Queen - Live Aid | REACTION 

The shortest 20 minutes in history that rocked the world.

He was asked by a journalist “ you play a few instruments which is your favourite, he replied, the audience darling “.

Lady GaGa took her stage name from Radio GaGa - the song wasn’t about her. Freddie was told by his doctor not to do this performance because he had a throat infection, but he did it anyway. 🔥🎶🔥

"How music changes through the years" and here I am watching a video via internet of two dudes watching a video via internet of a live performance of the great singer/performer Freddie Mercury lamenting that video tv seems to have taken over from the radio. Thankfully, we still need to use our ears.

92,000 people attended that concert it was classed as a global event which we will never see the likes of again. This has been hailed as one of the greatest live performances ever by Queen, I was 23 years old at the time and I still remember to this day how great it was. RIP Freddie.

~ SONG LIST ~ 1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. Radio GA GA 3. Hammer to Fall 4. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 5. We Will Rock You 6. We Are The Champions • Live Aid was a multi-venue benefit concert held on Saturday 13 July 1985, as well as a music-based fundraising initiative. The original event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983-1985 famine in Ethiopia

Yes, the 2 'policemen' were a British comedy duo. The 'Sargeant' was Mel Smith who died in 2013. The 'constable' was Griff Rhys Jones, who's still going strong

Finally met the amazing Brian May last week, my profile pic, I can confirm not only is he a a badass rock guitar God, a Dr in Astrophysics, an animal rights campaigner, but he is one heck of a lovely, kind, warm guy. Thanks for the invite Brian 🙏♥️

This was televised world 🌎 wide. After the London concert ended, the Philadelphia concert came on. Phil Collins played both concerts, took the Concord to make it. This was a fund raiser for Africa. Each band has 20 mins most only did 2 to 3 songs. Queen rehearsed over and over with a big clock to get their timing perfect to be able to do more songs. Also Freddie was advised by his MD not to sing due to having strep throat. Lady Gaga got her name from this song Radio Gaga as she loves Queen. It was very hot that day, they used hoses to cool people down.

The lineup featured more than 75 acts, including Elton John, Queen, Madonna, Santana, Led Zeppelin, Run DMC, Paul McCartney, Sting, Billy Ocean, Bryan Adams, The Beach Boys, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Duran Duran, U2, The Who, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Black Sabbath, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart and Eric Clapton.

I couldn't even give a speech in front of 20 people in school ...

I attended Live Aid. I remember watching this at Wembley like it was yesterday. Freddie wasn't just a singer, he was an entertainer. Still got my ticket. Nicely laminated now and locked up in my safe.

He was such a Gift. Awesome reaction. That's the way everyone should appreciate this one in a lifetime performance.

1.9 billion people all around the world were watching it on TV directly. Queen still holds the biggest paid crowd record in Rio. 250k each night for 2 nights= 500k and more. This stadium was filled later twice by Queen again. Legends forever 😍

It was for famine relief in Ethiopia. The stadium was the old Wembley stadium in London - it since been torn down and rebuilt. Other bands/people were David Bowie, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Status Quo, The Who, U2 and many more I can’t remember just now. Freddie did that performance against doctor’s orders, as he had a throat infection, which made it very painful to sing

This was aired live ALL over the world. It was to earn money for a famine in Ethiopia.I’m almost 70 now, and remember watching the show through the night.. I live in California. I don’t know if you know, but he was dying, of aids,and had a bad throat infection when he did this. Love Grandma Debbie

They were so great! And .....no phones back then. Everybody was one with the band. Such a great feeling and atmosphere. Miss those phoneless concerts.

Queen stole the show... rightfully. 😎 unreal, super, amazing performance! Ahh... Freddie and Queen, nothing like him and them! ❤️

You must keep in mind that the crowd (Live Aid) even didn't know they were coming, because Queen were added to the list when all the tickets were sold out. THIS WAS NOT A QUEEN CROWD BUT STILL THEY STOLE THE SHOW. Freddie commanded the crowd at 2 stadiums simultaneously (Wembley and Philadelphia) and HAD THEM IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND. Queen's performance at Live Aid is voted MOST ICONIC festiwal moment in music history. BTW Radio Ga Ga = Lady Gaga ,she is a huge Queen fan

Queen - a great band with the best frontman of any band ever. Freddie is the GOAT. I was in the same stadium a year later - July 1986 - for a gig on their last tour, what a night.

