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It’s been more than 33 years since Queen, spearheaded by their electric front man Freddie Mercury, charged onto the stage of ...

(CNN) — British band Queen’s performance at 1985 charity mega concert Live Aid has gone down in the history books, but it almost didn’t happen, according to members Brian May and Roger Taylor.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “We were all forming a sort of a rut," Mercury said at the time. "I wanted to get out of this last 10 years of what we were doing.

I can’t recall much about the summer of 1985, but I do remember July 13. That morning 40 years ago, I flipped on my family’s old Zenith television to look at Live Aid, the fund-raiser for famine ...

On July 13, 1985, music legends on both sides of the Atlantic came together for a cause — raising funds for famine relief in Ethiopia — and made pop culture history. Live Aid was held simultaneously ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Queen singer Freddie Mercury (left) with guitarist Brian May during the band's performance at Live Aid. - Popperfoto via Getty ...