A man who was among the 72,000-strong crowd at the groundbreaking Live Aid concert in 1985, has said it was "one of the highlights of my life", on the 40th anniversary of the event. Paul Jennings, ...
Queen‘s galvanizing set at Live Aid 40 years ago at Wembley Stadium in London has gone on to become perhaps the best-remembered performance of the day — in no small part thanks to its through-line ...
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More than any artist on the star-studded bill, Queen have come synonymous with Live Aid, the band's short but spectacular six-song set providing the concert's most vivid and long-lasting images and ...
Queen songs are theatrical and glamorous, brimming with life in excess and bringing about a good time. However, there is one particular tune in the catalog of rock royalty that tugs at the heart and ...
I can’t recall much about the summer of 1985, but I do remember July 13. That morning 40 years ago, I flipped on my family’s old Zenith television to look at Live Aid, the fund-raiser for famine ...
Freddie Mercury peacocking across the stage, pumping his mic stand while 72,000 pairs of hands double clapped in unison during Queen's “Radio Ga Ga.” David Bowie, elegant in his powder blue suit, ...
40 years ago today, Freddie Mercury and Queen made their legendary appearance at Live Aid, the global phenomenon that was the two-city charity concert. Queen performed at Live Aid in front of 72,000 ...