The Day Queen's Audience Revolted - Queen At Puebla 1981
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- čas přidán 6. 03. 2021
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On a day like today, October 17, 1981, one of the biggest rock bands in the world arrived in Puebla, however, a bad organization and the prevailing conditions of the time led Freddie Mercury and the band to never want to return to Mexico.
The English band took a bitter drink with their visit to Puebla, due to an incident that, although not tragic, did not dwell well with the audience.
It called into question the good behavior and education of some sectors of the audience.
Watch along the video to find out what really happened and why everything went south!
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Believe it or not to some sources, the Puebla concerts turned out so bad that the state was banned from having concerts for a DECADE.
They just toured @ the wrong time! He had the right 2 get mad cause he was in the right! I agree my people were wrong 2 fo wht they did! I still love Queen 👑
Let’s put an end to this, I am from Puebla and I went to the first concert held here, I was 13 year old, there were two concerts. All started to go south because authorities were not prepared to receive a crowd that big and there has never been a concert of this caliber in Puebla. Lines started outside the stadium a about 8:00 am for a concert that was to start at 8:00 pm, the Zaragoza stadium is nestled in a mountain and has access to it from only 3 sides with only one main main road for access so this was also a problem. People outside the stadium began drinking and partying from the get go and by noon the mood was gettin crazy. Real trouble started at around 5:00 pm when the alcohol level was at the peak, lines were huge and the organizers of the concert refused to open the doors of the venue, the crowd started yelling, pushing and shoving and banging on the doors, a few fans were crushed (not badly) but were taken out and sent to a nearby hospital, the whole place smelled like weed and the event that got the things going and the crowds really crazy was the sound check inside the stadium at around 6:00 - 6:30 pm, people that have been in line and drinking for 10 or more hours started banging the doors and a few minutes later one of those doors went down and the organizers decides to open them. Inside the stadium things cool down a little as people started to get in to place, but as the entrance was not as today’s concerts entrance are a lot of booze and drugs made there way inside too. I have to say also that there were very few police officers and private present so security was overwhelmed and almost all the security staff were around the stage to stop people from jumping the fence. The start of the concert was a little late and the crowd started to get anxious but nothing crazy except from a small group of people of about 40 that were really drunk and stoned, those were the people that in end cause a lot of problems. I was sitting midfield between the end of the stadium and the stage and everyone and everything was calm and all were having a good time. When the concert started everyone cool down a little and for the first few songs all was good. Then those drunk people started shouting and whistling and I could not understand what they wanted because I was far behind them. And then it came, some idiot threw a show to Freddy and a ruckus started because the people that were not drunk started to push those that were and wanted them to relax and let everyone enjoy the concert, some fights broke between groups and a lot of people started throwing what they could get their hands on, some of those objects made it to the stage, as I recall the group keep playing, and they look a little concerned and pissed of the finishing the concert and behave as professionals, the sombrero episode did not start a crowd rage on the contrary It let a little steam out and by the en of the concert things were cooled down and security was taking control of things. When Freddy say good by and the Taco thing came up, I am sure that 90% of those present did nor understand what he was talking about, I believe that the group is in no way responsible for what happened that day in Puebla, if someone is to blame is the organizers and the local authorities that were not prepared for an event of this size and magnitude, just to be fair, the next day concert was the opposite, organizers and local authorities learn the day’s before lessons and the second event happens without incidents and those present remember the second one as one of the best in their lives. As a 13 year old I remember that even a lot of things went wrong I had one of the best times of my life. I saw and smelled things that I have never seen but I did not care, all I wanted was to see my favorite group.
You could have wrote a book with that amount of wording lol, thanks for the insight anyhow
Thank you for explaining what really happened much appreciated from the UK
too much text
Freddie was being Freddie. The drunk audience members are the only ones to blame
Agreed, this video is wrong.
He probably shouldn’t have said you bunch of tacos
@@Truewinner112 lol. If Twitter finds this they’re gonna try to cancel him
@@Truewinner112 lol
@@Truewinner112nachos quesadilla taco burrito
I'm Irish and I'm just saying that if I was at a Queen concert, and Freddie came out in a green suit, with a ginger beard glued to his face, with a beer bottle shaped microphone, and sang a song with an Irish accent... I'd howl with laughter.
