You really feel like you’re in touch with people you know, and you can actually look at people.” You’re surrounded by audience then, and it’s great. These days, with this sort of set-up, you can reach out with this long catwalk and really get out into the audience with people, which is very good in arenas. “So we’d come down to the front and it just formed one of the more intimate parts of the show. We used to have a completely separate stage at the front, which would then actually descend with a little mini bass drum kit on it. Roger elaborates, “We’ve done that in a number of ways for a long time. An early innovation into the Queen live show which has evolved over the years to still be an integral part of the band show to this very day, sees Roger Taylor step down from the drum riser and join the rest of the band as they go acoustic at the front of the stage, to give the crowd an up close and personal experience. Interacting with their audience has always been a vital part of the Queen live experience. Offering an excellent example of how to “expect the unexpected” in this episode is rare footage of the band performing a rock and roll tribute to their own personal early music heroes – Elvis Presley, Little Richard, and Ricky Nelson, taken from the band’s history-etched ‘Magic Tour’ July 1986 pair of London Wembley Stadium concerts, the very last concerts the band would perform in the city. Band fans quickly came to learn that in attending a Queen show, audiences most certainly learned to “Expect The Unexpected.” Indeed, throughout the band’s illustrious touring career, Queen always sought new ways to thrill and surprise its audiences.
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