Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano, electric guitar),
Brian May (electric guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards),
Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocals, tambourine),
John Deacon (bass guitar),
Spike Edney (keyboards, piano, electric guitar, backing vocals)
Memorabilia
ticket stub (from my own collection)
concert program (from my own collection)
concert program (from my own collection)
concert poster (from my own collection)
concert poster
concert poster (from my own collection)
backstage pass
backstage pass
backstage pass
backstage pass (from my own collection)
backstage pass
backstage pass (from my own collection)
backstage pass (from my own collection)
backstage pass (from my own collection)
backstage pass (from my own collection)
backstage pass
Fan stories
Written by Steve
I was jammy, lucky whatever you call it to see QUEEN on their Magic Tour in 1986. THE GREATEST FRIDAY NIGHT OUT AT A GIG I'VE EVER HAD. I drove from West Wales and picked up my friend and his pregnant wife from Swansea at 05.30 in the morning to drive to Wembley. There were four of us in my dad's car and we arrived at Wembley underground car park at 09.30 - 4 hours is good going. We checked into our hotels and started queing up at around 11.30 very near to the turnstile. I was really looking forward to this gig as it was a great bill with INXS, THE ALARM & STATUS QUO. My brother was also going with friends and he was excited. When the gates opened, I remember running across the pitch to get a good seat on the left of the stage. We settled down to enjoy the show.
Queen came on at 20.35 and what a show. THE BIGGEST STAGE EVER, BIGGEST SCREEN AND BEST SOUND I'd ever heard. They were simply brilliant/ awesome with a sensational stage act. I'd been speculating about the set list for some time before the gig but had a massive surprise when they did the rock'n'roll medley. I WAS TOTALLY TAKEN BY SURPRISE as they had returned to their early days again by having Roger playing tambourine, Brian on acoustic - very reminiscent of the inside cover of A Day At The Races.
This show was quite simply fantastic - the best ever Queen show - despite the rain. No other gig will ever compare to this - Queen kicking ass and showing everybody else what a real gig is all about. My only regret is that I did not see the Saturday show as they did not play Big Spender on the Friday. Driving home on the Saturday was a pain as I was still on a high. There were many highlights of this show - lights, sound etc. but always remember the hands during RADIO GA GA. An unforgettable sight. I've seen many gigs by other bands since but none have come close to this monumental feat although THE WHO will always come second in my favourite live act.
Written by welshy
Me and my mate bought two tickets each from Derricks records in Swansea and dragged along 2 other mates who didnt like Queen - but we persuaded them to buy the tickets to show them the best live band in the world!! And we weren't disappointed - awesome show, fantastic day out and 2 mates converted to Queen! Spent several hours in the coach trying to get out of the carpark afterwards and got back home to Swansea as the milkman was doing his rounds! Best overall day out but 2nd best gig - the best I saw was Birmingham 1984 - superb.