It's such a shame, bc nowadays there are a lot of Queen fans in Mexico, that would love to see them perform! :c
Well it’s highly u likely they’ll ever be playing Mexico again lol, in fact, it’s highly unlikely they’ll ever be performing again after 2024
@@davebain1982there is no real queen performance without freddy mercury
When Freddie said “You bunch of tacos”😂
well said
You are beautiful Giselle 😍
Mercury is the best performer EVER!! He did nothing wrong !!!!!
If the crowd was drunk and rowdy, then they were the problem. It has nothing to do with a band not getting their "culture." Being drunk is not culture.
nothing in this video said that being drunk was their culture.
@@linaskranauskas re-read his comment
@@sadone6983 Thank you.
Drinking is part of a nations culture...what are you talking about?!
@@linaskranauskas theyre trolling.
The issues at this show had absolutely nothing to with Freddie wearing a sombrero. If you had done a little bit of research you would have understood this, there are actual accounts from people who were at the concert. The security guards took people's batteries from their cameras. Then they started to sell these batteries back to the people. The people in the audience was furious because of this, they thought it was the band that instructed the security guards to do this, to earn more money for themselves.
Of course the band did not have an idea about what was happening, and crowed started throwing them with shoes and batteries.
This certainly wasn't Queen's only rowdy show, they had shows where there were riots, or were Freddie was captured and pulled into the crowd. At Knebworth 1986 someone was stabbed to death in the crowd. Rock concerts could be very unstable during those times.
Are you an idiot he did
@@bobbywalsh5538 He never said he didn't.
@@CesarClouds He said "do your research" before quoting the exact same facts that were in the vid.
@@theswan1852 Thanks.
And at one concert they hit the Pentagon,no but wow those shows you mentioned are crazu
My dad was there at the first show in Puebla he was 11 years old and he went with his brother who was 17 years old and he remembers people throwing shoes and other things and people shouting “huevos huevos” and singing along to Love of my Life and We Are The Champions
Freddie was being Himself it is the fault of the staff or whoever was in charge of letting people drink get out of control And of course I live very near the border of Mexico so I know how it is over there I do believe that the cops did take their batteries and we’re selling them back they can be very horrible over there sometimes, so I do not blame Queen nor Freddie at all love Freddie Mercury so much ❤️
Queen любят во многих странах мира! Всегда найдутся злодеи, которые хотят нажиться за чужой счёт или из-за зависти навредить другому. Но также есть и адекватные, добрые, умные и честные люди, которым в голову не придет думать плохо или делать ужасные вещи, такие как, например, в Мексике.
Фредди навсегда останется в наших душах, сердцах, памяти, творчестве. Мы любим тебя, мистер Фредди Меркьюри!!! 🥁🎸🎹🎤🎼🙏💓💓💓🤴👑🌈🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Queen rocks ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Did the Crowd hate Queen ??????!!!
What stupid caption is this.....???!!!
A truthful one
@@SoldierOfLoveForNow Please read my comment for the back story of why that particular concert and audience reacted that way. 😊
It's a misconception they revolted. They were rowdy, drunk, and high but thoroughly enjoyed Queen.
I happen to know people that were there and they loved Queen, they do have stories to tell regarding the disorderly conduct.
Even the chaparitos were alto on that day of 81
@@topshot2219 Do you mean the "ñeritos"?
@@CesarClouds Possibly. I live here and I get lost in translation every day
I admire Queen's professionalism considering the circumstances! Anne
Think QUEEN took a huge risk playing performing at such a troubled dangerous time
Vivat Freddie, Absolute Genius!
the problem wasn't the band, the problem was the crowd. cultural implications? Drunken crowd is a cultural thing?
Well drinking is a part of a lot of nations' culture but it's definitely not the fault of the band.
there the ones who can’t appreciate queen there loss freddie did his best!🙏🏻🙏🏻
I don't think so ! An Freddie always was blunt with his mouth ! Which I love about him 👑✌️🌹🌈🦋
А у тебя тупые мозги,если ты так пишешь!!!
