Original sentence: An open air concert on Easter Monday, April 20th 1992 at London's Wembley Stadium, televised live to over one billion people.Liza Minnelli/Cast - We Are The Champions.The DVD release gained strong criticism, because the whole first half was not included.This show marked bassist John Deacon's final concert with the band, except for one live apperance in 1997 with May, Taylor and Elton John
Edited sentence: Also, it has been noted that only a handful of the artists (e.An open air concert on Easter Monday, April 20 1992 at London's Wembley Stadium, televised live to over one billion people.Elton John, Robert Plant, George Michael, David Bowie, Liza Minelli, Ian Hunter, Annie Lennox) were friends or influences to Freddie.It has been suggested that it wasn't a genuine tribute to Freddie, since more of May's songs were performed.Moreover, Metallica had recently recorded a Grammy Award winning cover of 'Stone Cold Crazy', while members of Guns N' Roses, especially Rose, have spoken prominantly with huge admiration for Mercury and the band.Ricky Gervais/Cast - We Are The Champions.See also: discussion page [].Similar to other stadium-sized events such as Live Aid, the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert has been considered by some to be a self-promotion gimmick by the remaining band members (especially guitarist Brian May).Some sceptics believe that others (Iommi, Rose, Hetfield, Seal, Daltrey, Elliot) were brought in simply because of Brian May's musical preferences or in order to increase the audience.Soundgarden - Hands All Over.The DVD release was strongly criticised for omitting the whole first half of the concert.The great popularity and prominence of Guns N' Roses and Metallica at the time can be seen to support this argument.This is peculiar considering that Mercury was the main songwriter in the band.This show marked bassist John Deacon's final concert with the band, except for one live appearance in 1997 with May, Taylor and Elton John.on the other hand, both bands (before and after the event)have publicly sighted Queen as an influence