On July 13, 1985, at Wembley Stadium in London, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Live Aid, a worldwide rock concert organized to raise money for the relief of famine-stricken Africans.

Who stole the show at Live Aid?

But of all the high-caliber artists on display that day, there was unanimous agreement that Queen's Live Aid performance stole the whole show with a magnificent, 21-minute tour-de-force set.

Did Queen really save Live Aid?

Queen's Live Aid performance in July 1985 may have clocked in at just 17 minutes, but they were 17 minutes which would both make rock history and transform the band for good. ... The answer, it turned out, was Live Aid.