They were the best! It’s hard to see and hear Freddie’s dynamic singing and energetic performance and realize he was already slowly dying from AIDS. I can’t think of another performer who could have come close to pulling this off. Love them

Later in the evening just Freddie Mercury and Brian May did an acoustic song called "Is this the world we created" It's a beautiful song that fit the occasion perfectly. ☮️

It was great to watch you two just enjoying every moment of this great show by the fabulous Queen! You didn't need to say anything - your faces said it all. Queen were used to playing to stadiums with much larger audiences than that.

There will never be another Freddie. Taking nothing away from the other band members. They are a gift to the world.

Read the comments, no-one mentioned that Freddy Mercury and Brian May were asked to do an encore with 'Is This The World We Created', a very fitting song to play for Live Aid.

I am a lucky one that went to Queen concert in 1981 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I was 19th and was the best concert ever! They were just FANTASTIC!

I remember this so well, loved 🥰 Queen. Freddie knew how to entertain. Hope you enjoy as much as I did and still do

Best Performance of all times ❤️❤️

Freddie off stage was actually pretty shy. Hard to imagine but true. Fun reaction.

Goosebumps performance EVERY TIME I see it. He was such an amazing performer.

You know, being a frontman...takes a new level/challenge for the ones that are coming... 🙂On top of that, one of the best singers ever! Wembley arena and like 1 billion in front of the TV... Yeah, it was something else! Thanks guys for doing this one!

All these years later and STILL fresh, alive with energy - and for a good cause (responding to Famine in Ethiopia). Queen delivered and Freddie drove his way into hearts everywhere. (Radio Ga Ga - think Lady Ga Ga, who got her name from that song.). This performance would lead to their last global tour prior to Freddie's diagnosis. They were all champions that day.

I saw Queen in79 at Newcastle City Hall and again in 86 at Newcastle Football Stadium. They are/were fantastic and i feel so fortunate to have gotten to watch them live.

It was for Ethopia famine. They were starving. They were at Wrmberly Statium and there was 72K there. 1.9 billion watched via tv. I watched it. I was 14 at the time and when Queen started we all stopped and did exactly what the crowd was doing. Best concert I have ever seen. Tons were at Live Aid, David Bowie, U2, Elton John, Les Zeplin, Madonna. The list goes on and on. Even the performers said Queen stole the show. Watch the last performance of the night. Freddie and Brian do the last song to close. They wrote it 4 yrs before but it was called is this the world we created.

songs - 1.bohemian rhapsody, 2. radio gaga, 3. hammer to fall, 4. crazy little thing called love, 5. we will rock you, 6. we are the champions

Apparently Freddie was ill during this performance and he still killed it..brilliant

Thank you my dears, I loved your Queen reaction!!!! I stayed in tears at the end (like you) and I watched Queen at Live Aid millions of times.... Sometimes all I have in my life is Queen, Freddie and all of you, with your reactions and this is my joy, my company... And I'm so grateful for that. Thanks so much! About Crazy little thing called love ' yes is a homage to Elvis, FREDDIE wrote the song in 10 minutes when was at the bathroom... (only Freddie...lol,) I send you a big hug from this Argentine sick Queen fan who lives in Rio ♥️👑

Freddie Mercury was once at a party and met a woman who had no idea who QUEEN were, and she asked Freddie which instrument did he play, to which Freddie responded with..."The audience!" THAT was Freddie Mercury!

Simply amazing,Freddie Mercury truly a legend❤

People still rock out to this. When you’re great the music never dies.

I love you two men (I’m an old British woman), but your reactions to Queen, especially Freddie has made my day. Just subscribed, keep up the good work, keep the faith.

I loved your enthusiasm and appreciation of every moment, watching the masters of their craft at their best. It was shown around the world. There was an encore later that evening with Brian's acustic guitar and Freddie singing Is This the World We Created; beautifully performed

The best part of watching this set is that you always feel part of the crowd. It's as if we were all there.

I was 14yrs old when this concert aired and I missed it. I didn’t truly appreciate what an amazing band Queen was and is plus the experience it was to have seen it. Freddie Mercury was and will always be a one of a kind showman, a phenomenal singer, didn’t need auto tune like these so called artists do today and the entire band will always be one in a million. It’s sad when you look at him on stage now knowing that dreadful disease was destroying him and no matter what, he always gave 100% RIP Freddie ❤❤❤.

This was on the 13th of July 1985. Every musician who was famous came to play for free. It was live screamed around the world. I watched.. ❤

Its Radio Ga Ga. Lady Ga Ga (singer, actress, performer) took her name from the song. There was never anyone like them, before or since. I miss Freddie. RIP.

