“WHEN THEY WENT ON FREDDIE SMELT BLOOD”

Mat Snow

BOB GELDOF AND I WERE PUTTING LIVE AID TOGETHER and going through potential artists. Being the producer, I understood how slots work and who went where. I was also dealing with the technical side: we were doing two shows [London and Philadelphia] and had to stay strictly to time because of the satellite. I thought about it, and said for the late afternoon slot the perfect act would be Queen. Bob said, “No, they’ve peaked. I don’t think they should play.” I said to Bob, I really think they’ll be perfect to go on in that 5.30, 6 o’clock type slot – knowing Freddie as I did, I knew they’d really make a show of it. Bob and I went backwards and forwards. I had to do a lot of…

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