- Magic Tour (Queen)
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For the 2007 tour by Bruce Springsteen, see Magic Tour (Bruce Springsteen).
Magic Tour Europe tour by Queen Associated album A Kind of Magic Start date 7 June 1986 End date 9 August 1986 Legs 1 Shows 26 Queen tour chronology The Works Tour
(1984-1985)Magic Tour
(1986)Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour
(2005-2006)The Magic Tour was the final tour by the English rock band Queen with their lead singer Freddie Mercury, which took place in 1986.[1][2] The band would not tour again until 19 years later, when the Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour began in 2005, after the death of Freddie Mercury on 24 November 1991, and the retirement of John Deacon in 1997.[2][3] The Magic Tour took in 26 dates around Europe's stadiums, in support of their latest album A Kind of Magic.
In 1987, Mercury was diagnosed with HIV and the band together made the decision to cease touring, making the concert at Knebworth on 9 August 1986 the last time the four members of Queen would perform on stage together.[4]
Over a million people attended the Queen tour, making it one of the largest ever. Support acts included The Alarm, Big Country, INXS, Level 42, Marillion, Gary Moore, The Bangles and Status Quo.[5]
From this tour Queen have since released Live at Wembley Stadium on DVD, CD & VHS, Live Magic on CD and Live in Budapest on VHS & Laserdisc.
Contents
Setlist
- One Vision
- Tie Your Mother Down
- In the Lap of the Gods...Revisited
- Seven Seas of Rhye
- Tear It Up
- A Kind of Magic
- Under Pressure
- Another One Bites the Dust
- Who Wants to Live Forever
- I Want to Break Free
- Impromptu
- Guitar solo
- Now I'm Here
- Love of My Life
- Is This the World We Created...?
- (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care
- Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart)
- Tutti Frutti
- Bohemian Rhapsody (sung after I Want To Break Free in Stockholm)
- Hammer to Fall
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Encore
- Radio Ga Ga
- We Will Rock You
- Friends Will Be Friends
- We Are the Champions
- God Save the Queen
Other songs
- Gimme Some Lovin'
- Big Spender
- Immigrant Song (Berlin only)
- Tavaszi Szel Vizet Araszt (Budapest only)
- Mustapha (intro)
- Mustapha (full song - soundcheck in Manchester only)
- Keep Yourself Alive (part)
- Impromptu (featuring bits and pieces of Get Down Make Love) (Stockholm only)
- Get Down, Make Love (part in guitar solo)
- Molly Malone (part in guitar solo) (Slane Castle only)
- Chinese Torture (part in guitar solo)
- I Feel Fine (guitar riff only - Mannheim)
Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Europe June 7, 1986 Stockholm Sweden Råsunda Stadium June 11, 1986 Leiden Netherlands Groenoordhallen June 12, 1986 June 14, 1986 Paris France Hippodrome de Vincennes June 17, 1986 Brussels Belgium Forest National June 19, 1986 Leiden Netherlands Groenoordhallen June 21, 1986 Mannheim Germany Maimarkt-Gelände June 26, 1986 Berlin Waldbühne June 28, 1986 Munich Olympiahalle June 29, 1986 July 1, 1986 Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion July 2, 1986 July 5, 1986 Slane Ireland Slane Castle July 9, 1986 Newcastle United Kingdom St James' Park July 11, 1986 London Wembley Stadium July 12, 1986 July 16, 1986 Manchester Maine Road July 19, 1986 Cologne Germany Müngersdorfer Stadion July 21, 1986 Vienna Austria Stadthalle July 22, 1986 July 27, 1986 Budapest Hungary Népstadion July 30, 1986 Fréjus France Amphitheatre August 1, 1986 Barcelona Spain Mini Estadi August 3, 1986 Madrid Rayo Vallecano August 5, 1986 Marbella Estadio Municipal August 9, 1986 Stevenage United Kingdom Knebworth Park Personnel
- John Deacon – Bass Guitar, Vocals
- Brian May – Lead Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer (Who Wants to Live Forever)
- Freddie Mercury – Lead Vocals, Piano, Rhythm Guitar (Crazy Little Thing Called Love)
- Roger Taylor – Drums, Vocals
Extras
- Spike Edney – Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar (Hammer to Fall)
References
- ^ Queen live on tour: Magic tour Queen Concerts. Retrieved June 4, 2011
- ^ a b We Will Rock You (Again)! Daily Mail. Retrieved June 4, 2011
- ^ Queen most loved band The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2011
- ^ August 9, 1986 - QUEEN LIVE Retrieved June 4, 2011
- ^ http://www.queenconcerts.com/
External links
Categories:- 1986 concert tours
- Queen (band) concert tours
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