Ah thank you I love to see anyone react to this performance definitely a life enhancing experience this was for the famine in Ethiopia Queen blew everyone away David Bowie came on next and said how the hell can I follow that song please react to more queen songs you won’t be disappointed and by the way Freddie was advised not to sing he had a throat infection thank you take care sending love from England x x

I was 16 and camping in Yosemite when this concert took place. My friend and I took control of the clubhouse, put the concert on and NO ONE was allowed to touch it. Just wish I coulda been AT the concert, but that’s too much to ask. I just happy to have been alive at the time.

Ahh Freddie’s voice is eargasmic! Thanks. Even with laryngitis and only an 18 minute set it was jaw dropping 😮 listening to Queen who managed to rehearse and get in 6 songs versus the other great performances of 1-2 songs. Freddie sang, strutted and held 1/4 of the world (live and on tv) in the palm of his hand. No one performed live better than Queen with Freddie Mercury’s gifted vocals and strut and playfulness. They became the world’s ideal rock band that day. And 6 years later he was gone!!😢❤

In Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Bryan May changed guitar twice during it. He started on acoustic, swapped to one electric for the middle break and yet another for the outro.

Great reaction, guys! Loved watching that with you! Televised all over the world as stated below but for a stadium audience for Queen, this was a smaller crowd of 72k. Check out Love of My Life live in Rio 1985 for a 250K live crowd and keep in mind English is not their primary language when you're watching.

About 72,000 in England and 103,000 in the USA, but through satellite link up 45% of the world's population saw this, 1.9 billion people. Extraordinary. Freddie had a really bad throat infection, his doctor told him not to sing, but Freddie marched out with his buddies and became the greatest of the day, Queen was voted the best band, and to this day their performance is considered the best in history. Fun fact, Lady Ga Ga took her name from Radio Ga Ga, she is a big Queen fan.

Live aid was for Ethiopia hunger...this was at Wembley, it was televised around the world performances took place in Philadelphia and England...there were multitude of performers...Def Leppard, Led Zeppelin, Elton John, Madonna, Hall and Oates, U2...but this performance outshined them all

FYI there was 100,000 people in the audience and add to that the TV crew, security, the technical staff and who knows how many more!

I’m really enjoying your Queen reactions! Here are some of my favorites that I’d love to see you react to… - Somebody To Love - studio version (typically I prefer their live performances, but check out this studio version for the harmonies) - Under Pressure - live at Wembley Stadium - Save Me - live Montreal 1981 - Now I’m Here - live at Wembley - You take My Breath Away - live at Hyde Park - One Vision extended version - Who wants to live forever - live at Wembley and studio version (with choir) - I Want it Now - A Kind Of Magic live at Wembley - Love of My Life live at Wembley or the Rock in Rio version with 300,000+ Brazilians singing the majority of the song back to Freddie or live at Montreal (each live version is different but so good) - Spread Your Wings - Killer Queen - Innuendo - White Queen - I’m In Love With My Car - The Days Of Our Lives - It’s Late - No One But You (Brian wrote this as a tribute after Freddie passed. He and Roger are on vocals. People always talk about Freddie’s voice, but they can also sing really well.)

Freddie was very sick with a viral infection and was still brilliant! Best concert set in rock music history without question! Freddie wrote A Crazy Little Thing Called Love as an Elvis tribute!

best band of all time i saw them twice in the 80,s amazing RIP FRED.

They had done Rock in Rio earlier that year that had over 250,000+ peeps, so this was a club gig. 😆

75, 000 people in attendance and 1.9 Billion people from around the world, which was one forth of the world at that time were watching.

The remarkable thing to me is that even though you are watching a video, you are so sucked into the moment that you feel you are there! I got to see Queen in 82, and really, they are special and could connect with everyone in the crowd.

An awesome band, nothing like before or since, and who can wear a wife beater, faded jeans and tennis shoes and look so fucking amazing

The only Queen in the country that day. Love your reactions boys. Miss you Freddie. ❤❤

The show started out with the beginning of Bohemian Rhapsody, next came Radio GaGa, then into Hammer To Fall. Oh, then we have A Crazy Little Thing Like Love which takes us to We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, and finis. Freddie had 72k people eating out of his hand. The best 17 minutes of live rock you’ll ever hear.

FYI Freddie has throat infection, doctor told him not to perform...

