It's not just you I swear, any Queen fan has to admit that their live performances were just on a completely different level. Yes we're glad there's studio versions and albums to listen to now but, they were a force on stage.

A microphone in one hand..the crowd in the other hand...absolute legend 👍

In my eyes, Freddie Mercury is the best singer and performer in rock n roll history

There was no one that can control a crowd like freddie!!

Freddie never thought his piano playing was good enough. He was the greatest Front Man ever. Period.

This was considered the greatest concert ever. What queen did at wembley

If you watch the movie bohemian rhapsody, it’s about Queen and Freddie’s life, he blew the kiss to his mom who was home watching. Someone once asked what instruments he played. He replied “the audience darling”.

Queen is iconic. There will never be another Freddy. He could work a crowd

Freddie Mercury wasn't just a singer or a performer, he was a SHOWMAN in every sense of the word.

No autotune... no pre-recorded vocals... all live band w/ some programmed background synths. That was what made this performance beyond amazing...

There were thousands in the crowd and Freddie had that moment of control over every single one of them 🔥🤘😍

The stadium is Wembley in London. There were around 72 000 there. Brian May on the guitar, John Deacon on bass and Roger Taylor on drums.

Oh Freddie!!!!! The world truly lost a great one when he died 💕

The concert was at Wembley in London there were around 72,000 at Wembley & simultaneously around 89,000 in Philadelphia & an estimated 1.9 billion watched on TV more than 75 acts performed to raise money for the famine in Africa x Freddie Mercury vocals & piano, Dr Brian May lead guitar & vocals, Roger Taylor drummer & vocals & John Deacon bass guitar x

You're going to need to give Queen their own Playlist

At the time of Live Aid I was serving in the British Royal Marine Commandos in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. We listened to it on the radio. We were surrounded by the full horror of the Famine, but when Queen came on the radio those poor soles who were there even reacted in a very positive way. I remember that a lot of us Royal Marine Commandos were crying watching some of the children dancing along, I'm teary eyed just remembering. I looked around at men I had fought alongside, who were tough, hardened Royal Marine Commandos who had fought a life and death war against Argentinian's in 82. By the end of Queen's set we were dancing with the children. It went along way to help build their trust in us. The famine is only one of many terrible memories I have from 34 years of active service, and over 2 years hospitalisation. But when I remember the smiles on the children's faces, and their laughter at the terrible way we danced always reminds me that humanity will always find it's way through even the worst of times. I only watched it for the first time last year, my son put it on the TV. A lot of memories came back and a lot of tears. My amazing Wife took me to see Queen at Wembley, U.K., in 1986 two weeks after I got back from Ethiopia as a surprise. I saw Queen live 6 times in all, they were incredible live. And yes, I am an old fart.

The extraordinary guitar player is Brian May. If his achievements with Queen aren't enough, after Freddie Mercury's death there was a lull where Queen was not performing. In that time Brian May completed his PhD in astrophysics.

ULTIMATE CROWD CONTROL BABY!!! They'll never be another Freddie!! RIP🎶💜🎵💜 This was at Wembley Stadium in London, I think it was around 72,000 people there!!💜

This is why i think Queen was the worlds best band ever. Rest in Peace, Freddie. :(

Freddie was voted the greatest front man of all time.

I agree with you about Radio Gaga. It's actually sped up quite a bit from the studio version. Same with the followup song, Hammer To Fall. Every performer only had about 20 minutes and Queen were the ones who used the time the best by shortening some songs and speeding up others.

Freddy owned the world that day. Probably the best front man ever. That concert was seen world wide!

He was diagnosed with laryngitis a week before this concert throat issue and doctor advised he rest his voice instead of doing this concert but he gave it all he got. What a legend.

