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Rating: In 1986, the Magic Tour arrives at Wembley. In the London stadium, Queen demonstrates that they are the greatest band on the planet (as Bob Geldof said the year before at Live Aid). The concert is excellently performed and truly spectacular, the four are in great shape, and the songs offered are among the best of their career. Freddie Mercury is perfect, enchanting with his splendid voice and constantly moving across the huge stage, Brian May and his Red Special create superb riffs and beautiful solos, the rhythm section is much more powerful than their studio work.
It starts with two hard rock gems: One Vision and Tie Your Mother Down, thrilling and with a compelling rhythm. After some shorter songs, many 80s hits arrive: A Kind Of Magic becomes longer, and May delivers a great solo, Under Pressure and Another One Bites The Dust where Deacon's bass stands out, Who Wants To Live Forever, sad but beautiful, and the cheerful and fun I Want To Break Free. The first part closes with May's nine-minute solo, the Impropmtu improvisation, and the hard rock Now I'm Here with an extraordinary Taylor.
The second part instead starts more slowly:
The very sweet Love Of My Life, the brief Is This The World We Created, and some good covers warm up the audience for the grand finale. The grand Bohemian Rhapsody arrives, spanning numerous genres, the decisive and powerful Hammer To Fall, Radio Ga Ga where the entire audience claps hands, and the famous We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions. Everything concludes with God Save The Queen sung by the entire audience.
The concert is one of the greatest of all time, and Mercury confirms himself as the greatest frontman in history. If you have the DVD, you can enjoy this masterpiece even better.
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