A film of Queen's July 27, 1986 gig at Budapest’s Népstadion, the first Western stadium rock show to take place behind the Iron Curtain, is to be screened in cinemas worldwide.
The 40th anniversary screenings of Queen Budapest, to take place on October 7, will deliver the most immersive presentation of the performance to date, with the film having been meticulously restored in 4K from the original 35mm footage by Sir Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post Production facility in New Zealand. The upgraded footage also features newly remixed audio from the original multitrack recordings.
The film is of major significance to Queen fans as it represents the last filmed live performance of the band with Freddie Mercury, showing the quartet at the height of their powers as a live act. Documenting the band's acclaimed Magic Tour, it find Mercury, guitarist Brian May, bassist John Deacon and drummer Roger Taytlor performing hits such as We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, A Kind Of Magic, Under Pressure, Who Wants To Live Forever, and Bohemian Rhapsody, plus an acoustic arrangement of the traditional Hungarian folk song Tavaszi Szél Vizet Áraszt.
