It was recorded live at the Milton Keynes Bowl, Buckinghamshire, England, on 5 June 1982 during the Hot Space Tour.

A DVD was also released with the complete concert and bonus material, such as band interviews and tour highlights.

During "Fat Bottomed Girls", Freddie Mercury's voice very briefly slipped into an off-key falsetto during the lyric "in this locality" (the original error could be heard on the original BBC TV, Channel 4, MTV, an audience recording, and radio broadcasts of the concert) but the error was fixed for the release of the DVD and CD.

Mercury performed without his trademark bottomless microphone stand for "We Will Rock You (Fast)", "Now I'm Here", and "The Hero" (shown on the Live in Japan bonus footage on DVD).

Due to censorship laws the Hong Kong and China release of the CD removed "Get Down, Make Love" and "Fat Bottomed Girls".