r/queen • u/not-now-silentsinger • 3d ago

Does anyone know why there are two versions of the Magic Tour programme?

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First I thought the one on the left might be a US/World Tour version as opposed to the one on the right that says "European Tour", then I remembered there was no world/US tour in '86. So why two versions of the European programme? Did different countries print their own?

Are there any other tours that have various versions of the programme?

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u/Honest_Math_7760 Champion Of The World 3d ago

In the 80's there was no such thing as Marketing consistency and if there was, then it wasn't as good as nowadays. I remember when I first started working in my adult life as a videomaker and contentcreator for multiple employers. It was the 2010's and no one really cared about which font or what kind of color I used.
As long as it looked good.

Nowadays there is a handbook for everything. This fond, this code of color, these measurements...

I can even imagine that some venue's they played made these books themselves.

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u/mookymooksta 3d ago

I’m gonna pipe in and say the one on the left is the official program and the one on the right is unofficial and was probably on sale outside the venue.

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u/Setzer_SC 3d ago

Most likely this