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Queen At Live Aid: “Bob Geldof said, ‘No, Queen have peaked. I don’t think they should play…’”
Promoter Harvey Goldsmith reveals his fight to book Queen for Live Aid in 1985 and how the band delivered the performance of ...
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33 years later, Queen’s Live Aid performance is still pure magic
It’s been more than 33 years since Queen, spearheaded by their electric front man Freddie Mercury, charged onto the stage of the 1985 Live Aid ... Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon ...
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Queen would never have performed their iconic set at Live Aid if Bob Geldof had had his way
More than any artist on the star-studded bill, Queen have come synonymous with Live Aid, the band's short but spectacular six ...
"When we did Live Aid, we could barely play": Pete Townshend says The Who invented stadium rock and then gave it away
Pete Townshend claims that The Who invented stadium rock - only to see Queen steal their thunder at Live Aid. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Townshend is asked about a comment he makes in the ...
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“A nice fusion of synthesizers and epic pop”: Queen's Roger Taylor names the best song he ever wrote for the band
Phil Collins is one. Don Henley is another. But Queen's drummer Roger Taylor wrote some great songs for the band over the years - some of which he sang himself, others he left to the band’s ...
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"I could have the beginnings of a Queen song right there in front of me now": Brian May says that he and Roger Taylor are "constantly writing"
Roger Taylor is also interviewed in the new issue of MOJO, and names his favourite song that Brian May wrote for Queen. “Who Wants To live Forever is a great Brian song,” he says. “But it would have ...
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Queen would never have performed their iconic set at Live Aid if Bob Geldof had had his way
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 ...