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Queen played a shorter, up-tempo version of "Radio Ga Ga" during the Live Aid concert on 13 July 1985 at Wembley Stadium, where Queen's "show-stealing performance" had 72,000 people clapping in unison. [11] [29] It was the second song the band performed at Live Aid after opening with "Bohemian Rhapsody".
Live Aid was a multi-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The original event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.
The music video was filmed in Brussels during The Works Tour, and features drummer Roger Taylor wearing an oversized message T-shirt ("CHOOSE LIFE") created by Katharine Hamnett. "Hammer to Fall" was the third song the band performed at Live Aid in 1985. [6] [7] [8] The song features in the setlist of both The Works Tour and The Magic Tour.
"Radio Ga Ga" came to inspire synchronized hand-clapping (this routine, originating from the song's video, was the invention of the video's director, David Mallet). This influenced Queen's appearance at Live Aid , where the 72,000-person crowd at Wembley Stadium would sing loudly and clap their hands in unison.
In an exclusive clip obtained by AOL Entertainment, viewers can see original Queen band members Bob Geldoff and Brian May react to the film's Live Aid set -- the recreation of the iconic benefit ...
The Works is the eleventh studio album by the British rock band Queen. It was released on 27 February 1984 by EMI Records just shortly after recording for the album had been completed in the United Kingdom and it is the band's first studio album to be released by Capitol Records in the United States. After the synth-heavy Hot Space (1982), the ...
Second Issue. Artwork for 1991 UK release. Music video. "These Are the Days of Our Lives" on YouTube. " These Are the Days of Our Lives " is a song by the British rock band Queen. Although credited to the whole band, it was largely written by their drummer Roger Taylor, and is the eighth track on the band's 1991 album Innuendo. [ 1]
I Want to Break Free. " I Want to Break Free " is a song by the British rock band Queen, written by their bassist John Deacon. It appears on the album The Works (1984), and was released in three versions: album, single and extended. The track became a staple of the band's 1984–85 Works Tour and their 1986 Magic Tour.