Queen & Paul Rodgers- Monday 13th October - O2 Arena

We decided to go for a new mode of transport to get to this one - the Thames Clipper high speed boat from Waterloo to the O2. Very civilized and a small bar onboard. After a quick couple in "The Pilot", we headed into the arena. One of the problems of it being so big is that to get to our standing entrance was a 5 minute walk even after we were in the venue! We entered just in time and it was packed! Manged to get a spot about 3/4 of the way back. 

A good show (I like both Queen and Paul Rodgers solo stuff), but you just can't get away from the feeling that it's not the same without Freddie. Of course, the band and show are good in their own right, the crowd was up for it and if you'd never seen the original Queen then you'd say it was an excellent show. But that's a big "if". Still, enjoy it for what it is.. great songs (quite a heavy setlist here) and only a couple from the (patchy) new album. 

Setlist

Hammer to Fall

Tie Your Mother Down

Fat Bottomed Girls

Another One Bites the Dust

I Want It All

I Want to Break Free

C-lebrity

Surf's Up... School's Out!

Seagull

Love of My Life

'39

Drum Solo

I'm in Love With My Car

A Kind of Magic

Say It's Not True

Bad Company

We Believe

Guitar Solo

Bijou

Last Horizon

Radio Ga Ga

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

The Show Must Go On

Bohemian Rhapsody

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Cosmos Rockin'

All Right Now

We Will Rock You

We Are the Champions