Philip "Spike" Edney is an English musician who, since the 1960s, has performed with a number of bands, most notably with Queen in their live concerts, where his participation started in 1984.
During the mid-1970s, he recorded and toured with The Tymes and Ben E.
King, playing keyboards, bass, guitar and trombone.
Subsequently, in the late 1970s, he was musical director for Edwin Starr and, during the early 1980s, worked with Duran Duran, The Boomtown Rats, Dexys Midnight Runners, Bucks Fizz, Haircut One Hundred and The Rolling Stones.
He also appeared with Peter Green on his comeback tour.
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Queen and Adam Lambert see in the new year playing live to an audience of just 2000, at London's Iconic Big Ben. Setlist: Don't Stop Me Now / I Want To Break Free / Somebody to Love / Another One Bites the Dust / Under Pressure / Fat Bottomed Girls / Radio Ga Ga / I Want It All / Crazy Little Thing Called Love / The Show Must Go On / Bohemian Rhapsody/Killer Queen. Medley: We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions / God Save the Queen (Instrumental played from tape)
Queen + Paul Rodgers was a collaboration between Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen and Paul Rodgers (formerly of Bad Company, Free, The Firm and The Law). Guitarist May had previously performed with Rodgers on several occasions, including a performance at the Royal Albert Hall. This live performance is from the Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield, in 2005.
Queen look back at the huge and emotional Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert as it makes its 10th anniversary.
1994 UK 15-track PAL video recorded live in London on 15th June 1993. Tracks: 1 Back To The Light 2 Driven By You 3 Tie Your Mother Down 4 Love Token 5 Headlong 6 Love Of My Life 7 39 / Let Your Heart Rule Your Head 8 Too Much Love Will Kill You 9 Since You've Been Gone 10 Now I'm Here 11 Guitar Extravagance 12 Resurrection 13 Last Horizon 14 We Will Rock You 15 Hammer To Fall
Live in Japan '89 is an unofficial Duran Duran live DVD, recorded during The Big Live Thing Tour at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on 22 February 1989. Setlist: "God (London)" "Big Thing" "I Don't Want Your Love" "Hungry Like the Wolf" "Do You Believe in Shame?" "Election Day" / "Some Like It Hot" "All She Wants Is" / "Planet Earth" "Palomino" "A View to a Kill" "The Edge of America" / "Lake Shore Driving" "Skin Trade" "Girls on Film" "Notorious" "Is There Something I Should Know?" "Drug (It's Just a State of Mind)" "The Wild Boys" "Save A Prayer" "Get It On (Bang a Gong)" "The Reflex" "Rio"
Filmed live at the Shaftsbury Avenue theatre in 1982 over two shows in October 1982, The Bridge captures Dexy's Midnight Runners at a peak showing the intensity and passion of their live performance. Shot direct to film by Irish music promo director Steve Barron (who went on to direct "Electric Dreams" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" among others), the DVD captures Kevin Rowland's extreme showmanship and training that make Dexy's one of the truly individual groups of the 20th Century.