21 June 1986, Queen performed @ Maimarktgelände in Mannheim, Germany
“Magic Tour”
This show (as well as Marillion’s opening set) is broadcast live on the German radio station “SWR 3.” As a result, this would be one of Queen’s most bootlegged shows.
Freddie’s voice is starting to weaken a bit, but he still has plenty of great moments tonight. Overall it’s a great performance, as usual on this tour.
Freddie embellishes a lyric in ‘Under Pressure’: “Sat on a fence, but it didn’t fuckin’ work!”
He starts a vocal exchange with the audience (perhaps even to his surprise) during ‘Another One Bites The Dust.’ It is a marvellous moment of spontaneity that led to a set piece during this song for the remainder of the tour.
Brian, before he starts to play ‘Love Of My Life’: “Freddie wrote a magical song. It goes like this.”
Fish (from Marillion, one of the acts who opened for Queen) joins the band for Tutti Frutti. After the song, Freddie tells the audience, “We love ya. What a corny, shitty thing to say, I know. But we love you anyway.”
Freddie cracks yet another Crazy joke: “This is called a guitar, and I can never play it. But I’ll get away with murder; just watch!”
The show was broadcast on the radio in the US later in the year. It was named “Done Under Pressure” by the folks at Off The Record.
Koh Hasebe
