Good point.
Never really felt it was their trademark concert...
I think it was Live Aid, or the christmas concert in 1975. But marketing issues said that, or QP.
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Im from Portugal and here Wembley's release sold a lot! Really a lot! Both cd version and dvd release! Here it's of course their trademark show, the one everybody knows. As fas as studio albuns goes, A Kind Of Magic is very well known. Made In Heaven is very popular also. And Barcelona too.
Vocal harmony
[QUOTE] [b]cmsdrums wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Costa86 wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]luthorn wrote:[/b]
Good question. The band on Magic Tour sounds tired. You can almost feel it is a band downstream in their career, rather than upstream, full of vigor, band of the 1970s. Queen reached the peak of performance 1977-1982. Anything after 1982, aside Live Aid, was based on falling energy levels. Call it age or change in hormonal levels due to ageing. [/QUOTE]
The stage used on the Magic tour was a standard 60x40 ft platform. The actual stage space (width) was smaller than the outdoor Hot Space shows. The reason for this was the use of the two raised walkways at the sides of the stage linking up to the rear walkway. If you look at pics of the Magic Tour Freddies piano is almost hidden in the wings to save space, not the case on prvious tours.
Compare pictures of indoor Magic show(s). It's still the same production but without the vast PA wings.
The Wembley and Knebworth shows used a specially designed and built stage just for those three shows. This is the vast stage which most think of when talking about the Magic Tour.
Although Freddie had admitted to tiring more easily, he still managed to run around the large stages of some of the Magic Tour shows, and he handled the massive Wembley stage with aplomb. Before 1985 they hadn't played on such huge stages, so I think you can hardly say they lacked energy when they managed to give great shows in such the large Magic Tour venues.
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That's a really good point - even having played football stadia before, and events like Live Aid, the stage areas on those really was only pretty akin to an indoor arena gig; the Magic Tour stage size really was immense, and Freddie really did cover it so well.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE] [b]Costa86 wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]luthorn wrote:[/b]
Good question. The band on Magic Tour sounds tired. You can almost feel it is a band downstream in their career, rather than upstream, full of vigor, band of the 1970s. Queen reached the peak of performance 1977-1982. Anything after 1982, aside Live Aid, was based on falling energy levels. Call it age or change in hormonal levels due to ageing. [/QUOTE]
The stage used on the Magic tour was a standard 60x40 ft platform. The actual stage space (width) was smaller than the outdoor Hot Space shows. The reason for this was the use of the two raised walkways at the sides of the stage linking up to the rear walkway. If you look at pics of the Magic Tour Freddies piano is almost hidden in the wings to save space, not the case on prvious tours.
Compare pictures of indoor Magic show(s). It's still the same production but without the vast PA wings.
The Wembley and Knebworth shows used a specially designed and built stage just for those three shows. This is the vast stage which most think of when talking about the Magic Tour.
Although Freddie had admitted to tiring more easily, he still managed to run around the large stages of some of the Magic Tour shows, and he handled the massive Wembley stage with aplomb. Before 1985 they hadn't played on such huge stages, so I think you can hardly say they lacked energy when they managed to give great shows in such the large Magic Tour venues.
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That's a really good point - even having played football stadia before, and events like Live Aid, the stage areas on those really was only pretty akin to an indoor arena gig; the Magic Tour stage size really was immense, and Freddie really did cover it so well.[/QUOTE]
Vocal harmony
[QUOTE] [b]cmsdrums wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Costa86 wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]luthorn wrote:[/b]
Good question. The band on Magic Tour sounds tired. You can almost feel it is a band downstream in their career, rather than upstream, full of vigor, band of the 1970s. Queen reached the peak of performance 1977-1982. Anything after 1982, aside Live Aid, was based on falling energy levels. Call it age or change in hormonal levels due to ageing. [/QUOTE]
The stage used on the Magic tour was a standard 60x40 ft platform. The actual stage space (width) was smaller than the outdoor Hot Space shows. The reason for this was the use of the two raised walkways at the sides of the stage linking up to the rear walkway. If you look at pics of the Magic Tour Freddies piano is almost hidden in the wings to save space, not the case on prvious tours.
Compare pictures of indoor Magic show(s). It's still the same production but without the vast PA wings.
The Wembley and Knebworth shows used a specially designed and built stage just for those three shows. This is the vast stage which most think of when talking about the Magic Tour.
