Live Aid is 30 years old today...

Today is 30th anniversary of Queen's legendary Live Aid performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teoG5yhV2RQ

What a great moment, their finest hour. I was only 8 at the time but I remember watching this on TV, start of a great Queen journey for me.

A really great show from the guys

@kingswing72 has been live tweeting the whole day 'as it happened'. It's been a fun read, so many memories.

And it wasn't my memory playing tricks... The Style Council really did go on for ages.

Rula Lenska and Dennis Waterman being interviewed... What a highlight that was.... :-)

#LiveAid30

I think it's fantastic that after 30 years this is still regarded as one of the greatest performances in Rock and Roll! No big production, no lights or pyro, no costumes... just 4 men, their music and the entire world to witness such a happening.

Resurrected Queen's career ! Would've been curious to know what would have happened without live aid !

Marknow wrote:

What a great moment, their finest hour. I was only 8 at the time but I remember watching this on TV, start of a great Queen journey for me.

Similar story here, a few years older and I`ve to watch it on a tiny
black/white tube Screen in my older brothers room back then.
The Event and Queen`s performance is still in good memory.
Today the 30th anniversary was mentioned on the radio several times and a regular geman newspaper did a full page special.( I grab it at the airport, will upload it when I`am back home)

To sum it up...It wasn`t too shabby I think :)

Jazz 78 wrote:

I think it's fantastic that after 30 years this is still regarded as one of the greatest performances in Rock and Roll! No big production, no lights or pyro, no costumes... just 4 men, their music and the entire world to witness such a happening.

5 men

people on streets wrote:

Jazz 78 wrote:

I think it's fantastic that after 30 years this is still regarded as one of the greatest performances in Rock and Roll! No big production, no lights or pyro, no costumes... just 4 men, their music and the entire world to witness such a happening.

5 men

Yeah, don't forget John.

...I remember well that day, a long music day. I was 17 years old and the info about the show was very poor at the time (when who play what....); no internet, nothing, only watching the show and wait your favourites artists. here in Italy the Queen performance did not go on the air live television, for reasons of national television programming from 18 to 21, but I listened to the radio. only the next day, Sunday, I could see it on TV.
what memories of a long time ago, nice memories...

top show!

7 letters: F R E D D I E

To me that was the day when Queen showed the critics and naysayers that they were the best band in the world, and they had the best frontman in the world.

I mean, to go out on stage in what is basically a white undervest, and yet put on probably the best live performance ever... you need massive amounts of talent, charisma and confidence to do that.

andyb1968 wrote:

Resurrected Queen's career ! Would've been curious to know what would have happened without live aid !

The Works resurrected their career. Live Aid was successful for Queen, in part, because the Works was so successful. Queen were a big draw again by the time the concert came around.

Holly2003 wrote:

andyb1968 wrote:

Resurrected Queen's career ! Would've been curious to know what would have happened without live aid !

The Works resurrected their career. Live Aid was successful for Queen, in part, because the Works was so successful. Queen were a big draw again by the time the concert came around.

Yes, but things were horrifically bad behind the scenes. Brian has even confirmed this numerous times.

You can bet your life that they were about to break up after the Japanese tour in 85. Bob Geldof saved Queen.