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TIL that Queen were not originally meant to perform at the 1985 Live Aid benefit concert at Wembley Stadium. Organiser Bob Geldof believed "their star had risen and fallen." In 2005, Queen's 21-minute set during Live Aid was voted as the best rock gig of all time.

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