'I was at Live Aid and here is the one thing you didn't see during Queen's iconic set'

A member of the 72,000 strong audience who attended Live Aid in Wembley Stadium on July 13, 1985 has revealed the cameras didn't capture every element of Queen's history making performance. Kevin Hughes from Conwy in North Wales was just 22 when her attended the history making event, and had a prime spot just a few rows from the front in the centre for the duration of the show. Four decades on from the "global jukebox" he exclusively told Express.co.uk his recollections, revealing one key thing you don't see during Queen's 21 minute set.

"When you go to an event or, a sports game or whatever, and you watch back on TV, it can never quite capure the atmosphere can it? With Queen, as in, when I watch the TV broadcast (of the day) you couldn't really hear the crowd singing along to Crazy Little Thing Called Love. But they were loving it and really loud.

"Later on in the broadcast, there's a backstage interview with Bono filmed at the same time, and you can hear them. You hear the crowd more on his interview than on the TV broadcast. When they've shown Queen on stage, they should have been picking up the crowd as well. But there we go," he said.

A diehard and lifelong fan of the band, comprised of lead singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor, and bassist John Deacon, Kevin bought his ticket for the epic show purely because Bob Geldof had announced them as part of the bill.

While it has become an urban myth that they weren't one of the names bandied about by the organiser when he announced the show, Kevin says this is untrue as they were the reason he wanted to attend.

After managing to secure one of the coveted £25 tickets, he was rewarded with a shared moment with Brian May.

"They come out and Freddie's on the piano tinkling away Bohemian Rhapsody, and off we go. But at the start of that song, there's no guitar from Brian, so he's just on the stage waiting.

"He's scanning the front of a crowd, because it's not a Queen crowd as such - it's the first time they have played to a non-Queen crowd since they supported Mott the Hoople in the 70s.

"I was thinking he's gonna look in my direction, so I shouted out his name and caught his eye. I clenched my fist and said "come on". And he did a clenched fist right back. It's caught on the long-range shot on the TV broadcast," he said.

When asked if their performance, which is widely considered the greatest live gig moment of all time, surprised him, he answered in the negative. "Anybody and everybody said you watch Queen, and they're going to smash it. I just knew it. So, yeah, it just went brilliantly, but as I say, TV never captures the atmosphere fully."