Live in Ukraine

Live in Ukraine
Live album by Queen + Paul Rodgers
Publication (s)	June 15, 2009
Label (s)	Parlophone
Format (s)	CD, DVD
Genre (s)	Rock music
Title (number)	30th
running time	120 min, 26 sec
occupation	Brian May : guitar, vocals (10, 11, 14) Roger Taylor : drums, percussion, vocals (13, 14) Paul Rodgers : vocals, guitar, piano (14, 18, 23)
production	Joshua J. Macrae, Justin Shirley Smith, Kris Fredriksson
chronology The Cosmos Rocks Live in Ukraine -

Live in Ukraine is a double CD / DVD by the British rock band Queen + Paul Rodgers .

background

The concert took place on the occasion of a call for help from the Anti- AIDS Foundation of Ukraine. The country had the highest rate of new infections with the immunodeficiency disease HIV and asked Queen's members to help. They therefore staged a benefit concert. It is also Queen's last appearance with Paul Rodgers .

The concert was recorded and recorded on September 12, 2008 on Freedom Square in Kharkiv , Ukraine during the Rock the Cosmos tour. 350,000 spectators attended the concert, which was broadcast on radio and television at the same time, reaching an international audience of over two million people. Not only Queen titles were performed, but also some songs from Paul Rodgers ' former bands Free and Bad Company . For the Queen titles Bijou and Bohemian Rhapsody , sound and image recordings were made by Freddie Mercury . Parts of Bohemian Rhapsody were also accompanied by recordings from former band member John Deacon . Parts of the song were also recorded live. Spike Edney (keyboard, vocals), Jamie Moses (guitar, vocals) and Danny Miranda (bass, acoustic guitar, vocals) also appeared as guest musicians .

The DVD was released in various versions, including an audio CD on June 12, 2009 via EMI .

Track list

1. One Vision ( John Deacon , Brian May , Freddie Mercury , Roger Taylor ) - 4:03
2. Tie Your Mother Down (May) - 2:29
3. The Show Must Go On (Deacon, May, Mercury, Taylor) - 4:37
4. Fat Bottomed Girls (May) - 5:00
5. Another One Bites the Dust (Deacon) - 3:35
6. Hammer to Fall (May) - 3:42
7. I Want It All (Deacon, May, Mercury, Taylor) - 4:10
8. I Want to Break Free (Deacon) - 3:55
9. Seagull ( Paul Rodgers , Mick Ralphs ) - 4:50
10. Love of My Life (Mercury) - 5:45
11. '39 (May) - 4:37
12. Drum Solo (Taylor) - 5:00
13. I'm in Love with My Car (Taylor) - 3:42
14. Say It's Not True (Taylor) - 4:02
15. Shooting Star (Rodgers) - 6:21
16. Bad Company ( Simon Kirke , Rodgers) - 5:36
17. Guitar Solo (May) - 3:58
18. Bijou (Queen) - 2:07
19. Last Horizon (May) - 4:32
20. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Mercury) - 4:04
21. C-lebrity (Taylor) - 3:52
22. Feel Like Makin 'Love (Rodgers, Ralphs) - 6:45
23. Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury) - 5:53
24. Cosmos Rockin ' (Taylor) - 4:28
25. All Right Now ( Andy Fraser , Rodgers) - 5:31
26. We Will Rock You (May) - 2:19
27. We Are the Champions (Mercury) - 2:59
28. God Save the Queen (May) - 2:05
29. A Kind of Magic (Taylor) - 5:43
30. Radio Ga Ga (Taylor) - 6:15

reception

For both critics and fans, the collaboration between Queen and Paul Rodgers has always been an ambiguous affair. DVD is a difficult meeting for most.

“The 350,000 people present don't care, they are partying on the evening with Queen, one of the greatest rock bands on the planet who unfortunately can no longer perform with their original front man, but instead have a couple of their immortal classics with a not really bad singer brings to the stage. The man always lacks the real juice to bring the songs authentically (...), but there are also good moments on the DVD. "

- Michael Edele : Laut.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Jürgen B. Volkmar: Queen + Paul Rodgers / Live In Ukraine. Rock Times , July 10, 2009, accessed August 28, 2011 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Michael Edele: Bombastic farewell by and with Paul Rodgers. Laut.de , accessed on August 28, 2011 .