How long ago was 1985

By the time the program reached the Live Aid concert, I was hooked. By the end of that segment I was in love with Mercury, and when half an hour later I learned that he was dead, I was heartbroken. The charity event was raising money for Ethiopia, which was in the midst of famine. It felt as though having been allotted his finite portion of life, he had spent it in lavish, outrageous bursts, sharing delightedly with that crowd on July 13, Since then, I have watched the set many times, its exuberance and energy undiminished over the 23 years since that first viewing.

This is a far from exhaustive account of why, for me, it remains magical. They performed just before 7pm, uncharacteristically in daylight, bookended by gigantic acts like U2, Elton John and David Bowie. Past their peak and reeling from the catastrophe of a misadvised run of shows in apartheid South Africa the previous year, Queen was not expected to shine.

Mercury was in peak form at the show. May plays for the crowd at Wembley Stadium. Amid an atmosphere charged with pessimism, Mercury danced out on stage and welcomed the crowd like his dearest friend.

Over the next 21 minutes, his audience, and the 1. His humor, his hyper-masculine yet fantastically camp energy and that phenomenal four octave voice were irresistible. In Philadelphia, , people attended on a hot and sunny day.

It was so hot, the Philadelphia Fire Department sprayed water into the crowd. Somewhere around the time that Judas Priest and Bryan Adams were scheduled to perform, at a.

Steve Fallon was there and made his way to the hot air balloon where he was met by Mary Smotrys, a concert aide. Fallon, 25, of Waltham, Mass. Attending the concert was supposed to be a morale booster for him. Stephen Fallon made it to the hospital and received the kidney during a four-hour surgery. Meanwhile, the concert went on. The concert was globally linked by satellite and watched on television by an estimated 1. The concert was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money to battle the Ethiopian famine as a follow-up to the Band Aid event the year before.

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