City:	Oakland, CA, USA
Venue:	Oakland Coliseum Arena
Date:	July 13, 1980

Presumed setlist:	Jailhouse Rock, We Will Rock You (fast), Let Me Entertain You, Need Your Loving Tonight, Play The Game, Mustapha, Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, I'm In Love With My Car, Somebody To Love, Get Down Make Love, You're My Best Friend, Save Me, Now I'm Here, Fat Bottomed Girls, Love Of My Life, Keep Yourself Alive, drum/guitar solos, Brighton Rock (reprise), Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Bohemian Rhapsody, Tie Your Mother Down, Sheer Heart Attack, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, God Save The Queen
This is the first of two consecutive nights in Oakland. Only the first night was originally scheduled, according to an early tour itinerary. Freddie is really in magical voice tonight. He sings Need Your Loving Tonight as strongly as the studio version, and his delivery of Death On Two Legs is nothing short of brilliant. Brian's guitar solo is a bit long and wandering, but he creates some pretty things tonight. "I'll bet a lot of you didn't know I could play this instrument. I didn't know, either," quips Freddie armed with a 12 string acoustic before launching into the ever-familiar guitar riff of Crazy Little Thing Called Love. Here's a review from the next day's Oakland Tribune (confirming it is from the first night), submitted by Victoria Dobbs. The first picture is from Queenconcerts.com (incorrectly labelled as being from Atlanta), later colour corrected and brightened by Nino Trovato, who added: "Notice the black box just to the right of Deacon's backline. That was known as the dollhouse, where the band would dress or take breaks during Brian's solo or Bohemian Rhapsody." The second set of pictures was taken by Angus Kenny. The third set could be from either night. A pro picture from one of the Oakland shows can be found at http://www.gettyimages.com. Also, prints of photos by Ken Jackson can be purchased from http://www.classicrockconcertphotos.com. A picture of Brian by his stack of Vox AC30s was also taken in Oakland, and can be found on Peter "Ratty" (the head of the Queen crew) Hince's website.

Recording length:	84 minutes (2 CD, incomplete)
Quality:	A
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	AUD > Master Cassette > 3rd Gen Cassette > CDR (1) > WAV > FLAC level 8
Track listing:	Jailhouse Rock, We Will Rock You (fast), Let Me Entertain You, Need Your Loving Tonight, Play The Game, Mustapha [cut], Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, I'm In Love With My Car, Somebody To Love, Get Down Make Love, You're My Best Friend, Save Me [cut], Fat Bottomed Girls, Love Of My Life, Keep Yourself Alive, drum/guitar solos, Brighton Rock (reprise), Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Bohemian Rhapsody, Tie Your Mother Down
The quality of this audience tape is superb. For years it was thought that it was from the following night, but Freddie's banter before Crazy Little Thing Called Love matches the Oakland Tribune review of this gig verbatim. Now I'm Here and the encores are missing.

Recording length:	2 CD, incomplete
Quality:	?
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	"Look Back In Anger" (Trial)
Track listing:	Jailhouse Rock, We Will Rock You (fast), Let Me Entertain You, Need Your Loving Tonight, Play The Game, Mustapha [cut], Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, I'm In Love With My Car, Somebody To Love, Get Down Make Love, You're My Best Friend, Save Me [cut], Fat Bottomed Girls, Love Of My Life, Keep Yourself Alive, drum/guitar solos, Brighton Rock (reprise), Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Bohemian Rhapsody, Tie Your Mother Down
This bootleg is likely sourced from the above copy.

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