Queen galvanised the stadium with some of their greatest hits, in which lead singer Freddie Mercury at times led the entire crowd of 72,000 in thundering unison refrains. In their 20 minute set the band opened with "Bohemian Rhapsody" and closed with "We Are the Champions".They extensively rehearsed their performance at London's Shaw Theatre. Prior to their taking the stage, Queen's sound engineer covertly switched out the limiters that had been installed on the venue's sound system so the performance would be louder than the others.
Queen's performance on that day has since been voted by more than 60
artists, journalists and music industry executives as the greatest live
performance in the history of rock music.
My next painting in the series of Live In Concert paintings is Freddie Mercury at Live Aid. Live Aid was a dual-venue concert held on 13 July 1985. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Billed as the "global jukebox", the event was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom (attended by 72,000 people) and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (attended by about 100,000 people).On the same day, concerts inspired by the initiative happened in other countries, such as Australia and Germany.
It was one of the largest-scale satellite link-ups and television
broadcasts of all time: an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion,
across 150 nations, watched the live broadcast.
Stay tuned for the rest of the progress pics to follow.
After the basic image has been roughed in, I start to layer in colors to form the basic shape, highlights and shadows, slowly building up the image
As the image starts to come to life, I begin to add details and fill in
the background. I can see now that because the background is so dark,
the face looks a little washed out. I will in the next step add some
warmer layers around the neck, and chin area to give it more weight and
make it look more solid. Details like the ears, teeth and inside of the mouth will all be slowly addressed in the next sitting... Stay tuned!!
Almost done.. just got to finish the mic, ear and mouth details...
