City:	Cardiff, Wales
Venue:	Castle
Date:	September 10, 1976

It poured rain throughout this outdoor show in Wales, as illustrated in this review from Sounds. Roger Taylor wrote about the show in the autumn '76 fan club magazine, describing the weather as "virtually a monsoon." He adds, "The sight of the rain pouring down through the spotlights on everybody, and of Freddie splashing his way through pools of water at the front of the stage will remain indelibly printed on our memories forever. The fact that people stayed on and enjoyed themselves right to the end made it quite a moving occasion for us. In fact, I was so overcome I just had to wreck me drum kit at the end, which reduced 'Crystal' my roadie to floods of tears rivalling the rain (it was a brand new kit too!). Anyway if you were there thanks for being our bravest audience ever and I hope the pneumonia cleared up." This is the final performance of Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon. In his Queen Live book, Queen archivist Greg Brooks alleges there is a bootleg of this show called "Queen At The Castle," but no such release ever occurred. There are no known recordings of this show. Here is one of my personal favourite Queen concert tales, told by a fan: "During the torrential rain, [my friend and I] wriggled under the chain mesh fence at the side of the stage and got absolutely covered in mud. We ran blindly in the rain to the nearest tent, and on our way we collided with a man who was running towards us, and we all ended up in a heap on the ground. Wiping the mud from our eyes, we realised we'd run headlong into Brian May who took us both by the hands and ran us to the nearest tent where he got towels for us to dry off. He then bought us both a tequila sunrise (my first ever!) and then gave me his autograph on a torn off bit of envelope, which I still have to this day." The pictures were submitted by Brian Clemens, Alessio Rizzitelli and Fabio Minero.

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