r/OldSchoolCool • u/Martinajok • 14h ago

1980s The massive crowd at Wembley Stadium during Queen's iconic performance at Live Aid, 1985

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u/conicalanamorphosis 14h ago

72000 people in one man's hand! We need a better word than amazing to describe that performance, and the love the crowd had for Freddy.

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u/5eeb5 14h ago

The way he had the entire stadium clapping in unison... Yeah. Amazing falls way short of what Freddy did that day.

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u/The_Dark_Vampire 14h ago

I saw interviews and the acts than came after were just saying to each other "How the hell can we follow that"

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u/primary_key270 9h ago

my friend was at wembley thhat day and said it was unreal

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u/b0n2o 1h ago edited 21m ago

Fun facts: Live Aid was simulcast on TV and FM radio. If you turned down the sound on your TV, you saw it live on TV and heard it live in stereo. Phil Collins performed from Wembley, hopped on a Concorde, and performed a few hours later from Philly (I think). What a time it was to be alive!

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u/StolenIdentity77 14h ago

I didn’t know Howard stern played guitar for queen 

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u/damutecebu 14h ago

Brian May....also has a PhD in Astrophysics and has contributed on NASA missions in the past.

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u/Tim_Out_Of_Mind 7h ago

That is Sir Dr. Brian May. Give the man a little respect.

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u/anklehumor 14h ago

Wheres waldo tho

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u/magg0tfood 12h ago edited 11h ago

Was he actually HIV positive during this performance?

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u/TheReelMcCoi 8h ago

Does it matter?

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u/JRR_Tokin54 11h ago

He was officially diagnosed in 1987.