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Feb 16, 2020 · US singer Adam Lambert has joined Queen to reprise the band's legendary 1985 Live Aid set for 75,000 people at a huge benefit concert in Sydney. The 22-minute set was part of a 10-hour...
Feb 17, 2020 · Queen and Adam Lambert played the band’s iconic setlist from their 1985 Live Aid concert for Fire Fight Australia, a huge Australian bushfire benefit show held in Sydney at the weekend. This marked the first time the band performed the famous 22-minute set, with Queen saying it was being staged “for the first time in its history”.
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Feb 16, 2020 · Martin Kielty Published: February 16, 2020. Cole Bennetts, Getty Images. Queen + Adam Lambert re-enacted the band’s showstopping Live Aid performance when they appeared at the Fire Fight...
- Martin Kielty
Feb 16, 2020 · Queen and Adam Lambert played the band’s setlist from their iconic 1985 Live Aid concert for Fire Fight Australia, the massive Australian bushfire benefit concert held in Sydney today...
- Karen Gwee
- 2 min
- Live Aid Recreated
- Cooper's High-Octane Set
- A Truly Australian Finale
- Sublime Silence
- Standing Ovation
In 1985, rock royalty Queen gave what is widely considered as one of the greatest live performances of all time to a sold out Wembley Stadium in London for Live Aid. Thirty-five years later, Queen and Adam Lambert played that signature set to 75,000 people at Fire Fight Australia. The iconic transition from opening number Bohemian Rhapsody, which w...
Alice Cooper injected some serious energy into the show when he strode onto the stage just before sundown. The veteran rocker's blistering performance, which included the iconic tracks Poison and School's Out, brought the crowd to life and set the tone for the second half of the concert. Cooper's trademark theatrics, which included several props an...
It was no surprise when John Farnham closed the night with You're the Voice, but two special guests gave it new significance. Birri Gubba man Mitch Tambo sang the second half of the power ballad in Gamilaraay while mimicking the movements of a bird through traditional dance. And there was no denying the crowd's delight when Queen guitarist Brian Ma...
After pumping performances from the likes of Hilltop Hoods and 5 Seconds of Summer, Canadian singer k.d. lang took the audience's breath away. The stadium fell silent as the names of those who lost their lives in the bushfire crisis were flashed across the screens. The Canadian singer, dressed all in white, then took to the stage to perform The Val...
Somehow, an already emotion-charged event got even more touching when the crowd paid tribute to the Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteers in attendance with a standing ovation. There were about 1,000 RFS volunteers and their families in the stands at Stadium Australia — the group attended the event free of charge and were easy to identify in special ...
Feb 16, 2020 · Lambert and Queen performed the entire set at the Fire Fight Australia Bushfire Relief concert at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium, which was packed with more than 50,000 people. Parts of the set...
Feb 16, 2020 · Queen, fronted by singer Adam Lambert, has re-enacted its entire legendary 1985 Live Aid performance at the Fire Fight Australia concert for bushfire relief in Sydney. Key points: 75,000 people attended the concert at Sydney Olympic Park. Comedian Celeste Barber opened the show with a dig at politicians.
