Magic Tour (Queen)



The Magic Tour was the biggest and final tour by the British rock band Queen 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 full-blown 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 CD, VHS & 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).

Tour dates

 * Rescheduled shows

Tour band
Additional musicians:
 * Freddie Mercury – Lead Vocals, Piano, Rhythm guitar (Crazy Little Thing Called Love)
 * Brian May – Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Keyboards (Who Wants to Live Forever)
 * Roger Taylor – Drums, Tambourine, Backing vocals
 * John Deacon – Bass guitar, Backing vocals
 * Spike Edney – Keyboards, Piano, Backing vocals, Rhythm guitar (Hammer to Fall)