not if I have anything to do with it.2 Slash: Then we did the Freddie Mercury tribute in London which was amazing - he was another of Axl's heroes, so although it was a short set, we gave it out all: we did "Paradise City" and "Knockin' On Heaven's Door".3 |
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