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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.
"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
The concert was produced for television by Ray Burdis, directed by David Mallet and broadcast live on television and radio to 76 countries around the world, with an audience of up to one billion. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The concert was a tribute to Queen 's lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury , who died of an AIDS -related illness on 24 November 1991.
Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The 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.
The victims of the devastating L.A. wildfires are getting a helping hand from some music superstars. Lady Gaga, Green Day and Billie Eilish are among more than a dozen acts set to perform at ...
Some of their later videos use footage from classic films: "Under Pressure" incorporates 1920s silent films, Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin and F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu; the 1984 video for "Radio Ga Ga" includes footage from Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927); "Calling All Girls" was a homage to George Lucas's THX 1138; [366] and the 1995 ...
The album Live Magic, containing greatly edited highlights, was released in December 1986 and was a top 5 hit. [24] The second Wembley gig has been released several times. The full audio was released as a CD Live at Wembley '86 in 1992. [25] A video, Queen at Wembley was released in 1990