Wow, I was 3 when this took place.. 🤦🏾 I'm actually beginning to have a bigger appreciation and love for Queen through watching your reaction videos. I'd heard of them but never actually paid attention to their music. They're incredibly awesome😎🤘🏾🖤🎸

Absolutely ridiculous quite possibly the greatest live vocal performance absolute perfection God bless and rest your soul Freddy

One of the best live performances ever

The day the world stood still and watch Queen and beloved Freddie

Well with this event, it was broadcasted across the planet. So millions upon millions of people watched

Great Reaction. The biggest thing to remember about this concert is when all those people bought their tickets queen was not even one of The bands that were supposed to be playing that day.😀👍❤️✌️🌼

It’s not just you. Everyone loves live Queen. Their concerts were legendary & this 20 minute set is a great example of how good they were. As far as Freddie knowing where Brian was…they were a very good working unit. They knew each other so well, and could anticipate each other’s moves. They also always came prepared. They rehearsed this set for a week, while most of the other performers went out their and just winged it.

Freddie had a throat infection during this concert, his doctor advised him not to sing. He blew the kiss to his Mum 💐

WTH??? I assumed you already did Queen's Live Aid performance!! Sorry, my bad.... I'll be sure to search your reactions in the future! YESSSS!! Keep going with Queen..... "Fat Bottomed Girls" (if you haven't already) .... be back to suggest others after I've checked your Queen reactions!! Gonna watch now!! Thanks for this one!! ;) EDIT: Freddie blew that kiss to his Mother!! what a sweetheart!!

Artists take notes! Freddy is the Stage God! The best part is that his stage presence was him, not an act. He lived his life the same way on stage that he did off stage. A True Showmen! The center of every room. RIP to the Stage God

Possibly the finest vocalist in the history of music.

Freddie Mercury was a bad man amazing performer the scatting was so awesome great reaction van

Ill sit thru a 2 hr queen concert reaction 👑❤💛

YAAAAY... You made my day!! LEAD SINGER=FREDDIE MERCURY LEAD GUITAR=BRIAN MAY DRUMS=ROGER TAYLOR BASS GUITAR=JOHN DEACON There... Now QUEEN can be your favorite band cuz you KNOW THEIR NAMES😅 Freddie had a degree in Art/Graphic Design; he designed Queen's logo/was an AMAZING artist. He had zero formal voice training/was totally self-taught except for piano lessons. (He quit taking the lessons after four years cuz - in his words - "I can't really read sheet music!")🤯 Offstage, Fred was actually quite shy & called himself "really quite boring!" Fred was born in Zanzibar as Farouk Bulsara/was raised in the Zoroastrian religion; NO ONE knows where Freddie's ashes are interred except for his life-long best friend Mary Austen. DR. Brian May is an ASTRO PHYSICIST & has done work w NASA. He's a vegetarian/HUGE animal rights activist & says he's Agnostic. Roger Taylor has a degree in Dentistry; he sings like Rod Stewart & has a GIGANTIC statue of Freddie in his garden. John Deacon has a degree in Electrical Engineering & designed/built Queen's unique amp system. (No one else has been able to figure out how to replicate it.) John/his wife are Catholic; they've been married 40+ yrs w 6 kids!. He retired after Freddie died (he was heartbroken) & lives very reclusively. To-this-day tho, John still oversees Queen's finances & Brian/Roger involve him in all their "Queen decision-making". Now you know them a little better.💕

LEGEND!!!!!!

That voice. That voice. The whole band is outstanding, the best musicians ever. But that Freddie Mercury's voice!

I have always loved the way the security guys are looking at Freddie instead of the crowd.CHARISMA

Walked in my dads yesterday and he was watching this 🔥🤘❤️

Yay! Thank you 🙏 So glad you've taken the time to react to this. Queen we're on point for this performance at Live Aid (it was at the old Wembley stadium in London). Would be great if you did 'One Vision' sometime. I remember taping it off the charts on the radio (pause, play, rec 🤣) and would listen to it on my Walkman on the way to school back in the day. The last line will always amuse me 😂

Got to give so much respect to Freddie. Just sat down casually flexed fixing his own mixtures and went straight into the performance without any whining to the roadies or stage management. Just nope not quite, ok that's good.

This is a very solid performance! Thanks for reacting to this Van, if you haven't yet I hope you get a chance to see the movie "Queen" its quite good!

I love the way Freddie makes everyone smile.

Best band of all time.

Brian May on lead guitar, Roger Taylor on drums & John Deacon on bass. Thank you for all your reactions. Love your channel.

