Intriguing Facts About Freddie Mercury and Queen

Intriguing Facts About Freddie Mercury and Queen

Trista - December 20, 2018

Intriguing Facts About Freddie Mercury and Queen
Queen performing in 1985 at the Live Aid fundraising concert. Turner.

7. They Performed In Front of the Largest Television Audience Ever

In 1985, Queen performed at the Live Aid fundraising event to a studio of 72,000 people. The performance was broadcast to a television audience of nearly two billion people. The performance was so powerful that in 2005, it was dubbed the greatest rock performance of all time. One sustained note that Freddie sang came to be known as “the note heard around the world.”

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