Talk:Magic Tour (Queen)

Total tour attendance
Summing the concerts, it comes to a little short of a million, rather than the over for the lead. Looks like a bit of work went into compiling the numbers at queenconcerts.com, so unless someone has a strong reference for "over", I'll reword it to "around". Dhalamh (talk) 15:12, 9 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Mark Blake's book cites 400,000 total attendance. However, given other figures, that means that Wembley & Knebworth had more attendees than all the other shows put together. That can't be right. Unfortunately, I've only got one good source (this one) and one "eh" one (Ken Dean); unlike Bowie and Pink Floyd, there's never been a truly outstanding Queen source for the basic facts (and it doesn't help that Bohemian Rhapsody is not exactly known for being factually accurate)., have you got any further ideas? Ritchie333 (talk)  (cont)  13:03, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah Queen is one of those bands I wish I knew more about. Loved Bohemian Rhapsody until I found out how inaccurate it is and how the screenwriter was a dickhead about it. Maybe try Somebody to Love or something like that? I could check out the open library to see if they have anything. – zmbro (talk) (cont) 14:10, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
 * The trouble is, the Mercury biographies are talking about a different topic - how AIDS affected the entire planet and caused great concern and death by indifference. I remember the days when Queen were an active touring band and their albums got mixed to average reviews. Then Mercury died, and suddenly their music got saturation play to the extent that by 1994, if somebody put "Bohemian Rhapsody" on the Jukebox I'd want to pull the plug out (play "Ogre Battle", "See What A Fool I've Been", "The Prophet's Song", "Tie Your Mother Down", heck even "Don't Stop Me Now" is probably the best song Elton John never wrote - just anything else please). I do wonder if Blake's book (which got average reviews because it's primarily about the music) is as good as we can get. Dean's book is nice and refreshing because it - more by luck than judgement - stops at Knebworth '86, when the group was probably at their absolute peak. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  14:38, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah tbh I've never actually listened to an entire queen album, I've always just spot-checked their numerous greatest hits records. Maybe Queen the definitive biography by Laura Jackson? It seems most I'm finding on google center around Freddie, which is how I've always seen them. I mean for real who wants to listen to Queen and hear the drummer sing? (no offense to Roger) – zmbro (talk) (cont) 15:13, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry, no idea. The nearest I ever came to a Queen concert was being in a marquee with Prince Phillip at an airshow. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:04, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Did you want to break free? Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  22:58, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Freddie's Voice
I've a vague memory that Freddie's voice was damaged during this tour so by the Wembley gig (I went to the 2nd one) he was avoiding the extended high notes. Anyone got any source for this?Tapullo 86.161.38.189 (talk) 11:30, 1 January 2024 (UTC)