In the spirit of the unabashedly uncool band itself, I’d like to add my voice to the chorus. First, a confession: I wasn’t even alive when Queen played Live Aid. I was born three years later ...
A look into how close Live Aid came to being a total disaster, with clashing egos and logistical issues in the lead up, yet still went magnificently in the end.
It was described as 'The Day Rock and Roll Changed the World' but how did that unforgettable day on 13 July 1985 come about. Band Aid... It all started when Bob Geldof, who had seen Michael Buerk ...
That's really why Queen knocked it out of the park at Live Aid -- they had just been on the road performing all those songs. It had nothing to with the "let's get the band back together" rehearsal ...
Rossi said of Freddie Mercury: “As everyone was decamping out of Live Aid, Freddie bent me over a desk, in a half-nelson, held me down and I couldn’t move. Fuck, he was strong!” But there was one star ...
While Queen would go on to become one of history's most enduring live powerhouses (who can forget their Live Aid performance at ... the only guitarist in the band, and even campaigned for the ...