We know Queen Live Aid is the greatest rock set of all time....

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May I propose Whitesnake at Rock in Rio 1985 as the second best?

John Sykes- one of the most gifted lead guitarist of all time in metal history?

David Coverdale- Deep Purple associated act

Cozy Powell— one of the greatest rock drummers of all time

Neil Murray— highly respected bassist for many metal bands

You can see loyalty thousands of fans in a major soccer stadium clapping and following the band in an even more of a mass than Queen at Live Aid.

I know Queen has played in Brazil but I remember as a indie DJ this set was was highly touted.

All kneel down to the Whitesnake 1985!in Brazil:

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Sorry, Live at Leeds beats either of those hands-down.

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I don’t disagree with you about Queen’s performance at Live Aid. I doubt that it will ever be topped.

But Led Zeppelin at Earl’s Court is miles ahead of any Whitesnake performance

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The Who at Live Aid were very good too.

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Cheap Trick Live at Budokan is at least twice as good as any other live set.

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Queen Live Aid, I do agree, is the pinnacle as far as performances go. But Cheap Trick Live at Budokan is right up there for greatest live album of all times. I generally dislike live albums, but that’s one I’ll actually listen to. The Who Live at Leeds is fine, as well, but I wouldn’t not say it’s in any way better than these. They’re all in the same class, to me.

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The Who performance that compares best to Queen at Live Aid IMHO is their set at The Concert For New York.

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Thumbs up.

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Big Whitesnake fan, are you? Coverdale’s intro to America (with Purple) at the California jam was good. It was not Queen at Live Aid.

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Anyone who reads my posts knows that I’m a virulent CT fan, so…

The absolute best live performance recorded on video is CT’s Silver, recorded in Rockford, IL, in 1999. “There can be only one.”

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Hell, Zeppelin at Knebworth at the end of their run was fucking fire compared to Whitesnake. Robert Plant used to call David Coverdale “David Coverversion” which is ironic, considering all of the borrowing and thievery employed by the good Mr. Plant.
Anyway, Zeppelin at Knebworth at their end…

(Link takes you to a 2 hour and forty minute video…)
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Sorry, but no, Bob Dylan and the Hawks 1966 at Manchester Free Trade Hall, the “Royal Albert Hall Concert”, blew all the shows mentioned out of the water.

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“I don’t believe you…you’re a LIAR!”

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“Play fucking LOUD!”

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high five

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Fanbois are so cute when they argue.

Besides, any set by the E Street Band, at any time and in any condition blows the pants off of anything mentioned so far.

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“Bruce Sharpsteen…the rock-poet genius of the seventeeez!” — R. Crumb’s sarcasm in Mister Natural #3, circa 1977.

Even though his signature album came out when I was 14, I’ve never been able to take the guy seriously.

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The thing about Queen’s Live Aid performance was that they had started a slow decline in popularity since “Under Pressure” and were sort of regarded as washed-up. Their performance was not only singular but led to a revival.

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Please do not forget the Kinks 1979 tour of the US northeast. Astonishing. Much of it is available on YouTube.

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Also every show the Grateful Dead played during 1977. The Barton Hall show at Cornell University in May is the classic…also the Englishtown, NJ in September. Again, both freely available on the internets.