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Happiness ?Tour

 

 

  Happiness Tour Part I

15th September 1994, UK, London, Shepherds Bush Empire
26th September 1994, Japan, Tokyo, Sun Plaza Hall
28th September 1994, Japan, Kawasaki, Club Citta
30th September 1994, Japan, Nagoya, Club Quattro
14th October 1994, Germany, Cologne, Presswerks
24th October 1994, Italy, Milan
19th November 1994, UK, London, Shepherds Bush Empire
20th November 1994, UK, Cambridge, Junction
22nd November 1994, UK, Nottingham, Rock City
23rd November 1994, UK, Newcastle, Riverside
24th November 1994, UK, Leeds, Irish Centre
26th November 1994, UK, Liverpool, Royal Court
27th November 1994, UK, Sheffield, Leadmill
29th November 1994, UK, Glasgow, Garage
30th November 1994, UK, Bristol, Bierkelle
1st December 1994, Italy, Milan, Forum Assago Concertitalia
2nd December 1994, UK, Truro, City Hall
3rd December 1994, UK, Manchester, University Debating Hall
4th December 1994, UK, Wolverhampton, Civic Hall
8th December 1994, France, Paris (morning show) Europe Radio One
8th December 1994, France, Paris (evening show) Europe Radio One
16th December 1994, UK, Gosport, The Ritz (with Spike All Star Band)

Happiness Tour Part II

16th January 1995, Italy, Monfalcone, Hippodrome
17th January 1995, Italy, Schio, Palazetto
18th January 1995, Italy, Genova, Teatro Verdi
20th January 1995, Italy, Cesna, Vidia
21st January 1995, Italy, Firenze, Teatro Tenda
22nd January 1995, Italy, Rome, Palladium
24th January 1995, Malta, Malta, Teatro Nazionale La Valetta
25th January 1995, Italy, Palermo, Teatro Metropolitan
26th January 1995, Italy, Catania, Teatro Metropolitan


  Roger Taylor Band

September 1994 - January 1995

Stuart Bradley - bass guitar
Mike Crossley - keyboards
Jason Falloon - guitar
Joshua Macrae - drums
Roger Taylor - vocals, drums, guitar 


 

The setlist includes ALL tracks from the new album (except for Freedom Train) but also some Queen classics and a couple of covers (Twist & Shout, Voodoo Chile). Man On Fire is powerful as always and Foreign Sand is a superb ballad (I love the piano outro!). Jason Falloon takes over the lead vocals for Soul (See You In Hull). Roger drums on a couple of tracks but most of the time he stands at the microphone. Nazis 1994 begins with some 'radio' voices and it's really frightening. Twist & Shout as encore? Nice!

Josh Macrae drummed on most of the tracks but Roger also had his own drumkit at which he was standing during some tracks (usually when he wasn't singing). He drummed in Ride The Wild Wind, Tenement Funster, You Had To Be There, Revelations, We Will Rock You and of course in Nazis 1994 (as seen in the videoclip). He also played guitar in I'm In Love With My Car and Happiness, tambourine in I Want To Break Free and besides that he also used about three other small instruments that I was unable to recognize :-) Maracas maybe? :-)

The early concerts of the tour had a slightly different setlist than the later ones. Man On Fire, Voodoo Chile and Twist & Shout weren't played but the setlist did include Dear Mr. Murdoch and Dylan's A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall. Also the song order was slightly different to the later concerts. The gigs in Milan and Paris were significantly shorter because they were special radio concerts.

Typical setlist

01. A Kind Of Magic

12. I'm In Love With My Car

02. Touch The Sky

13. Happiness

03. Everybody Hurts Sometimes

14. The Key

04. Ride The Wild Wind

15. Revelations

05. Tenement Funster

16. These Are The Days Of Our Lives

06. Man On Fire

17. We Will Rock You

07. 'You Had To Be There'

18. Radio Ga Ga

08. I Want To Break Free

19. Nazis 1994

09. Foreign Sand

20. Old Friends

10. Voodoo Chile

21. The Show Must Go On

11. Soul (See You In Hull)

22. Twist & Shout


Tracks played only scarcely
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (a couple of early gigs only)
Dear Mr. Murdoch (a couple of early gigs only)
Loneliness (instead of Man On Fire)

 

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