Queen (Freddy Mercury) Tribute Concert, 29th November 2014 at the Media City Amphitheatre, Dubai, UAE
While cleaning old files in my computer, found this old footage from one my most memorable musical evenings and performances ever!!! In November of 2014, some of the musicians from Dubai Chamber Orchestra were approached by an entertainment company to perform with the original cast of Queen’s musical “It’s a Kind of Magic” in a Tribute Concert to Queen / Freddy Mercury at Dubai Media City Amphitheater. Being a huge Queen fan, I jumped on the occasion.
The concert included live singers with full string, wind, modern instruments and percussion sections; it was as if we were performing with Freddy Mercury and the original Queen band. I was right next to the percussion section and appear only the last few seconds; here we performing Queen’s classic hit from 1975 Bohemian Rapshody.
Too bad I do not have the onstage footage of my other favorites: We Are the Champions, Under Pressure, Another One Bites the Dust, The Show Must Go On and We will Rock You (which hardly used the Doublebass, however we were told to clap instead).
This video is a bit outdated, but had to share this rough footage because of my love for Queen and 70s music in general; thank you Ron Vint for capturing this moment, it was a kind of magic!!! 