Queen – Live Killers tour – Europe January-March 1979

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Queen – Live Killers Tour 1979

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This article belongs to the story Live Killers, goodbye to my childhood heroes Queen.

Jazz/Live Killers tour 1978/1979

After the Jazz tour had run from October 18 to December 20, 1978 in the US, Europe was next. The tour, called the Live Killers tour, consisted of 28 dates.

Date City Country
01/17 Hamburg Germany
01/18 Kiel  
01/20 Bremen  
01/21 Dortmund  
01/23 Hanover  
01/24 Berlin  
01/26-27 Brussels Belgium
01/29-30 Rotterdam The Netherlands
02/01 Keulen Germany
02/02 Frankfurt  
02/04 Zurich Switzerland
02/06 Zagreb Joegoslavia
02/06 Ljubljana  
02/10-11 München Germany
02/13 Boblingen  
02/15 Saarbrücken  
02/17 Lyon France
02/19-20 Barcelona Spain
02/22-23 Madrid  
02/25 Poitiers France
02/27-28 Parijs  
03/01 Parijs  
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Queen – Live Killers Tour book

Live Killers setlist

The average setlist for the tour consisted of 25 songs:

We Will Rock You (fast) / Let Me Entertain You / Somebody To Love / If You Can’t Beat Them / Death On Two Legs / Killer Queen / Bicycle Race / I’m In Love With My Car / Get Down Make Love / You’re My Best Friend / Now I’m Here / Don’t Stop Me Now / Spread Your Wings / Dreamer’s Ball / Love Of My Life / ’39 / It’s Late / Brighton Rock / Keep Yourself Alive / Bohemian Rhapsody / Tie Your Mother Down // Sheer Heart Attack // We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions / God Save The Queen

At times the following songs were played: Fat Bottomed Girls / Teo Torriatte / Mustapha (intro) / Jailhouse Rock / Big Spender

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The tour was completed with 15 shows in Japan, from April 13 to May 6, 1979.

The European shows from January 26 to March 1 were all recorded. These recordings were used to compile the live double album Live Killers.

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