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3. Heavy Is The Crown

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Bill Bailey explores Queen's fame, solo projects, "The Works" album, Live Aid, Budapest concert, and Freddie's illness, using new interviews and 蜜芽传媒 archive.

This episode of Eras: Queen, Bill Bailey explores the emotional and creative toll of fame on the band. After a breakneck pace in the previous decade, Queen quietly disappear from the spotlight in the early 80s, each member pursuing solo projects.

They return sharper with renewed clarity for their next album, The Works, culminating in their iconic Live Aid performance in 1985. A year later, Queen continue their role as global icons, performing behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest.

Now fully back in the spotlight, Queen face the quiet shadow of Freddie鈥檚 illness. Through new interviews and gems from the 蜜芽传媒 archive, we hear from Queen in their own words as they navigated the weight of being global superstars.

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Music Played

  • Queen

    Don't Stop Me Now

    • Jazz.
    • Island.
    • 12.

  • Queen

    Save Me

    • The Game.
    • Island.
    • 10.

  • Queen & David Bowie

    Under Pressure聽

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • Queen

    Radio Ga Ga

    • Queen - Greatest Hits II.
    • Parlophone.

  • Queen

    I Want To Break Free

    • The Works.
    • EMI.

  • Queen, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon & Spike Edney

    Tavaszi Szel Vizet Araszt (Live)

    • Hungarian Rhapsody (Live In Budapest / 1986).
    • EMI.
    • 15.

  • Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caball茅

    The Golden Boy

    • The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo: Lover of Life, Singer of Songs.
    • Hollywood Records.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Last Saturday 01:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 2

Podcast

  • Eras

    The stories of the biggest artists in the world told over the years in their own words.