Queen with Freddie Mercury - The Cologne Open Air Festival in the summer of 1986 with 55,000 visitors in the Muengersdorfer Stadium with performances by Craaft from Frankfurt, the Irish singer Gary Moore and the British bands Level 42 and Marillion. The highlight of the evening - the legendary performance by Queen. The concert in the stadium on July 19, 1986 has cult status for German Queen fans - it was the band's last joint appearance in Germany. Before front man Freddie Mercury died in 1991, he came to Cologne on the Magic Tour with Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon and Spike Edney. Guitarist Brian May celebrated his 39th birthday that day and the audience sang Happy Birthday to him. He later said it was the biggest birthday party.