You need to provide background to the story!! The Mexican people in charge of securing a venue did not get proper permits to begin with, so Queen’s Concert was held in a substandard venue. There was only ONE toilet for the band and their crew, without a door. Police searched everyone entering and confiscated ALL the batteries. Once inside, there were booths set up to sell back the audience their own batteries at exorbitant prices!! Many believed that Queen was behind this and taking the money. Finally, the crowd broke thru the gate and they just freely flowed in. At some point, elevated platforms collapsed and many people broke bones. Many were also drunk and therefore obnoxious and unruly. This was all on the first night of the Concert. The authorities and Mexican promoters also held Queen hostage afterwards in a basement until they signed a paper promising to come back for the 2nd nights Concert. John Deacon did not do well being cooped up there 🙁. Police made the entire audience exit thru ONE exit and BEAT people bloody if they jumped in line. The 2nd night went much better, thank goodness!! What a absolutely horrible experience for Queen and their audience of the 1st nights Concert.
Hola Barbara, ignoro si estuvíste en el concierto del 17 de octubre, yo sí estuve ahí y lo que comentas es verdad, solo que lo de las plataformas las estás confundiendo con el incidente que sucedió en Moneterrey, una rampa se cayó y causó lesiones a algunas personas de consideración no grave, yo no recuerdo nada de esas plataformas elevadas en Puebla., Ahí fue un verdadero desastre, desde el comienzo, los zapatos, las botellas, tierra, grava, lo que hubiera, les fue arrojado al grupo. Esa teoría de que Freddie se puso el sombrero y entonces la gente se molestó, es una mentira...al menos yo que estuve muy cerca del escenario no puedo decir que fue asi, sin embargo, es una de esas locas teorías y cuentos que ha tomado trascendencia pero que yo NO apoyo de ninguna manera.. Hubo dos tipos que se subieron al escenario si mal no recuerdo y creo que los aventaron de regreso la seguridad del grupo. A Deacon le cayó en la cabeza una bolsa o calcetín con tierra, y a Brian en el solo de "Bohemian Rhapsody" recuerdo que le aventaron una media o bolsa con tierra a su guitarra y eso hizo que en las grabaciones se escuchara una desentonación. Fue un show que en el peor de los casos no trascendió a tragedia pero sí hubo gente herida, gente lastimada, muchisimos borrachos y drogados al por mayor, y tengo muchos más recuerdos...un saludo.
@@misterzombo9931 ¡Hola! Yo entiendo muy poquito Espanol. I think you agreed with me. My information was from a video interview with a Queen band member, Brian I believe (if I remember correctly). Roger may have also commented. Pase buen dia 😊
Well, they should count themselves lucky as the puebla concerts were one of the top concerts of the game tour with mercury embellishing the vocals
I thought this video was like a few years ago
But this is pretty new...
Great that people still make videos about this band and it is still relevant
I feel you should have added some background music with the volume kinda low
It feels empty So please make this changes
Using music might get them copyrighted.
@@liljovessky dude if you use kevin mcleod you dont need to pay royalties and you wont get copyrighted. you just have to credit him in the description. many big youtubers do this
@@liljovessky Использование музыки может привести не к использованию,а к нарушению авторских прав,вы,наверное,это имели в виду???
Yeah, I think I remember something about this...I don't think they ever went back to Mexico!
They played 3 shows in Venezuela. 5 shows were planned. We only have 1 show of of the 3.
Best group ever full stop
SPIT ON THE AUDIENCE? This is a completely inaccurate recounting of what happened.
I don't think this was Queens fault, to me it seems they were trying there best to help people through a hard time by giving them a concert. The crowd shouldn't have been drunk and the security guards were also in the wrong and Queen was stuck right in the middle of the disaster, Freddie wore the hat as a symbol of respect not to hate on the crowd why would they have a concert if they didn't like the people they were performing for, they wouldn't have. The issue wasn't the band but rather a miscommunication between the crowd and the security guards.
Totally agree with you!
@@musixion thanks
"YOU GUYS ARE A BUNCH OF TACOS"
Таких групп нету больше.шикарная группа Квин плюс Фредди Меркьюри это что то божественное и навсегда.
Que verguenza!!! Mexico se portó tan mal en Puebla! Muy grosera y antipática gente, soy mexicana y me da mucha pena que se ha hayan comportado así....😐😔
Thanks for explaining this interesting episode. Rarely anyone goes into those problematic moments of Queen history (like South America or.. Africa). I wonder why you didn't use any sound? Even when Freddie was cursing at the crowd - is it possible that soundbite is copyrighted?
