# Crazy Tour > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Crazy_Tour > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Crazy_Tour.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Tour > Source revision: 1339762687 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|1979 concert tour by Queen}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} {{refimprove|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox concert | concert_tour_name = Crazy Tour | image = Crazytour.jpg | image_caption = Promotional poster for the tour's London concerts | image_size = 220px | type = Local | location = {{hlist|Ireland|United Kingdom}} | artist = [Queen](/source/Queen_(band)) | start_date = 22 November 1979 | end_date = 26 December 1979 | number_of_legs = 1 | number_of_shows = 20 | last_tour = [Jazz Tour](/source/Jazz_Tour)
(1978–1979) | this_tour = '''Crazy Tour'''
(1979) | next_tour = [The Game Tour](/source/The_Game_Tour)
(1980–1981) }} The ''' Crazy Tour''' was the seventh concert tour by the British [rock](/source/rock_music) band [Queen](/source/Queen_(band)) during November and December 1979. ==Background== After the release of the single "[Crazy Little Thing Called Love](/source/Crazy_Little_Thing_Called_Love)", the band decided to change the concert format they do in the previous tours, as a result, they revisited smaller venues{{sfn|Chapman|2017}} and adopted a new intro tape, consisting of a droning synthesizer leading into the thunder and lightning heard at the end of Dead On Time, from the previous tour.{{cite web |title=QUEEN LIVE |url=http://queenlive.ca/queen/79-11-22.htm |website=Queenlive.ca |access-date=2 June 2021}} Initially scheduled to end on 22 December after the concert at the Alexandra Palace, the last concert of this tour at the [Hammersmith Odeon](/source/Hammersmith_Odeon), was also the first concert of the [Concerts for the People of Kampuchea](/source/Concerts_for_the_People_of_Kampuchea).{{sfn|Freestone|Evans|2001|p=18}} A bootleg recording of this concert exists as the 2-CD set ''Crazy Tour of London''.{{cite web |work=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r552285|pure_url=yes}} |title=Crazy Tour of London |accessdate=2009-04-09}} Due to the band choosing to visit many smaller venues during this tour,{{cite magazine |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=Queen Global Tour Most Ambitious Yet |magazine=Billboard |date=8 May 1982 |volume=94 |issue=18 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hyQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=queen+crazy+tour&pg=PT43 |access-date=15 December 2022 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en |issn=0006-2510}} their lighting rig was scaled down.{{sfn|Furniss|2011}} Additionally, many other changes were made to the band's presentation.{{sfn|Blake|2022}} Namely, Freddie Mercury decided not to wear suspenders and instead chose to wear a red tie, and either black pants with red kneepads or red pants with blue kneepads. Roger Taylor also adopted a new bass drum head, which was an edited image of his face. It would remain this way through the European [Hot Space Tour](/source/Hot_Space_Tour) of 1982. This is the final tour before Freddie grew his trademark moustache in 1980.{{CN|date=July 2025}} This is the first tour where Mercury played guitar on the track "[Crazy Little Thing Called Love](/source/Crazy_Little_Thing_Called_Love)", in which he play a 12-string Ovation Pacemaker.{{sfn|Clerc|2020}} Brian May would also play piano on this tour for the track "[Save Me](/source/Save_Me_(Queen_song))", after having made his debut on the instrument several months ago on the Japanese leg of the [Jazz Tour](/source/Jazz_Tour), with the track "[Teo Torriatte](/source/Teo_Torriatte)". "Liar" was placed on rotation during this tour after a nearly two year absence.