
This is the first of three
consecutive nights in Tokyo.
Although Freddie gets off
to a decent start,
his voice is
very strained
by mid-show.
After his piano
and vocal intro to
Somebody To Love,
he declares,
"OK sweethearts, let's go!"
In the second chorus,
Trip Khalaf
at the front of house
briefly lowers
Brian and Roger's faders
to enjoy hearing
the audience sing
"Somebody"
in unison.
Two beats later
Brian and Roger return
to the mix.
He pulls the same trick
in the second chorus
of Killer Queen,
hoping for an
"Anytime"
from the audience
but they come up empty.
Fat Bottomed Girls
is dropped from
the setlist
after tonight.
The band are smoking hot
by this point on the tour,
particularly
Brian May
who is throwing in
extra licks
all over the place,
like in the
modulation connecting
Death On Two Legs
to
Killer Queen.

Freddie does his
usual introduction to
Now I'm Here
and adds,
"I just know you'll join in,
so I'm not gonna press you."
After his successful
(and creative)
vocal exchange
with the audience
part way through
the songs,
he quips,
"Oh god, they're learning fast."
Freddie, after
Now I'm Here:
"We'd like, straight away,
to introduce
Brian May
on the piano.
We're gonna do
something
special tonight.
We didn't do it
the last kinda shows
we did here.
This is... by the way,
we'd like everybody to sing,
meaning.. in Japanese
he invites them to sing,
which is becoming
a regular thing
So do it!
This is called
Teo Torriatte.
After the song
he jokes,
"One of these days
I'm gonna play guitar."
Perhaps he wasn't
entirely joking,
as he'd be
playing guitar on
Queen's first US #1 hit
within six months.
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