I SUPPOSE I HAVE BEEN QUITE LUCKY IN THE FACT THAT I HAVE SEEN QUEEN LIVE ON MORE THAN ONE OCCATION WHICH IS A FEW MORE THAN SOME PEOPLE BUT NOWHERE NEAR AS MANY TIMES AS SOME PEOPLE WHO I KNOW OF.

ALL OF THE CONCERTS WERE FANTASTIC EVENTS AND I STILL HAVE VERY VIVID MEMORYS OF ALL OF THE SHOWS,WHICH I KNOW WILL LIVE WITH ME FOREVER.

WAY.......BACK IN 1973 I STARTED TO HEAR A BIT OF STUFF ABOUT A BAND THAT WERE SUPPORTING "MOTT THE HOOPLE" ON THEIR BRITISH TOUR AND I HAD BEEN TOLD TO GO AND CHECK THEM OUT WHEN THE CAME TO MANCHESTER TO PLAY.THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS BAND WERE CALLED "QUEEN" AND THAT THEY HAD THIS GREAT SINGER WHOSE NAME WAS "FREDDIE MERCURY"

REMEMBER THAT THESE WERE THE DAYS OF SINGERS WITH SOME REALLY GOOD NAMES LIKE "GARY GLITTER" "BARRY BLUE" AND SO ON............SO I TOOK THIS PERSONS WORD FOR IT AND BOOKED MY TICKET FOR THE CONCERT........I REMEMBER THINKING TO MYSELF THAT THIS HAD BETTER BE WORTH IT AS I DIDN'T LIKE "MOTT THE HOOPLE"AND IT WAS A LONG BUS RIDE HOME FROM MANCHESTER TO HATTERSLEY WHERE I LIVED.

AS THEY SAY......THE REST IS HISTORY........

FROM THE FIRST CHORDS AS THEY CAME ON STAGE I WAS HOOKED,AND STAYED HOOKED.....THEY WERE GREAT.WHEN THEY FINISHED THEIR SET I WAS THINKING THAT I HAVE TO GO OUT IN THE MORNING AND BUY THEIR ALBUM "QUEEN 1" AS FOR POOR OLD "MOTT THE HOOPLE" I WALKED OUT AFTER ABOUT 15 MIN AND THOUGHT WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH.......

I MAY NEVER GET TO SEE QUEEN LIVE AGAIN BUT I HAVE ALL THE VIDEOS AND I WATCH THEM ALL THE TIME,SO AT LEAST I STILL HAVE THAT.

HOPEFULLY BRIAN MAY WILL TOUR AUSTRALIA ONE DAY IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND YOU CAN BET YOUR LAST DOLLAR THAT I WILL BE RIGHT THERE AT THE FRONT OF THE TICKET LINE.

HERE IS A LIST OF THE QUEEN CONCERTS THAT I SAW....

NOVEMBER 26TH 1973......OPERA HOUSE......MANCHESTER

MARCH 20TH 1974.....MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY......MANCHESTER

OCTOBER 30TH 1974...PALACE THEATRE...MANCHESTER...

NOVEMBER 26TH 1975...FREE TRADE HALL....MANCHESTER

NOVEMBER 27TH 1979....APOLLO THEATRE....MANCHESTER

19TH APRIL 1985...SPORT&ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE...MELBOURNE

20TH APRIL 1985..SPORT&ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE....MELBOURNE

IF ANYONE WHO READS THIS WAS ALSO AT ANY OF THE SAME CONCERTS THAT I WENT TO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.PLEASE E.MAIL ME AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS

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