{{sfn|Purvis|2018}} ==Tour dates== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of 1979 concerts !width="150"|Date !width="150"|City !width="150"|Country !width="300"|Venue |- |22 November 1979 |[Dublin](/source/Dublin) |[Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland) |[RDS Simmonscourt](/source/Royal_Dublin_Society) |- |24 November 1979 |[Birmingham](/source/Birmingham) |rowspan="3"|[England](/source/England) |[National Exhibition Centre](/source/National_Exhibition_Centre) |- |26 November 1979 |rowspan="2"|[Manchester](/source/Manchester) |rowspan="2"|[Manchester Apollo](/source/O2_Apollo_Manchester) |- |27 November 1979 |- |30 November 1979 |rowspan="2"|[Glasgow](/source/Glasgow) |rowspan="2"|[Scotland](/source/Scotland) |rowspan="2"|[The Apollo](/source/The_Apollo_(Glasgow)) |- |1 December 1979 |- |3 December 1979 |rowspan="2"|[Newcastle](/source/Newcastle_upon_Tyne) |rowspan="14"|England |rowspan="2"|[Newcastle City Hall](/source/Newcastle_City_Hall) |- |4 December 1979 |- |6 December 1979 |rowspan="2"|[Liverpool](/source/Liverpool) |rowspan="2"|[Liverpool Empire Theatre](/source/Liverpool_Empire_Theatre) |- |7 December 1979 |- |9 December 1979 |[Bristol](/source/Bristol) |[Bristol Hippodrome](/source/Bristol_Hippodrome) |- |10 December 1979 |rowspan="2"|[Brighton](/source/Brighton) |rowspan="2"|[Brighton Centre](/source/Brighton_Centre) |- |11 December 1979 |- |13 December 1979 |rowspan="7"|[London](/source/London) |[Lyceum Theatre](/source/Lyceum_Theatre%2C_London) |- |14 December 1979 |[Rainbow Theatre](/source/Rainbow_Theatre) |- |17 December 1979 |Purley Tiffany's |- |19 December 1979 |Tottenham Mayfair |- |20 December 1979 |[Lewisham Odeon](/source/Lewisham_Odeon) |- |22 December 1979 |[Alexandra Palace](/source/Alexandra_Palace) |- |[26 December 1979](/source/Concerts_for_the_People_of_Kampuchea) |[Hammersmith Odeon](/source/Hammersmith_Odeon) |} ==Personnel== *[Freddie Mercury](/source/Freddie_Mercury): lead vocals, piano, guitar ("Crazy Little Thing Called Love"), tambourine. *[Brian May](/source/Brian_May): guitar, backing vocals, piano. *[Roger Taylor](/source/Roger_Taylor_(Queen_drummer)): drums, timpani, lead vocals ("I'm in Love With My Car"), backing vocals. *[John Deacon](/source/John_Deacon): bass guitar, additional backing vocals ==References== {{reflist}} ===Sources=== *{{cite book |last1=Freestone |first1=Peter |first2=David |last2=Evans |title=Freddie Mercury: An Intimate Memoir by the Man Who Knew Him Best |publisher=[Omnibus Press](/source/Omnibus_Press) |year=2001 |isbn=0-7119-8674-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AH8zZsbmB98C&pg=PA18 }} *{{cite book |last1=Furniss |first1=Matters |title=Queen: Uncensored On the Record |date=2011 |publisher=Coda Books Ltd |location=Warwickshire, England |isbn=978-1-908538-84-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BCeTqWXP6eoC |language=en}} *{{cite book |last1=Chapman |first1=Phil |title=The Dead Straight Guide to Queen |date=2017 |publisher=Music Sales |location=Croyden |isbn=9781787590502 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NmRaDwAAQBAJ |language=en}} *{{cite book |last1=Purvis |first1=Georg |title=Queen: Complete Works |date=2018 |publisher=Titan Books |location=London, England |isbn=9781789090499 |edition=Updated |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z9xkDwAAQBAJ}} *{{cite book |last1=Clerc |first1=Benoît |title=Queen: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track |date=2020 |publisher=Black Dog & Leventhal |location=New York |isbn=9780762471232 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2lrODwAAQBAJ |language=en}} *{{cite book |last1=Blake |first1=Mark |title=Magnifico! The A to Z of Queen |date=2022 |publisher=Permuted Press |location=New York |isbn=9781637585917 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fjeKEAAAQBAJ |language=en}} ==External links== *[http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/queen/crazy.html Queen Concerts] {{Queen}} Category:Queen (band) concert tours Category:1979 concert tours --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Crazy Tour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Tour) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Tour?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.