Queen’s final concert with Freddie Mercury was the finale of a European victory lap that started the previous summer at Live Aid.
In the mid ‘80s, Queen had reached a peak and were mentally feeling the effects of a grueling work schedule that became tiresome to its singer.
“We were all forming a sort of a rut,” Mercury explained. “I wanted to get out of this last 10 years of what we were doing. It was so routine. It was like, go to the studio, do an album, go out on the road, go round the world and flog it to death, and by the time you came back it was time to do another album. After a while itʼs like a painter… you know, you paint away, and then you stand back and look at it in perspective. Thatʼs exactly what we needed.”
That perspective came in the way of performing at Wembley Stadium in 1985 at Live Aid right after U2 handed in an emotional set and right before David Bowie was about to welcome the serious moonlight.
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