European Magical Tour
When Russell Mulcahy, started to make his first film “Highlander”, he decided to apply for making a film about Queen. According to Mulcahy, Queen was the first group that came to mind. On the 2nd June 1986, Queen released their 14th album – “A KIND OF MAGIC”, which was the music for “Highlanders”. After its release the album immediately won the 1st place of the UK charts and stayed in the top five for 13 weeks.
On June 7th Queen again started a tour. This time they went on a European Magical Tour. First appearance in the tour was given at the stadium in “St James Park” in Newcastle. Queen and their promoter Narvi Goldsmith decided to give all proceeds from the concert to the International Save the Children Fund .On July 11th the group gives to the British capital two concerts at the Wembley Stadium. And their second appearance was filmed for Tyne Tees television. The director was again Gavin Taylor. Broadcast shooting took place simultaneously on the “Independent Radio Network,” and Channel Four. It was for the first time in the history of England.
On the 27th July 1986 Queen made history again (that became a habit), when they were in the remarkable “Nepstadion” in Budapest (Hungary). It was the first time a rock band of this magnitude played at the stadium in a country of the Eastern bloc, and all the tickets were completely sold out long before the concert. The performance was filmed by the Hungarian film studio “MAFILM”.