Freddie was the best ever, the man knew how to put on a show! Kudos to the rest of the LFRmy

You sing it!!!!! 🤣❤️..... so awesome 👍!

Do his song The Show Must Go On; knowing he was terminally ill. It is amazing....he was so sick he couldn't stand so he took a shot of vodka and leaned up against something and I believe it to be his best performance EVER!

This was one of Queen's BEST performances ever (if not THE best). People have been talking about it for 30 years... It was also one of (if not THE) last live performances... Freddie put his all into it because it was sort of his goodbye to his fans. The stadium is Wembly Stadium in England. And this was a part of Live Aid - which is where a bunch of different groups/artists performed as a fundraiser for world hunger - specifically in Africa. It was televised globally and people could call in and pledge donations. I believe all of the actual concerts were completely sold out.

In Radio GaGa you can't help but to do that clap clap part it was staple on that song! Freddie still catches me ! What more chills when i watch the Live Aid Documentary, as Bob Geldof(organizer of LiveAid) stating: when he receive a telCall from the Ruling Family of Dubai that they will Donate a Massive Amount of Money it was Queen Playing, and you can hear from background when Bob Geldof Receive that call Queen was performing Radio GaGa! Thanks to Freddie and Queen for this Immortal Performance !👑🤟💛

YAY!!! I've been waiting for you to dothis, absolutely the best and Freddie is so great at engaging the crowd

Don't laugh through such an amazing song. It's legendary, show respect. ✌

You had the biggest bands of the time back to back to back. Queen stole the show. It was a concert in and of itself. Never been and never will be a greater showman than Freddie!

Live Aid was a fund raiser for famine in Ethiopia and Sudan. This was at Wembley in London. Also a live audience in Philadelphia and a couple of billion on TV.

You are very talented. The very small glimpses you show us are enough to tell.

I have never been able to watch this without crying. Freddie touches my soul every single time I see or hear him. Especially live. RIP Sir.

Damn Freddy is so missed. Freddy and Dr. Brian May (fantastic guitar player) make a beautiful pairing, then add in machine drummer Roger Taylor and John Deacon rounds out the sound with the Bass. I am glad they are touring again with Adam Lambert but there will never be another Freddy and everyone knows that, so I give Adam his dues with impossible shoes to fill. Love your channel by the way, and I don't think you can go wrong with any Queen song. To be there in person in front of Freddy, when he's singing right at you...wow an unexplainable feeling, honestly. Freddy was a priceless gift! 🤘

Of course he knew where the guitar player was - they are an established band

Freddy was told not to perform due to a throat infection but he did anyway.

Just really look at the crowd This was one of their greatest performances and he is known for not having a microphone stand as you see Great reaction Thank you ❤️

Besides Elvis Freddy probably most beloved male artist ever!! NO one cared he was gay they embraced him for he was.

One of the best reactions I've watched! Cheers! I'll keep watching you!

Finally!!! Thanks for reacting to this bruh 🔥🔥🔥

There will never be another band like Queen, or another front man like Freddie Mercury. Ever

Freddie is a legend! He is the best there ever was when it came to performing. He loved what he did and strived to make it better for us. Queen was still is and will always be one of the greatest bands that ever existed. When we lost Freddie we lost an icon.

Brian May deserves his own recognition as an amazing guitarist. Also, the way Freddie interacts with the audience on the "Ayo" I always found to be amazing.

History in the making...RIP FREDDY

Epic performance!!!

great video to watch and listen at the same time. I love Freddy so much, a friend of his was told a dentist gave him aids, when he was getting a filling fixed. He was too powerful as a performer and wanted to change the way he did his concerts, so they killed him in plain sight. sad. But friend thanks for this time to share this fantastic man and his band, music so wonderful, he was sick that day a flu. and grew up in Europe that is where he got all his piano magic.love you LFR Family . t.

They all ( singers and groups ) had only 20 min and on Live Aid were not only Queen fans but they ALL sing and clap with Queen.

