''Live Magic'' is the second
live album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
by British
rock band
Queen. It was recorded at various live shows during ''
The Magic Tour
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 sh ...
'' and was released on 1 December 1986. However, it was not released in the United States until August 1996. It received strong criticism from fans, due to the heavy editing of many songs. For example, the opera section was removed from "Bohemian Rhapsody", the second verse and chorus were removed from "Tie Your Mother Down", and "Is This the World We Created...?", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions" were reduced to one verse and chorus.
Most of the performances were recorded at
Knebworth Park
Knebworth is a village and civil parish in the north of Hertfordshire, England, immediately south of Stevenage. The civil parish covers an area between the villages of Datchworth, Woolmer Green, Codicote, Kimpton, Whitwell, St Paul's Walden ...
on 9 August 1986, which marks the band's final ever concert with its original line-up.
Track listing
Release history
Charts
Certifications
Personnel
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Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter, who achieved worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the ...
- lead vocals, piano, keyboards
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Brian May - guitars, backing vocals
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Roger Taylor - drums, backing vocals
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John Deacon - bass guitar, backing vocals
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Spike Edney - keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
References
External links
Queen official website: Discography: Live Magic includes lyrics of "Under Pressure", "Another One Bites the Dust", "I Want to Break Free", "Is This the World We Created...?", "Radio Ga Ga", "We Are the Champions".
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Queen (band) live albums
1986 live albums
Live albums recorded at Wembley Stadium
Hollywood Records live albums