Although Freddie had admitted to tiring more easily, he still managed to run around the large stages of some of the Magic Tour shows, and he handled the massive Wembley stage with aplomb. Before 1985 they hadn't played on such huge stages, so I think you can hardly say they lacked energy when they managed to give great shows in such the large Magic Tour venues.
[/QUOTE]
That's a really good point - even having played football stadia before, and events like Live Aid, the stage areas on those really was only pretty akin to an indoor arena gig; the Magic Tour stage size really was immense, and Freddie really did cover it so well.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE] [b]Costa86 wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]luthorn wrote:[/b]
Good question. The band on Magic Tour sounds tired. You can almost feel it is a band downstream in their career, rather than upstream, full of vigor, band of the 1970s. Queen reached the peak of performance 1977-1982. Anything after 1982, aside Live Aid, was based on falling energy levels. Call it age or change in hormonal levels due to ageing. [/QUOTE]
The stage used on the Magic tour was a standard 60x40 ft platform. The actual stage space (width) was smaller than the outdoor Hot Space shows. The reason for this was the use of the two raised walkways at the sides of the stage linking up to the rear walkway. If you look at pics of the Magic Tour Freddies piano is almost hidden in the wings to save space, not the case on prvious tours.
Compare pictures of indoor Magic show(s). It's still the same production but without the vast PA wings.
The Wembley and Knebworth shows used a specially designed and built stage just for those three shows. This is the vast stage which most think of when talking about the Magic Tour.
Although Freddie had admitted to tiring more easily, he still managed to run around the large stages of some of the Magic Tour shows, and he handled the massive Wembley stage with aplomb. Before 1985 they hadn't played on such huge stages, so I think you can hardly say they lacked energy when they managed to give great shows in such the large Magic Tour venues.
[/QUOTE]
That's a really good point - even having played football stadia before, and events like Live Aid, the stage areas on those really was only pretty akin to an indoor arena gig; the Magic Tour stage size really was immense, and Freddie really did cover it so well.[/QUOTE]
Vocal harmony
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The stage used on the Magic tour was a standard 60x40 ft platform. The actual stage space (width) was smaller than the outdoor Hot Space shows. The reason for this was the use of the two raised walkways at the sides of the stage linking up to the rear walkway. If you look at pics of the Magic Tour Freddies piano is almost hidden in the wings to save space, not the case on prvious tours.
Compare pictures of indoor Magic show(s). It's still the same production but without the vast PA wings.
The Wembley and Knebworth shows used a specially designed and built stage just for those three shows. This is the vast stage which most think of when talking about the Magic Tour.
Although Freddie had admitted to tiring more easily, he still managed to run around the large stages of some of the Magic Tour shows, and he handled the massive Wembley stage with aplomb. Before 1985 they hadn't played on such huge stages, so I think you can hardly say they lacked energy when they managed to give great shows in such the large Magic Tour venues.
[/QUOTE]
That's a really good point - even having played football stadia before, and events like Live Aid, the stage areas on those really was only pretty akin to an indoor arena gig; the Magic Tour stage size really was immense, and Freddie really did cover it so well.[/QUOTE]
The stage used on the Magic tour was a standard 60x40 ft platform. The actual stage space (width) was smaller than the outdoor Hot Space shows. The reason for this was the use of the two raised walkways at the sides of the stage linking up to the rear walkway. If you look at pics of the Magic Tour Freddies piano is almost hidden in the wings to save space, not the case on prvious tours.
Compare pictures of indoor Magic show(s). It's still the same production but without the vast PA wings.
The Wembley and Knebworth shows used a specially designed and built stage just for those three shows. This is the vast stage which most think of when talking about the Magic Tour.
Although Freddie had admitted to tiring more easily, he still managed to run around the large stages of some of the Magic Tour shows, and he handled the massive Wembley stage with aplomb. Before 1985 they hadn't played on such huge stages, so I think you can hardly say they lacked energy when they managed to give great shows in such the large Magic Tour venues.
[/QUOTE]
That's a really good point - even having played football stadia before, and events like Live Aid, the stage areas on those really was only pretty akin to an indoor arena gig; the Magic Tour stage size really was immense, and Freddie really did cover it so well.[/QUOTE]
Apocalipsis_Darko
The shows from Argentina I think are better. Less calculated,more emotional. And...better public for various reasons.