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The Works tour began in Brussels on 24 August 1984 and ended in Japan on 15 May 1985. During the tour, Queen headlined two nights at Rio De Janeiro's Rock in Rio festival in January 1985, performing in front of a crowd of 350,000, a record for the time. The show was broadcast and watched by 200 million people in 60 countries. Mercury wore an identical lightning bolt costume throughout both Rio performances, and can also be seen wearing the costume in live footage from their shows in Sydney and Tokyo. At Rio and Tokyo Mercury first appeared on stage with a matching lightning bolt bomber jacket, which he quickly removed, later also removing the vest to continue topless.
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