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"I think it is a very good cause and initially I think we would have liked to have taken part in the Band Aid single but I think we were in separate parts of the globe. "Honestly it’s a bit of both actually," answers Freddie Mercury. Adam Lambert confesses fear of following Freddie Mercury before first full Queen concert.Stanley Tucci shares a throwback picture where he looks EXACTLY like Freddie Mercury.Brian May says he and Roger Taylor ‘overreacted’ and ‘over-grieved’ to Freddie Mercury’s death.The video comes after an interview of Queen being in the days leading up to Live Aid emerged where the band spoke candidly about 'egos' at the concert and revealed they were 'squabbling' over the now very famous setlist.Īsking about the reason they're doing Live Aid, the interviewer tried to pin Queen down: "Is that because you support the cause and want to do your bit, or because it’s such a unique rock even that you can’t afford to miss out in a way?" she says. The video is reportedly a mix of rehearsals for both the band's arena show in Montreal, Canada and Live Aid at Wembley and opens with the partial rehearsal of Queen's 'Seas of Rye' (pictured).įootage then cuts to Freddie Mercury playing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' at the piano before he takes to his feet to sing a version of 'Radio Gaga' that blows the roof.ĭespite there being no audience it's clear Queen give the rehearsals their all as they prepare for the huge Live Aid concert – that unbeknownst to them, will become the most famous performance of their careers. Queen's setlist was a veritable who's who of hits, including: 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Radio Ga Ga', 'Hammer to Fall', 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love', 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are the Champions'. The video is reportedly a mix of rehearsals for both the band's arena show in Montreal, Canada and Live Aid at Wembley and opens with the partial rehearsal of Queen's 'Hammer To Fall'.

The footage shows the four band members on stage in a small rehearsal space as they run through parts of the iconic set.

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Queen's setlist was a veritable who's who of hits, including: ' Bohemian Rhapsody', ' Radio Ga Ga', 'Hammer to Fall', 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love', ' We Will Rock You' and ' We Are the Champions'.Īnd while the performance on the day looked completely effortless, Queen had practised for the set at length, with a resurfaced video filmed 36-years-ago documenting the band's rehearsals in the days leading up to the historic event. The performance has gone down in history as one of the most famous of all time, later becoming the pinnacle of the storyline for 2019's Oscar-winning film Bohemian Rhapsody where it was perfectly recreated scene-for-scene by actor Rami Malek. Pictured: Queen at rehearsals ahead of Live Aid in 1985.

Pictured: Freddie Mercury rehearsing for Live Aid.įreddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, John Deacon and Brian May gave a exceptionally polished 22-minute set of their greatest hits to an audience of 1.9 billion people worldwide.

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