The Magic Tour was Queen's final ever tour with their lead singer Freddie Mercury and their bass guitarist John Deacon, which took place in 1986. 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. The Magic Tour took in 26 dates around Europe's stadiums, in support of their then latest album A Kind of Magic.
In 1987, Mercury was diagnosed as having AIDS and the band together made the decision to stop touring, making the concert at Knebworth on 9 August 1986 the last time that the four original members of Queen performed on stage together.
Over a million people attended the Queen tour, making it one of the largest ever. Support acts included The Alarm, Big Country, Belouis Some, INXS, Level 42, Marillion, Gary Moore, The Bangles and Status Quo.
From this tour, Queen have since released Live at Wembley on VHS, Laserdisc, CD & DVD, Live Magic on CD and Live in Budapest on VHS & Laserdisc (later re-released and retitled as Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest on DVD, Blu-ray and Deluxe editions).
Video Magic Tour (Queen)
Setlist
Maps Magic Tour (Queen)
Tour dates
- Rescheduled shows
Tour band
- John Deacon - Bass guitar, Backing vocals
- Brian May - Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Keyboards (Who Wants to Live Forever)
- Freddie Mercury - Lead Vocals, Piano, Rhythm guitar (Crazy Little Thing Called Love)
- Roger Taylor - Drums, Tambourine, Backing vocals
Additional musicians:
- Spike Edney - Keyboards, Piano, Backing vocals, Rhythm guitar (Hammer to Fall)
See also
- List of highest-attended concerts
References
External links
- Queen Concerts
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