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Bob Geldof told Freddie Mercury to ‘just play the hits’ before legendary Live Aid performance

Queen’s six-song set is often remembered as one of the greatest rock performances of all time

The Independent UK

“Their music changed my life – if not saved it”: Band that soundtracked history gets the biopic treatment

Dominic West is among the names cast in Wind of Change

MusicRadar

Bob Geldof told Freddie Mercury ‘don’t get clever’ before 1985 Live Aid set

Queen members Roger Taylor and Brian May say Geldof told Mercury: ‘Just play the hits – you have 17 minutes’

The Guardian - UK

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This Instagram Account Shares Pictures From The 1970s, Shows Why It Was An Era Like No Other

The 1970s are often associated with Vietnam and Watergate, but there was also plenty of glamor between the wild fashion, TV stars like Farrah Fawcett, and the disco era.

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Brian May and his wife break silence on Freddie Mercury's 'secret daughter from affair'

The Queen frontman reportedly conceived a girl during an affair with a close friend’s wife in the 1970s

Evening Standard

Sir Brian May doesn't believe claims that Queen bandmate Freddie Mercury had a secret lovechild

Queen guitarist Sir Brian May is sceptical about the revelation in a new biography that his late bandmate Freddie Mercury had a secret daughter, according to his wife Anita Dobson.

BANG Premier

Iron Maiden star says rock group will always turn down offer to play Glastonbury

Rock singer has previously branded festival as ‘the most bourgeois thing on the planet’

The Independent UK

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Irish trio Kneecap address controversial ‘dead Tory’ remark ahead of Glastonbury set

Band have insisted that their political statements have satirical intent and are not ‘more outrageous than the murdering of innocent Palestinians’

The Independent UK

Brian May has four-word response to claim Freddie Mercury had a secret daughter

The alleged love child has come forward in a new biography about the Queen frontman

The Independent UK

“Your Mirror To The 20th Century”: 18 Pics Of How Much Or Little Life Has Changed Since

RocaHistory is where vintage pop culture meets history’s curiosities. It has everything: from fascinating moments from the archives of history to behind-the-scenes snippets of Old Hollywood.

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‘Pop music can be so scared to offend’: Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso, the Argentine duo subverting machismo

After going viral with their Tiny Desk concert, the impish pair are heading to Glastonbury. They explain their ‘no shame, no fear’ approach – and their ridiculous muscle suits

The Guardian - UK

“They are not powerless in the face of human monstrosity”: Greatest Hits Radio to broadcast 10-hour recreation of Live Aid

It’ll be on the 40th anniversary of the epochal gig

MusicRadar

Instagram Page Shares 39 Interesting And Lesser-Known Pictures From Our History

These photographs, from scandalous to moving, from funny to weird, are beautiful reminders of the past that's overshadowed by the present.

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Live Aid concert to be broadcast on radio to mark 40th anniversary

Greatest Hits Radio to air original performances from stars such as Queen and David Bowie in 10-hour show on 13 July

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The unlikely encounter between a pre-fame Freddie Mercury and David Bowie at a London market

The future Queen frontman encountered his eventual Under Pressure collaborator when working as a shop assistant at Kensington Market

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36 Incredible History Moments That Were Caught On Camera Decades Ago

History and photography have always been good buddies.

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Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Holly Johnson on Relax beating Queen's Radio Ga Ga to No.1: 'Poor Freddie'

Holly Johnson admits Freddie Mercury was probably left kicking himself after Frankie Goes To Hollywood starved Radio Ga Ga of number one in the UK.

The Guardian - UK

‘People weep in its presence’: how the UK Aids Memorial Quilt became one of our great works of art

It began as a simple act of remembrance, dedicated to those who lost their lives to Aids. Now this ever-growing patchwork of grave-plot-sized panels has taken on new meaning as one of the most significant artworks of the past 40 years

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Adam Hills: ‘I knew I should have gone to the King’s birthday but I really wanted to go to rugby training’

The comedian and TV host on rugby league, his love of Weird Al Yankovicand getting mistaken for Wil Anderson

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25 Celebs Who Embrace Their Gloriously Unique Quirks

"The New Yorker has also called me a ‘horse-face'"

International Business Times UK

Who Is Freddie Mercury's Alleged Secret Daughter? 48-Year-Old 'B' Reveals He Was a 'Devoted Father'

A new biography claims Freddie Mercury had a secret daughter, now 48, who shared a close relationship with him and holds 17 of his personal journals.

Evening Standard

Roger Taylor and Brian May ‘so proud’ as they pick up Queen’s Polar Music Prize

Previous winners of the Polar Music Prize have included Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John.

The Independent UK

American Music Awards 2025: Full list of winners as Billie Eilish sweeps 7 awards

The AMAs were held live at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas this year

The Independent UK

Billy Joel’s wife shares update on husband’s brain disorder and ‘recovery’ after tour cancellation

The acclaimed singer-songwriter was recently diagnosed with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Louder

“It remained in the domain of teenyboppers, but prog elements are within its grooves”: What if I told you A-ha’s Hunting High And Low is really a prog album?

Believe it or not, the 1985 pop record emerged from a background of Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, and Morten Harket singing along to Queen songs

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