The Works Tour

***The Works Tour*** was a concert tour by the English rock band Queen. During the tour, Queen participated in the Rock in Rio festival in 1985.

## Tour dates

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|colspan="4"|**Europe**|||||||
|24 August 1984|Brussels|Belgium|Forest National|||||
|28 August 1984|rowspan="2"|Dublin|rowspan="2"|Ireland|rowspan="2"|RDS Simmonscourt||
|29 August 1984||||||||
|31 August 1984|rowspan="3"|Birmingham|rowspan="7"|England|rowspan="3"|National Exhibition Centre||
|1 September 1984||||||||
|2 September 1984||||||||
|4 September 1984|rowspan="4"|London|rowspan="4"|Wembley Arena||||
|5 September 1984||||||||
|7 September 1984||||||||
|8 September 1984||||||||
|11 September 1984|Dortmund|Germany|Westfalenhalle|||||
|12 September 1984|Katowice|Poland|Spodek|||||
|14 September 1984|rowspan="2"|Milan|rowspan="2"|Italy|rowspan="2"|Palasport di San Siro||
|15 September 1984||||||||
|16 September 1984|Munich|Germany|Olympiahalle|||||
|18 September 1984|Paris|France|Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy|||||
|20 September 1984|Leiden|Netherlands|Groenoordhallen|||||
|21 September 1984|Brussels|Belgium|Forest National|||||
|22 September 1984|Hannover|rowspan="5"|Germany|Europahalle||||
|23 September 1984|Potsdam|Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion||||||
|24 September 1984|Berlin|Deutschlandhalle||||||
|26 September 1984|Frankfurt|Festhalle Frankfurt||||||
|27 September 1984|Stuttgart|Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle||||||
|28 September 1984|Prague|Czechoslovakia|Tipsport Arena|||||
|29 September 1984|rowspan="2"|Vienna|rowspan="2"|Austria|rowspan="2"|Wiener Stadthalle||
|30 September 1984||||||||
|colspan="4"|**Africa**|||||||
|5 October 1984|rowspan="7"|Bophuthatswana|rowspan="7"|South Africa|rowspan="7"|Sun City Super Bowl||
|6 October 1984||||||||
|13 October 1984||||||||
|14 October 1984||||||||
|18 October 1984||||||||
|19 October 1984||||||||
|20 October 1984||||||||
|colspan="4"|**South America**|||||||
|11 January 1985|rowspan="2"|Rio de Janeiro|rowspan="2"|Brazil|rowspan="2"|Cidade do Rock||
|18 January 1985||||||||
|colspan="4"|**Oceania**|||||||
|13 April 1985|Auckland|New Zealand|Mount Smart Stadium|||||
|16 April 1985|rowspan="4"|Melbourne|rowspan="8"|Australia|rowspan="4"|Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre||
|17 April 1985||||||||
|19 April 1985||||||||
|20 April 1985||||||||
|25 April 1985|rowspan="4"|Sydney|rowspan="4"|Sydney Entertainment Centre||||
|26 April 1985||||||||
|28 April 1985||||||||
|29 April 1985||||||||
|colspan="4"|**Asia**|||||||
|8 May 1985|rowspan="3"|Tokyo|rowspan="5"|Japan|rowspan="2"|Nippon Budokan||
|9 May 1985||||||||
|11 May 1985|Yoyogi National Gymnasium|||||||
|13 May 1985|Nagoya|Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium||||||
|15 May 1985|Osaka|Osaka Castle Hall||||||
- Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
- This concert was part of "Rock In Rio"
- Cancellations and rescheduled shows
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|10 September 1984|Westfallenhalle|Dortmund|Rescheduled to 11 September 1984|||||
|12 September 1984|Verona Arena|Verona|Cancelled|||||
|7 October 1984|Sun City Super Bowl|Bophuthatswana|Cancelled after four songs due to Mercury losing his voice|||||
|9, 12 October 1984|Sun City Super Bowl|Bophuthatswana|Cancelled|||||
|11 April 1985|Hawkes Bay Winery|Hawkes Bay|Cancelled|||||
|14 April 1985|Queen Elizabeth II Park|Christchurch|Cancelled|||||

## Tour band

- John Deacon – Bass guitar, Vocals
- Brian May – Lead guitar, Vocals
- Freddie Mercury – Lead vocals, Piano, Rhythm Guitar (_Crazy Little Thing Called Love_)
- Roger Taylor – Drums, Vocals
Additional musicians:
- Spike Edney – Keyboards, piano, Vocals, Rhythm guitar (_Hammer to Fall_)