Brian May says Queen first thought Live Aid performance was “kind of okay”

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Brian May has revealed how Queen initially thought their Live Aid performance was “kind of okay”, failing to realise that they had delivered one of the most iconic performances of all time.The 22-minute set at the 1985 charity concert is considered to be one of the greatest live sets ever delivered, and was recreated for the band’s 2018 biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.Reflecting on the experience of watching the movie being filmed, May revealed how the band had a modest opinion of their performance after coming off stage.“It was so strange kind of reliving it for the movie,” May told TalkRADIO.“They recreated it so incredibly faithfully, and to be there on that set was really spine chilling; it brought it all back.