Magic Tour (Queen)
The Magic Tour was a 1986 European concert tour by the British rock band Queen, supporting the album '' A Kind of Magic''. The tour featured 26 shows across Western Europe and the UK, as well as one show in Sweden and one in Hungary. The two shows at Wembley Stadium on 11–12 July sold out and saw Queen play to 150,000 fans; the second concert was professionally filmed and recorded and has been released several times. The final show of the tour, and the last live show Freddie Mercury ever performed with Queen, was at Knebworth on 9 August to a crowd of 120,000. Afterwards, Mercury made the decision to stop touring; he died five years later. Background The tour, featuring 26 shows, was the first series of concerts Queen had played since their set at Live Aid in July 1985, which drew rave reviews and increased the group's profile. Support acts included the Alarm, Belouis Some, Marillion, and Status Quo. Preparations for the tour began in May 1986. The group rehearsed for four w ...
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