I was 17 years old by that time and I remember skipping school to watch the whole concert on TV. It was the best! Specially Queen! I was 12 when they came to México to perform and it was the best experience. If you can see we did not have cellphones by that time so the concerts experience was different. I miss those times.

You wanna know exactly how good Freddie was??? At 12:00 (in THIS video) Freddie and the cameraman were circling each other. Then at 12:26 you see the cameraman pull the wire and Freddie notices, then grabs the cord so the guy can't accidentally rip the cord from the microphone. Then in the next few seconds--all without any real hesitation--Freddie heads back over so he can help the camera man untangle the wires. At the end of the song, he goes over to say something to them and he has a smile on his face. The professionalism and wherewithal is simply astounding, and out of over 1 BILLION people watching, nobody ever even knew it happened (in the moment of course).

In 1984 the BBC was reporting on the famine in Ethiopia and Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats) was so upset he cajoled all the top chart acts of the day to make a single to raise money for the famine relief effort. It was so successful that America joined in and made a single the following year. They then decided to hold the Live Aid concert to raise more money. Pretty much everyone in pop music played at the event. It was a great day, hot for the UK (thundered in the evening after the concert) and as they set up each act they showed films about the famine or did small acts like Tracy Chapman. All punctuated with Bob Geldof shouting at everyone on TV to ,"give us your bloody money!". Find memories.

Fact....the song Radio Gaga was the inspiration for the name of Lady Gaga. She confirmed she was a huge fan and wanted to pay homage

The songs were all Queen songs and Radio Gaga, Hammer to Fall, Crazy Little Thing called Love and you guys know the other 3 songs played.

Love this! I saw it on tv when i was 13 in 1985, remarkable Queen and Freddie. Love!❤️

Little things called love was wrote by Freddie Mercury when he was at the bathroom

Queen stole the show at live aid and everybody knew it!! R.I.P FREDDIE WE MISS YOU

What a delight it was to watch this reaction. I was smiling with you, singing with you, and dancing in my chair. You guys are lovely and funny as fuck. (That is a Scottish saying, it means you are truly funny but in a good way).

There were 170, 000 at Wembley and 1.6 Million all over the world watching live Aid

1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. Radio Ga-Ga 3. Ay - Oh (call and response) 4. Hammer To Fall 5. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 6. We Will Rock You 7. We Are The Champions. There is your set list. ...and all this in just 21 minutes..Nailed It! Wembley Stadium, London. 72-80, 000 people in the crowd depending on who is telling the story. It was a concert to aid famine in Ethiopia. Queen was one of many bands at this venue and many more in Philadelphia where the other half of the benefit was going on. It was broadcast worldwide on TV and Radio. It was 1985. I remember watching it on TV and no matter where you went it was either on radio or TV. It was an event of gigantic proportions. Bob Geldof put the event together and when the tickets were sold, Queen was not even on the docket because they had not been confirmed. So all those singing fans didn't buy their ticket because Queen was going to be part of the show, but they seemed to know all the songs just fine. Home town crowd that is true, but this was the home town for a lot of the bands. Thank you for your reaction.

I've watched this concert 100s of times. Of course cause I love, love love it. Watching today with you was wonderful. The bad thing about the Bio-Pic movie was they failed to honestly represent what a fabulous human being Freddie was . . . that dishonest creativity hurts my heart. Have you reacted to Freddie singing "Barcelona" with Opera Diva Montserrat Caballe (a 1988 Album, a masterpiece). He knew he had Aids by then. Thanks for your reaction!

15:14 Freddie was the read deal, he could Sing, play Piano, Guitar, write his own music and control the crowd. Freddie was the original Extrovert. You absolutely must watch this one. 30 years after he went to Eternity the crowd was trying to summon Freddie. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cZnBNuqqz5g.html 75,000 people singing to an Empty Stage.

So much joy from you two watching this concert and absolutely enjoying it. Thank you for a great reactions.

Greatest performance of all time 🙌🙌🙌 Legendary

Freddie Metcury was the front guy but the lead guitar is Brian May, the bass guitar is Brian Deacon and the drummer is Rodger Taylor.All are amazing artists and vocalists. Freddie is the best front man but would be nothing without the rest. Don't ignore them please ❤

I wish the camera dudes showed more of Roger, Brian, and John's performances.

So grateful you didn't stop it every couple of minutes. Lovely to enjoy it with you and I could see your reactions!

How to hold 72,000 people in the palm of your hand. EPIC!!!!!

