Queen's Entire Live Aid Performance Is Now On YouTube For 24 Hours
The iconic performance has been shared on YouTube in honour of Live Aid’s 40th anniversary.
Queen at Live Aid, 1985 (Source: YouTube)
Queen’s set at Live Aid is one of the most iconic live performances of all time.
For 24 minutes, they held the sold-out crowd at Wembley Stadium in the palm of their hands, while viewers who tuned in from across the globe witnessed Queen deliver one of their finest performances.
They made the most of their time on stage, performing partial versions of Bohemian Rhapsody and We Will Rock You, and roaring renditions of Radio Ga Ga, Hammer To Fall, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, and We Are The Champions. Meanwhile, singer Freddie Mercury truly showcased his powers as a frontman, pulling off an enormous “AY-OH” call-and-response chant, inspiring frontpeople for generations.
While videos of Queen’s Live Aid performance have been on YouTube for years, the band have posted the entire performance on YouTube for just 24 hours, in honour of Live Aid’s 40th anniversary. You can watch it below.
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A two-venue benefit concert, Live Aid, was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure and took place in the UK and America to raise funds for the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia.
In addition to Queen, acts including Paul McCartney, Elton John, The Who, David Bowie, U2, Ultravox, The Boomtown Rats, and many others performed at Wembley Stadium, while the event at Philadelphia’s John F. Kennedy Stadium featured the likes of Duran Duran, Mick Jagger (with Tina Turner), Hall & Oates, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Led Zeppelin with Phil Collins on drums, Neil Young, Madonna, The Beach Boys, and more.
Earlier this year, Queen guitarist Brian May hinted that new material from the band “could happen.”
“Both Roger [Taylor] and I are constantly writing and coming up with ideas and doing things in our studios,” he said in a Mojo interview. “I could have the beginnings of a Queen song right there in front of me now. It’s just whether the idea reaches maturity or not. It’s whether that seed can grow.”
Officially, Queen haven’t released any ‘new’ material since the ‘90s, with Freddie Mercury passing in 1991. While the Made In Heaven record would arrive in 1995 as their final album, other unheard songs recorded with Mercury have been issued since, especially alongside archival reissues.
In 1997, bassist John Deacon departed the group, leaving only May and drummer Taylor as the remaining members. In the decades since, the band have performed with guest vocalists, including Paul Rodgers of Free, and Adam Lambert since 2011.
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