Yea... Mexico 81' was not a good time for them. There's a reason they never went back.
Edit: idk if you read this but before the show in the backstage area, the crew were fed "KFC" however the crew found that it tasted off. After this show they returned to North America, Brian and John went to Los Angeles to get the food analyzed, turns out the meat was from rats and kittens.
Was the rat in the kitten?
That’s pretty awful!😠
Wow omg how sad
Its a similar situation to UB 40 people were climbing fences is was just impossible i just left this large queue standing 2 hrs no appearance. Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
Correction: In Venezuela there was five (5) shows scheduled, not three. Initially, concerts at the Poliedro de Caracas had been scheduled for September 1981, Friday the 25th, Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th, but due to excess of demand two more concerts were added on Monday the 28th and Tuesday the 29th. The first three shows were made, but former Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt died in New York on Monday the 28th, and for national mourning, the concerts for that day and Tuesday were cancelled. That's what really happened. Of course, thousands of fans cursed the government's decision...
I love it rock on freddie thanks for being Honest
I really want to meet Deaky, Roger, and Brian, and Freddy even if only in a dream 😔💓
I thought you had Mr Taylor..
If you really were that much of a fan you could spell Freddie right.
Huffft :-(
Good quality 👌
Glad you like it!
people, really with shame but from the bottom of our hearts we apologize for our behavior that of that generation, because of what happened we have already changed and we are sorry and we are moving forward, what a shame for our ignorance and "morals" according to that time. The bad thing is that they don't even want to come back anymore, but we would welcome them with open arms and I hope they forgive us the other generation. dear brits i swear we're not quite like that anymore.
Why the crowd would hate Queen?
Freddie wore a sombrero and people thought he was making fun of them. Besides the people were already pissed off by the terrible organization of the concert.
Weve seen this a thousand times as they brought them to us as get them to safety concept; depleting and deataching when theey reach us.
"Attendees were openly drinking and abusing substances..."
Um, sounds like every one of the 100+ concerts I've been to.
Oh my... 😢
Dopo Robert plant la voce passata e presente più rock di tutti i tempi troviamo Freddie una leggenda del rock
My uncle was there at the estadio Zaragoza in 81 , my dad and his older brother always talked about Queen . My tio fernando game me a queen VHS with all there hits songs one night when i was around 17 , i still have that VHSs .In 81 the proble mwas not queen opr the show , they over bucked the concerted. Estadi olimpoco Zaragoza has like a 12 thousand capacity in field around 20 thousand . they sold about 40 thousand tickets .. peope outside were rioting . if they had played ther concered at el Estadio Cuahutemoc which had a capacidity of 31 thousand and over 45 thousand on field it would had being the best queen show .
I didn't know about this
they just don’t appreciate great band !!! well Said freddy take there money and run !!!
as a hispanic, I agree
John Deacon was ducking shoes all night
Montreal is so good
Wow this is not at all why the crowds got upset.
He had such a wit
And some locos threw shoes at them, oh crap!
Yo solo sé que en plena época de proceso militar, Argentina vibró al ritmo de Queen y esos recitales quedaron en la memoria, para siempre, de los miles que lo vieron. Hubo un antes y un después de QUEEN EN ARGENTINA.
Bad publicity to mexican QUEEN fans.. is so unfair!!!
The main reason of disorder was because corrupted authorities with a huge lack of expertise on managing that kind of masive events...
Ask to any YES member about mexican fans....It Is now completely different private industry in México have better control for such venues
She is the royal, but she is like two years old is what she said, so we revolt.
Nowadays at music and sporting events when you buy a bottle of water they remove the caps partly because people use them as weapons. 🤦🏽♀️
Ummm Excuse me, The crowd was not against them this caption is stupid they were just drunk 🙄
Didn't read the comments but is Pwebla, NOT Pueybla
I love that Queen went back to Latin America with Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert. How come you didn’t mention those or do you agree with John Deacon that without Freddie there is NO Queen?
NO Freddie, NO Queen, NO Deaky, NO Queen. Simple.
