Would there have been a US Magic Tour???

Considering the fact that Queen's last tour with Freddie Mercury was during the Hot Space tour 1982, what if Queen returned to North America after their monumental success in Europe from their Magic Tour 1986??!!! I'm sure they would have had a great success if they integrated more songs from the movie HIGHLANDER that was a huge hit in the US. Imagine Queen doing back to back shows in America's largest stadiums sporting their new songs like PRINCES OF THE UNIVERSE and incorporate GIMME THE PRIZE into Brian's solo. Perhaps include ONE YEAR OF LOVE into their acoustic set. The magnitude of this tour would put Bruce Springsteen out of business!!!
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hmm that's a very interesting thought!! Come to think of it? Why didn;t they have any US Works tour or magic tour??? Magic i could understand but Works....

I'm not an expert on the subject, but I believe Queen was reluctant to tour the US because Hot Space's reactions still "haunted" them. Also, I think some of the homophobic people in the US at the time saw the IWTBF video and cried "Queen's gay," making Queen almost "afraid" of the US at the time. Plus, Freddie's voice got damaged on the Hot Space tour--adding to the problem.

Per the RIAA website ([url=http://www.riaa.com]www.riaa.com[/url]) AKOM didn't earn a gold lp award in the U.S. until 2002.  AKOM wasn't a hit
lp in the U.S. when it was released.  There wasn't a demand for Queen during this time, so promoters weren't
going to offer them what they were seeking.  I don't remember if "One Vision"  was played on rock radio in my area
(New England).  The other singles were definitely not played in my area.  "Hot Space" basically was the nail in
the coffin to Queen's career in the U.S.


Artist QUEEN
Title A KIND OF MAGIC
Certification Date 11/15/2002
Label HOLLYWOOD
Award Description GOLD
Format ALBUM
Category GROUP
Type ST

BTW, Queen was not a stadium act in the U.S.  They first played in theaters, then played in arenas.  They didn't have a large enough following to fill stadiums here.

RE:  Bruce Springsteen

I absolutely can't stand him.  Guy can't sing.  Songs suck.  Songs all sound the same.  For some unknown reason he can play multiple nights in stadiums in the U.S.

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RE:  Thunderbolt

I absolutely can't stand him.  He can't sing.  He sucks.  Everything from him all sounds the same.  He's just completely lame.



 

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Your last line; are we talking about the same Queen here ?

I think a return in 1986 was always unlikely.

If they had returned I doubt they would have played Princes, The Prize or One Year after not playing them in Europe.

An '86 tour would have been great!!! I last saw them in 1980 and missed them in '82 in Boston. But as it was stated by jim Beach, Fedddie didn't want to have to come back to the US unless they had a very successful album. They didn't want to have to "work" for it. They lost fans after Hot Space over here and I was not one of them. Just disappointed when the LP came out. Then they lost more after the I Want To Break Free video. Again, not me. I loved the video at the time. But had they toured I think it would have been a trimpumhant one. Bands like Pink Floyd, The Stones and U2 (for example) can tour without supporting an album if they wanted and people would still come out in droves. Queen would have been able to do the same thing if they wanted too.

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BTW, Queen was not a stadium act in the U.S.  They first played in theaters, then played in arenas.  They didn't have a large enough following to fill stadiums here.

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Queen didn't have a large enough following in the U.S.   They played in theaters at first, then moved to arenas.  They weren't a stadium act in the U.S.

There was also the fact that Queen had played Sun City on the Works tour which was seriously frowned upon in the US.

I think they would have still ignored the US, which was the right choice since american promoters wanted them to play small but numerous venues instead of large and few (as Queen deserved), that's why they refused to tour us back in 84 anyway, who the hell cares about the usa? they were loved in Europe, Japan, Australia and South America it was enough

They had a big enough following to fill stadiums in the US!
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