Master class crowd control. This is a clinic on frontman greatness on a level reached by maybe a hand full of people ever. Freddie was remarkable. There's a great story oit there about Freddie imposing his will on sid vicious from the sexpistols. Owned him verbally and physically removed him from thr room. Freddie> punk rock

Nice reaction. Do some earlier queen. Stone cold crazy live at the rainbow 74. White queen live at the odeon hammersmith 75. Can't ever go wrong with Queen

We told you so!!!! Brian May lead guitar. John Deacon bass. Roger Taylor drums. They all sing but I think Roger is the most prominent and has the most texture to his voice. All amazingly talented.

Freddie one of best open Mic singer's I've heard

Great reaction to one of the most astonishing moments in popular music history

I love waking up to reactions. Your smile is everything & I love how you truly enjoy the music. 🧡

Such a showman with one of the best voices we will ever know. I agree with you about Radio; to me Radio and We are the Champions we’re the two best songs from this performance but the entire set was just iconic.

This performance was in Wembley Stadium in London in 1985... it had about 72,000 fans at the Live Aid show. A year later in 1986, Queen HEADLINED 2 nights at Wembley Stadium w/ 72K fans per night! 😲

The greatest showman to have ever lived, bar none...past present, future...makes no difference....

There is a simple reason why people call him the "greatest front man of any band in music history". That simple reason is, he was.

This made me smile so wide. Thank you. 💕

This was performed in extreme heat and everyone said there wasn't enough water and by the time Queen got on everyone was I won't say bored but locking Energy and Queen came on and killed and brought everybody alive all the band members were going away behind the stage keep in mind this was not a queen crowd the joint last minute they were on the bill to play but at the last minute and Freddie was sick and advise not to sing that day that he did anyway and still killed it

The BEST rendition of Hammer to Falls, hands down!!! Wembley Stadium and about 80,000 at each stadium location.

You earned a sub my man. I needed this.

This was at Wembley Stadium in London, which had a capacity of 72,000 at the time. It was completely sold out. The other main Live Aid concert was at RFK stadium in Philadelphia, and 100,000 were there for that

Wembley Stadium held about 70,000 people. The group is Brian May guitarist, Roger Taylor drummer and John Deacon bass with Freddie Bulsara, lead singer. On the day of Live Aid,, I had 6 friends crammed into my bachelor apt. to watch Live Aid. I had just bought my first decent sized colour tv. Queen blew us away that day, they were amazing.

Freddie had a throat infection he went against Dr's orders to be there he said his throat felt like he was gargling with crushed glass while singing and he still crushed it they are epic

The way you look at the screen, nothing but love

did you notice that the WHOLE stadium went silent RIGHT AFTER he sat down at the piano? they KNEW they were going to get a REAL performance!

That’s Brian May! He’s a genius. Radio Gaga is my all time favorite live performance.

Queen: Freddie Mercury-lead singer, piano, song writer, artist; Dr. Brian May- guitarist, backup singer, songwriter, astrophysicist! John Deacon- bass guitarist, songwriter, electrical engineer (designed Brian’s amp); Roger Taylor- drums, back up singer, songwriter, biologist. These guys were serious musical artists. Try songs: You take my breath away( live 1976 Hyde park) also Save Me, In the Lap of the Gods, Love of my life, Another one bites the dust, Under pressure (live Wembley), Cool Cat, Get down make love, It’s a kind of magic. Thanks!

My boys!! Freddie Mercury, Brian May lead guitar, John Decon Bass and Roger Taylor Drums. I have loved Queen for over 40+ years. They were and still are the most unique band ever. No song was ever the same. This was the most legendary performance and no pledges were coming in until this band took the stage. Lol 1 million in under a minute. I could go on but we'd be here all day. Plus who can top that voice and crowd control? No one. I could talk about Freddie and the guys all day 😁 that kiss he blew was to his mom. Freddie said it best, " I won't be a rock star, I'll be a legend " and that you are ❤

I remember i bought Live Aid DVD set when it was released in 2005 just to watch this performance.

I love the smile you get while listening. It's exactly how hearing him sing makes me feel.

He is the ultimate performer, no one can out perform him. He his nothing but perfection!!! He was a musical genius way before his times.

His crowd control makes me teary eyed every damn time!

That first kiss that he blew was to his mother

FINALLY!!!!!!