I know those millions of people at the concert relive it everything they hear him again.

Hammer to Fall next! QUEEN was ahead of their time!

72,000 people in attendance and 1.9 Billion people from around the world watching ,which was 1/4 of the world 25:49 at that time. Live Aid made 24 million dollars for famine in Africa.

I saw this live unbelievable. The guy on lead guitar is Dr Brian May he has a PhD in astrophysics

Remember watching it live on TV with a bunch of friends and family - what a night. What a hangover the next day 🙂

This is probably the greatest concert ever. Queen was a late addition and Freddie had a throat infection and was told by his doctor not to perform. Obviously he ignored them. There is no doubt that Queen stole the show and Elton John said backstage "You bastards. You stole the show!"

13th July 1985 at the old Wembley Stadium, and Queen were used to playing stadiums, I think the biggest audience per concert was Rio around 250,00 per night, this was an idea by Sir Bob Geldof for the famine in Ethiopia back in the late 70's which went on into the 80's. This was live via satellite over two billion saw this, and while Wembley was happening there was a concert in the States no gaps in the music, which went on all day, you'd have too look up the list of who took part and in which country, it's way too long to list. You heard songs written individually by Freddie, Dr Brian May ( astrophysicist) and Roger Taylor, they all had a set amount of time for their sets, and Freddie also managed to sing against doctors advice with a throat infection. I remember the concert very well 80,000 at the stadium as many don't know that all of the corporate hospitality boxes which held around 40 per box were also full and the restaurants, I know this as I was there all week during the set up and rehearsala in hospitality, unfortunately not at the concert as I had a family wedding to attend

Music is luv❤️🤘

All Answers of Live Aide is on Wikipedia and what bands played and you Tube.

Great reaction guys. The lines occasionally scrolling down the screen were caused by the sheer volume of the music. The live video broadcast technology of the time couldn't cope with how loud it was.

It was for famine relief in Ethiopia. 72,000 people here , 100,000 in Philadelphia and 1.3 trillion on tv worldwide. In Rio they played to 230,000.

Live Aid was a charity concert to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia with several famous acts who volunteered to participate and didn’t get paid. Each act had a 20 minute set. A lot of the other performers played their current songs to promote their albums and didn’t take advantage of the time. Queen took it seriously and spent a week or so putting their playlist together and they had giant clocks in front of them so they could practice and pack as much in as they could in 20 minutes. It also helped that the sound guy worked for Queen and tweaked it so that Queen was louder than everyone else. By the middle of the set, the other acts backstage started to watch them on the monitors and realized that Queen was stealing the show and basically kicked everyone’s ass and they knew it!! Brian May (guitarist) said that they had an advantage because they’d been playing stadiums for years and Freddie knew how to get the crowd involved. Many people say it’s the best live performance. Also, because the stage was pretty basic due to all the different artists, critics didn’t think Queen would pull it off because their shows are typically a huge production with lighting etc. and again Queen shut down the critics proving that they can put on a great show with just the four of them. David Bowie who was a big star back then was the next act in the lineup and was quoted in an interview later saying how was he supposed to follow that. Elton John was quoted as saying 'Freddie, nobody should go on after you - you were magnificent. ' Freddie said: 'You're absolutely right, darling, we were - we killed them.

Thank you guys for posting your review of this amazing performance 🤩

Lots of inaccurate things played out in the movie. They had in fact been touring on the Works Tour from 1984 to May 1985, 2 to 3 months before Live Aid. Freddie never left the band nor did he have to beg them to take him back. They all did solo albums too, not just Freddie. Also, Freddie found out he had AIDS in April 87. Although I do suspect Freddie had some idea from Live Aid onwards. 🤔... The whole band took drugs and partied too, Queen were well known for their big parties. Best way to hear the truth on Freddie and Queen are through interviews and documentaries. Live Aid was phenomenal and pretty much breathed new life into the four members.

The two at the start were comedians called Smith and Jones

Freddie Chat- You sing this Freddie will meet you in your dreams.

Hammer To Fall was the only new (then) track in the set. Set list:- 1.Bohemian Rhapsody - 2.Radio Ga Ga - (Eh Oh improvised) - 3.Hammer To Fall - 4.Crazy Little Thing Called Love - 5.We Will Rock You - 6. We Are The Champions. Later in the evening Freddie and Bryan May the guitarist came back ( 9:48 pm, as a 'fill in' while things were set up in Philadelphia) to sing the acoustic 'Is This the World We Created?'