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Live Aid was a multi-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985.
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Live 8 (French: En direct 8, German: Live 8, Italian: Vivi...
- John F. Kennedy Stadium
John F. Kennedy Stadium, formerly Philadelphia Municipal...
- 1983–1985 Famine in Ethiopia
According to Oxfam (and also Human Rights Watch), Mengistu...
- Richard Skinner
Richard Skinner (born 26 December 1951) [1] [2] is a British...
- Midge Ure
James "Midge" Ure OBE (/ jʊər /; born 10 October 1953) is a...
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- Rehearsals and Preparation
- Queen’s Live Aid Performance
- “The Note Heard Around The World”
- “You Bastards, You Stole The Show”
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After finally accepting The Boomtown Rats’ Bob Geldof and Midge Ure’s invitation to play the benefit concert for Ethiopian famine relief, Queen – who comprised Freddie Mercury(lead vocals, piano, and guitar), Brian May (guitar and vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar), and Roger Taylor (drums and vocals) – were consummate professionals and decided to ...
Queen were immediately preceded at Wembley by the comedians Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith – who were dressed as policemen and joked about receiving a complaint about the noise “from a woman in Belgium.” They introduced “the next combo” as “Her Majesty… Queen.” A truly charismatic Mercury, who looked full of confidence, jogged out on to a vast stag...
During “Radio Ga Ga” he got up and strutted around the stage, using the microphone and stand as a prop, and getting the fired-up crowd to join in with the chorus. The next few moments were remarkable, as Mercury led the 72,000 spectators in some spine-tingling vocal improvisation, as they sang along to “ay-oh.” His final, wonderful vocal was dubbed...
It wasn’t only Queen who realized they had been sensational. Paul Gambaccini, who was part of the BBC broadcasting team at Live Aid, recalled the awe among other superstar musicians watching backstage. “Everybody realized that Queen was stealing the show,” said Gambaccini. These were the very words Elton John uttered when he rushed into Mercury’s t...
Two months later Queen began work on the album A Kind Of Magic, which sold six million copies and was promoted with a record-breaking world tour. The choice of album title was apt. Queen provided magic on that summer day in 1985. Their impact was summed up by Geldof. “Queen were absolutely the best band of the day,” the Live Aid organizer said. “Th...
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Jul 12, 2020 · On July 13 1985, Live Aid, the dual concert at Wembley Stadium and JFK Stadium featured some of the greatest musical performances in history.
Jul 13, 2020 · Throughout the day the Live Aid concert was the main news item on just about every TV and radio station across the planet. And all of them mentioned four salient facts: Live Aid, Bob Geldof, Wembley Stadium and Status Quo.