@@ginalaperuginanyc7641 Queen still goes with Paul Rodgers then Adam Lambert. The Beatles continues with Paul and Ringo and Led Zeppelin continued with Jason Bonham
They are lucky that’s all Freddie called them!! 🌮😏 It’s a miracle no one was seriously hurt!! How rude and disgusting for audience members to throw objects at a band performing for THEIR enjoyment. 😡 They are lucky Queen were so professional and didn’t just stop the concert. 😳
The sombrero and the red leather pants did not appeal to some people so they threw stuff at him.-lol
Que vergonha hein México... por isso que o 🇧🇷 é o melhor tratando-se de recepção calorosa com quem é estrangeiro...
Mas com seu compatriotas, tratam mal 😒
Messi > brazil
@@deezm4743 PELÉ>>>>>> MESSI, MARADONA E ARGENTINA
@@marceloeduardoalvesgk12 bobo 🤣🤣
I thought they got 3 shows in at Venezuela
They did
The motes in the stadiums were to protect the pitch from fans not for prisoners...silly
Roger Taylor
26/07/49
72 años
The heading on this video is misleading!
So Freddie wore a big hat nothing wrong with that but the idiots part of the crowd.
"The mark against Queen"? LOL. You must not have listened to the story you just told. And FTR, Freddie didn't spit water into the audience, he'd throw it.
He called them tacos heehee😅
W queen
Crowd hate Queen and Queen hate crowd 👍
Whilst I don't blame Queen for the riot (they can start good riots when they are called for), Freddie not reading the room by wearing a Sombrero and insulting the audience by calling them Tacos certainly didn't help. Hot Space and that concert in Apartheid South Africa (in which they didn't donate money to local charities after performing in a blacklisted venue) further damaged their reputation. If it was today, they'd be dead for sure (as they would still be if not for people forgetting about those incidents).
Suffice to say, they improved their rep with Live Aid, and the rest is history.
Click bait for rambling commentary.
Ah
The funny thing is that not even 1% of mexicans wear those hats.
Probably not, but this was the 80’s & the hats were given to all of them as gifts during that tour.
Not sure "appropriating culture" was a thing back then.
Wait isn't Mexico part of North America?
Latin America includes Central America and South America
How patronising is this man as if the band wasn’t cultured
No I don't think Freddy went too far and I am so freaking proud of what he said back to them I love it tacos haha
Shouting racist slurs at a gig full of drunk people may not be the best course of action in life.
No. Thats disgusting
This video feels empty, just the voice
So sorry your ears had to go through something so outrageous. No music? Just the voice?. Stop criticising people, learn to respect creativity. Maybe try something new today.?? Or is your small brain incapable of focussing without the music ?
Full
@@aryaendrashukla539shut up
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Wait, he actually did nothing wrong, what was racist about that?! You guys always try to search for something bad in good people and you’re really exaggerating
It's probably because he called Mexicans "Tacos" 🤷🏽♂️
Queen touring South Africa , Sun City during Apartheid was disgusting and should remain a stain on their legacy. Brian May even today trys to justify that tour. The Musicians Union banned them. People forget that tour.
Move on, troll. That is all you ever post about.
@@TheaterPup I forgot, you support Trump, Brexit and a knee on Floyd George's neck. What a lovely pup you are. I bet your disappointed Apartheid ended. Dont worry you could go to Israel.
@@mercuryrising4323 I’m also a trump supporter I think he was a good president
@@TheaterPup the apartheid was really bad man
@@craig3489 he’s the best ever! Trump and Freddie Mercury! Best president of USA and Freddie best musician to ever live!
Can people, at least, spell Freddie’s name correctly?! It’s spelled ***FREDDIE***.
Bless freddie. These tyrannical twits are monsters
Don’t encourage Freddie’s actions like he was a racist or hated Mexican people lmao, what exaclty was Freddie’s message? To love one another, ever heard the song “The Miracle” which was about unity, I don’t think Freddie would have went along wit you saying that
Tequila strikes again!
Getting pelted in Mexico was bad, but they were lucky to survive the two South American tours. They had to leave astroturf at one venue, as a distraction, to load their equipment and avoid it from being seized.
I was going to blame confiscated and resold batteries for it, but Phoebe said this near the end of the video anyway. It was highlighted in a book called Gluttons For Punishment, sold through their fan club.
This reminds me of when they got rocks thrown at