25 August 1984, Queen film their video ‘Hammer To Fall’ Forest National, Brussels, Belgium
David Mallett was the director
The band kicked off ‘The Works’ Tour the previous evening 24 August @ Forest National and the audience members from the concert were invited back to participate in the video. The band filmed their entire gig so selected portions could be used.
Freddie invited the audience back for additional filming. Here is all that Freddie had to say before the song:
“This next song we’re gonna use in our next video. So everybody just go mad and maybe later you’ll see one of you guys inside the video one day. Oh, just go crazy, take your clothes off. It’s called Hammer To Fall.” After the song, he simply says, “Good night, you guys!” as that was the last song of the set.
The Dutch fan club invited only about twenty of its members to attend the video shoot the next day. They were instructed by a roadie to sit quietly on a chair and not to move or approach the band members. After a few hours, Brian came over and had a chat with them, checking to see if they were enjoying themselves and if they were hungry. He then promptly ordered them some take-out!
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