‘We thought it was going to be a disaster – and it nearly fell apart’

Queen hit the front cover of the Radio Times in the UK as we move towards the 40th Anniversary of Live Aid on July 13th.

Queen took Live Aid by storm when they ran on to the stage at Wembley to perform their greatest hits – so why do Brian May and Roger Taylor recall the band being so apprehensive beforehand?

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Live Aid - 40 Years On: Greatest Hits Radio/Absolute Radio

Brian May and Roger Taylor feature heavily in all 3 episodes, listed below.

Episode 1 - June 29th on Greatest Hits Radio at 4-5pm (with Absolute Radio to follow after).

Episode 2 - July 6th on Greatest Hits Radio at 4-5pm (with Absolute Radio to follow after). Episode 3 will then be immediately available on the listen again app for Bauer called Rayo along with the first 2 eps.

Episode 3 (2 hr show) - July 13th at the end of a full special programme where they will play out key moments and performances from the day. We suspect this will be evening time

Greatest Hits Radio - https://hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hits

Absolute Radio - https://hellorayo.co.uk/absolute-radio

Live Aid 40th Anniversary - BBC 2 /CNN (TV)

Brian and Roger appear in Episode 2 of the BBC and Episodes 2 & 3 of the CNN version.

BBC 2
Episode 1 - 6th July, 9pm
Episode 2 - 6th July, 10pm
Episode 3 - 13th July, 9pm

CNN
Episode 1 - 13th July, 9pm (EST)
Episode 2 - 20th July, 9pm (EST)
Episode 3 - 27th July, 9pm (EST)
Episode 4 - 3rd August, 9pm (EST)

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Click here for full details on Queen's Live Aid YouTube streaming event and new merch range.

 

 

 

 

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