11 June 1986, Queen perform the first of two evenings @ Groenoordhallen in Leiden, Netherlands ‘Magic Tour’ This was a record breaking SOLD-OUT show!This is the first of ten Magic tour shows to be held indoors (with Brussels, Munich, Zürich, and Vienna being the other cities). Before the show begins, the audience sing a Dutch football song. After the second song, Freddie is dripping with energy, shouting, “How are you bunch of c***s?” The audience then begin to sing their football song again upon Freddie’s request, and the band join in, much to the delight of everyone on hand.
They would sing the football song a few more times tonight, and at the two Leiden concerts in the near future. Freddie delivers what is undoubtedly his definitive live version of ‘A Kind Of Magic’ tonight, while Brian adds some very tasty guitar lines in the extended end section. Then, after a lengthy and adventurous vocal exchange with the audience, Freddie simply says, “Beautiful.” After ‘Under Pressure,’ he tells the jubilant crowd, “Without a doubt, you must be the best singers around, really.”





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