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Freddie Mercury Was Warned Not to 'Get Clever' Ahead of Legendary Live Aid Set: 'Just Play the Hits'

In an interview with 'Radio Times,' it was revealed that Freddie Mercury was warned not to get clever" ahead of his legendary Live Aid set in 1985. He was told to "just play the hits."

Freddie Mercury received clear instructions from Bob Geldof ahead of Queen's Live Aid performance"Don't get clever," Geldof told Mercury, per Radio Times Queen's iconic performance at Live Aid took place in 1985 at Wembley Stadium in London In a Tuesday, July 1 interview with Radio Times, Brian May recalled the iconic rock gig which took place in 1985 in front of 72,000 people at Wembley Stadium in London — and what the Queen frontman was told to do. In an interview with Mojo Magazine in June, promoter Harvey Goldsmith discussed collaborating with Geldof on the Live Aid lineup — and convincing him to book Queen.

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