energy. Deacon would talk about the success of the concert after
the event pronouncing, ‘We didn’t know Bob Geldoff at all. When
“Do They Know It’s Christmas” was out, that was a lot of the
newer acts. For the gig, he wanted to get a lot of the established
acts. Our first reaction was, we didn’t know – 20 minutes, no
sound check...!’ going on to add, ‘When it became apparent that
it was going to happen we’d actually just finished touring Japan,
and ended up having a meal in the hotel discussing whether we
should do it, because obviously they wanted our answer, and we
said yes. We didn’t get involved in the running order thing, but
strangely enough we did well coming on when we did... It was the
one day that I was proud to be in the music business – a lot of days
you certainly don’t feel like that! But the day was fabulous, people
there forgot the element of competitivenes... It was a good morale
booster for us too, because it showed the strength of support we
had in England, and it showed us what we had to offer as a band.’
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Brian May reminisces about performing at Live Aid.