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Queen A Kind Of Magic Turns 40: The Album That Closed Queen’s Touring Era

by Paul Cashmere

Forty years after its release, Queen’s A Kind Of Magic remains one of the band’s defining albums, producing multiple hit singles and marking the final Queen album promoted with a tour featuring Freddie Mercury.

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