City:	Detroit, MI, USA
Venue:	Joe Louis Arena
Date:	August 6, 1982

Setlist:	Flash (tape), Rock It, We Will Rock You (fast), Action This Day, Play The Game, Somebody To Love, Now I'm Here, Dragon Attack, Now I'm Here (reprise), Save Me, Calling All Girls, Get Down Make Love, guitar solo, Body Language, Under Pressure, Fat Bottomed Girls, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Bohemian Rhapsody, Tie Your Mother Down, Another One Bites The Dust, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, God Save The Queen
A second night in Detroit on August 7 was originally in the game plan, but tomorrow night's show would end up being in Cincinnati. Off the top of Dragon Attack, Freddie does the "nice and slow" bit that's on the album version - definitely something that didn't happen every night. After introducing Fred Mandel, Freddie adds, "I must say, he's pretty useful, and he's a pretty good guy too. He's a good dude." Freddie sings "so you think you can love me and leave me to die" twice in Bohemian Rhapsody. Perhaps this creates a loose feeling on stage and leads to an extended improvisation in the middle section of Another One Bites The Dust. The first picture was submitted by Fabio Minero. The one of Billy Squier, John Deacon, and crew members was taken backstage before the show.

Recording length:	95 minutes (incomplete)
Quality:	B- / B
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	AUD > Cassette (x) > CDR (1) > WAV (GoldWave speed correction, volume adjustment) > FLAC level 8
Track listing:	Flash (tape), Rock It, We Will Rock You (fast), Action This Day, Play The Game, Somebody To Love, Now I'm Here, Dragon Attack, Now I'm Here (reprise), Save Me, Calling All Girls, Get Down Make Love, guitar solo, Body Language, Under Pressure, Fat Bottomed Girls, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Bohemian Rhapsody, Tie Your Mother Down [cut], Another One Bites The Dust [cut], We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, God Save The Queen
The sound is decent especially in the quieter moments, although there is almost no bottom end. It cleans up a bit for the encores.

Recording length:	40 minutes (incomplete)
Quality:	B
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	AUD > Cassette (x) > WAV (GoldWave speed correction, volume adjustment) > FLAC level 8
Track listing:	Play The Game [cut], Somebody To Love, Now I'm Here, Dragon Attack, Now I'm Here (reprise), Save Me, Another One Bites The Dust [cut], We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, God Save The Queen
Part of the show emerged in 2025 from a better-sounding copy. There are a couple extra seconds at the end of God Save The Queen.

Recording length:	1 CDR, incomplete
Quality:	?
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	"Hot America On Fire" (Breakdown)
Track listing:	We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, God Save The Queen
The second encore from Detroit is tagged onto the Breakdown bootleg of the Oakland show, as the Oakland tape cuts out after Another One Bites The Dust.

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