Queen — Live Aid 1985
Recorded July 13, 1985
Wembley Stadium · London · 
England
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“To see Queen condense its career into twenty-one minutes in front of Live Aid's worldwide audience.”
Context
In July 1985, Wembley shares with Philadelphia a benefit day aimed at fighting famine in Africa. Queen goes into Live Aid with just over twenty minutes available. The scale is global, but the stage time demands quick choices: the band has to condense its identity into a single block.
Freddie Mercury opens at the piano with part of Bohemian Rhapsody. Radio Ga Ga comes next, before the Ay-Oh vocal exchange. Hammer to Fall and Crazy Little Thing Called Love change the pulse; We Will Rock You appears shortened, and We Are the Champions closes the group's set.
The performance becomes one of the central recordings in the history of Live Aid and keeps circulating in editions devoted to the event. Later that same night, Freddie and Brian May return for Is This the World We Created...?. That second appearance stays outside this block: here, the focus is the full Queen in the main set.
Lineup at this show
The lineup of this performance — not necessarily the current one.
- Freddie MercuryVocals and piano
- Brian MayGuitar, acoustic guitar and backing vocals
- John DeaconBass
- Roger TaylorDrums and vocals
- Spike EdneyKeyboards, piano and guitar
Trivia
Bohemian Rhapsody and We Will Rock You appear in shortened versions.
Ay-Oh is part of Freddie Mercury's vocal exchange with the crowd.
Freddie Mercury and Brian May return later for Is This the World We Created...?, outside this block.
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