#08 Queen

By the mid-80s Queen had reached perhaps the peak of their concert form - although they always knew how to hold their own in front of an audience, their concerts had never been so grandiose before. Mercury could arrange an extravaganza, interacting with the audience on a regular basis, sometimes with daring, but dramatic, heart-breaking renditions of well-known songs, sometimes with the compositions that were quite different from the original. On August 9th, 1986, the Magic Tour finished, and Queen had no plans to stop concert activities, but when Mercury told the band about his HIV test results, they decided not to do more concerts. A ticket to Freddie Mercury's last concert is considered t...View all