Freddie Mercury would have been 65 today. In 2009, a Classic Rock poll saw him voted the greatest rock singer of all time. Allmusic has characterised Mercury as "one of rock's greatest all-time entertainers", who possessed "one of the greatest voices in all of music".
Back in 1985 when Bob Geldoff´s great idea of joining great rock bands to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine took place, U2 and Freddie Mercury met. Both bands wrote history in that concert for different reasons.
U2's performance established them as a pre-eminent live group for the first time with their acclaimed 14-minute rendition of "Bad", during which lead vocalist Bono jumped off the stage to join the crowd and dance with a girl.
Back in 1985 when Bob Geldoff´s great idea of joining great rock bands to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine took place, U2 and Freddie Mercury met. Both bands wrote history in that concert for different reasons.
U2's performance established them as a pre-eminent live group for the first time with their acclaimed 14-minute rendition of "Bad", during which lead vocalist Bono jumped off the stage to join the crowd and dance with a girl.
Queen galvanised the stadium with some of their greatest hits, in which lead singer Freddie Mercury at times led the entire crowd of 72,000 in thundering unison refrains. In their 20 minute set the band opened with "Bohemian Rhapsody" and closed with "We Are the Champions". Queen's performance on that day has since been voted by more than 60 artists, journalists and music industry executives as the greatest live performance in the history of rock music. Mercury and fellow band member Brian May later sang the first song of the three-part Wembley event finale.
This is the finale, a moment in rock history to remember forever...
