Talk:Magic Tour (Queen)
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Total tour attendance
editSumming 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). Martinevans123, Zmbro 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)
- 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 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)
Did you know nomination
edit- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 10:26, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
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- ... that the 1986 Magic Tour was the last one Freddie Mercury performed with Queen? Source: "August 9 – marks 30 years since Queen rocked Knebworth House in what proved to be Freddie Mercury’s final concert with the band." [1]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/CTF 2187
- Comment: Should have done this in August 2016 (or some other suitable anniversary), but better late than never.
5x expanded by Ritchie333 (talk). Self-nominated at 10:37, 1 February 2022 (UTC).
- Recently expanded 5x, interesting and cited hook, no problems. Earwig thinks it is suspicious (set lists) but Earwig is wrong. QPQ done. Article without policy issues, neutral and cited. (Some short paragraphs in "Itinerary" section are not pretty, though). Good to go!
—Kusma (talk) 12:46, 1 February 2022 (UTC)
Freddie's Voice
editI'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)