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Magic Tour (Queen)
The Magic Tour was a European concert tour by the British rock band Queen in 1986. The tour was in support of their twelfth studio album, A Kind of Magic, and featured 26 shows across Western Europe. In addition, the band performed one show behind the Iron Curtain in Hungary.
The highlight of the tour was the two sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium on 11–12 July. Both concerts were professionally filmed. The second show was released as Queen at Wembley. The final show of the tour, held at Knebworth on 9 August in front of at least 120,000 fans, marked a significant moment in the band's history. It was also the last time that lead singer Freddie Mercury performed live with Queen before his death five years later.
Queen's tour in 1986 featured 26 shows and marked the band's first concert series since their performance at Live Aid in July 1985, which earned them high praise and boosted their popularity. The tour included support acts such as the Alarm, Belouis Some, Marillion, INXS and Status Quo.
Preparations for the tour started in May 1986, and the band rehearsed for four weeks, which was their longest preparation for a stage show. Despite promoters' uncertainty about whether they would sell enough tickets for stadium and outdoor venues, the gigs were met with high demand.
In addition to debuting new songs like "One Vision" and "Who Wants to Live Forever", the band decided to reintroduce some older tracks and an acoustic rock 'n' roll medley into their set. The final part of the show repeated the six songs Queen had played at Live Aid. The band also added a new song, "Friends Will Be Friends", as the final encore between "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions". Freddie Mercury personally asked his friend Diana Moseley to design stage clothes for the band, including a large crown and gown which he wore at the end of the show. The stage was 160 feet (49 m) long and flanked by two 40-foot (12 m) runways. Roger Taylor said the new stage show would make "Ben Hur look like the Muppets".
The tour began on 7 June 1986 in Stockholm. During the 21 June concert at the Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Marillion frontman Fish sang "Tutti Frutti" with Mercury. Five days later at the Waldbühne, West Berlin, the group played an impromptu version of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song". A cover of Shirley Bassey's "Big Spender" was performed twice on the tour, having been regularly featured in the group's early days.
The concert at Slane Castle on 5 July was marred by bad weather and crowd violence. The group played St James' Park, Newcastle, on 9 July. All profits for the concert were donated to Save the Children Fund. Support band INXS were delayed because of traffic. During the tour, Mercury told the audience about rumours that Queen would disband, and flatly denied them.
All 72,000 tickets for the 11 July show at Wembley Stadium sold out quickly, so a second date was added for the following night. The group played for over 150,000 people over the two nights. The first was played during bad weather, but the second was clear and filmed by Tyne Tees and recorded by Capital Radio for a future television and radio broadcast. Giant inflatable models representing the cartoon version of the group on the A Kind of Magic album cover were released; three were caught by the crowd, while one landed in Chelmsford approximately 35 miles away. During the show, Mercury addressed the audience, again denying rumours that Queen were splitting up, adding "we're gonna stay together until we fucking well die". After the second show, Mercury played an impromptu set at Kensington Roof Gardens with Fish, Samantha Fox and Gary Glitter.
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Magic Tour (Queen)
The Magic Tour was a European concert tour by the British rock band Queen in 1986. The tour was in support of their twelfth studio album, A Kind of Magic, and featured 26 shows across Western Europe. In addition, the band performed one show behind the Iron Curtain in Hungary.
The highlight of the tour was the two sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium on 11–12 July. Both concerts were professionally filmed. The second show was released as Queen at Wembley. The final show of the tour, held at Knebworth on 9 August in front of at least 120,000 fans, marked a significant moment in the band's history. It was also the last time that lead singer Freddie Mercury performed live with Queen before his death five years later.
Queen's tour in 1986 featured 26 shows and marked the band's first concert series since their performance at Live Aid in July 1985, which earned them high praise and boosted their popularity. The tour included support acts such as the Alarm, Belouis Some, Marillion, INXS and Status Quo.
Preparations for the tour started in May 1986, and the band rehearsed for four weeks, which was their longest preparation for a stage show. Despite promoters' uncertainty about whether they would sell enough tickets for stadium and outdoor venues, the gigs were met with high demand.
In addition to debuting new songs like "One Vision" and "Who Wants to Live Forever", the band decided to reintroduce some older tracks and an acoustic rock 'n' roll medley into their set. The final part of the show repeated the six songs Queen had played at Live Aid. The band also added a new song, "Friends Will Be Friends", as the final encore between "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions". Freddie Mercury personally asked his friend Diana Moseley to design stage clothes for the band, including a large crown and gown which he wore at the end of the show. The stage was 160 feet (49 m) long and flanked by two 40-foot (12 m) runways. Roger Taylor said the new stage show would make "Ben Hur look like the Muppets".
The tour began on 7 June 1986 in Stockholm. During the 21 June concert at the Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, Marillion frontman Fish sang "Tutti Frutti" with Mercury. Five days later at the Waldbühne, West Berlin, the group played an impromptu version of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song". A cover of Shirley Bassey's "Big Spender" was performed twice on the tour, having been regularly featured in the group's early days.
The concert at Slane Castle on 5 July was marred by bad weather and crowd violence. The group played St James' Park, Newcastle, on 9 July. All profits for the concert were donated to Save the Children Fund. Support band INXS were delayed because of traffic. During the tour, Mercury told the audience about rumours that Queen would disband, and flatly denied them.
All 72,000 tickets for the 11 July show at Wembley Stadium sold out quickly, so a second date was added for the following night. The group played for over 150,000 people over the two nights. The first was played during bad weather, but the second was clear and filmed by Tyne Tees and recorded by Capital Radio for a future television and radio broadcast. Giant inflatable models representing the cartoon version of the group on the A Kind of Magic album cover were released; three were caught by the crowd, while one landed in Chelmsford approximately 35 miles away. During the show, Mercury addressed the audience, again denying rumours that Queen were splitting up, adding "we're gonna stay together until we fucking well die". After the second show, Mercury played an impromptu set at Kensington Roof Gardens with Fish, Samantha Fox and Gary Glitter.