Live Aid, 1985
Freddie Mercury's performance with Queen at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in London on July 13, 1985, is considered the highlight of the event.
Freddie Mercury
British singer and songwriter
Also known as: Farrokh Bulsara
Freddie Mercury (born September 5, 1946, Stone Town, Zanzibar [now in Tanzania]—died November 24, 1991, Kensington, London, England) was a British rock singer and songwriter whose flamboyant showmanship and powerfully agile vocals, most famously for the band Queen, made him one of rock’s most dynamic front men. He was born Farrokh Bulsara to Parsi parents who had emigrated from India to Zanzibar, where his father worked as a clerk for the British government. At the...
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