Queen singer Freddie Mercury (left) with guitarist Brian May during the band's performance at Live Aid. - Popperfoto via Getty Images Programming Note: Watch CNN Original Series “Live Aid: When Rock ...

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Live Aid was a global phenomenon that took place at the same time, in two separate places, all focusing on helping to raise funds and awareness for famine relief in Ethiopia. Two concerts took place ...

Queen‘s galvanizing set at Live Aid 40 years ago at Wembley Stadium in London has gone on to become perhaps the best-remembered performance of the day — in no small part thanks to its through-line ...

Freddie Mercury didn't want to do Live Aid at first. He wasn't against the cause of trying to feed starving children in Africa. The issue was that Queen had not played together in a bit, and ...

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 ...

Bob Geldof opened up about Live Aid and its impact 40 years later in a new interview Geldof said that contrary to popular belief, it was David Bowie’s performance that got donations flooding in, not ...

Programming Note: Watch CNN Original Series “Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took On the World,” celebrating the definitive story of how two rockstars inspired the largest global music events in history.

(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.