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Queen shares a 1979 Munich performance of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
Queen has shared the song’s operatic section and rock finale, filmed in Munich on 11 February 1979.
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A performance from Munich
Queen’s official site has posted footage of the second half of “Bohemian Rhapsody”, performed in Munich on 11 February 1979. The sequence runs through the operatic passage and into the rock finale. QueenOnline dates the performance to that night and says the footage was later broadcast by German television programme Musikbox on 9 March 1979.
Sources: QueenOnline · Watch: 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Live (1979), 3 November 2026
The song on stage
Released on A Night at the Opera in 1975, “Bohemian Rhapsody” brought a dramatic change of scale to Queen’s stage show. The band’s live archive describes the staging used that year: Freddie Mercury began the opera section as a backlit silhouette behind a screen, then stepped forward as the rock section opened. The Munich video centres on the song’s later half, retaining the contrast between its layered vocals and full-band finish.
Sources: QueenOnline · Live Archive 1975 · QueenOnline · About Queen
Watch the official video
The upload offers a look at the group four years later, with Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon performing the sequence in concert. Its Musikbox broadcast brought the Munich performance to German television less than a month afterwards. Queen has embedded the video from its official YouTube channel above.
Sources: QueenOnline · Watch: 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Live (1979), 3 November 2026
Sources and review
- QueenOnline · Watch: 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Live (1979), 3 November 2026Checked: 4 November 2026
- QueenOnline · Live Archive 1975Checked: 4 November 2026
- QueenOnline · About QueenChecked: 4 November 2026
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