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The Gigging Years: A Kind of Magic

by Graeme Cumming | Mar 10, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years | 15 comments

Having been in the wrong kind of mood when I saw Queen in 1984, then missing them at Live Aid as a matter of principle, when the opportunity arose to see them again, I didn’t hesitate. The Magic tour was being held in stadiums, so it was time to head to Wembley....

The Gigging Years: Or Not, In This Case

by Graeme Cumming | Jan 30, 2019 | Music, Nostalgia, The Gigging Years | 4 comments

I wrote recently about going to watch Bohemian Rhapsody. The film begins and ends at Live Aid, and reproduces in full the set played there by Queen. Watching those fifteen or twenty minutes of film left me feeling very emotional. In part, it was watching this...

The Gigging Years: The Works

by Graeme Cumming | Jan 6, 2019 | Nostalgia, The Gigging Years | 17 comments

When I heard about the movie Bohemian Rhapsody, I dismissed it. I love the cinema but, generally speaking, don’t like biopics, and I’m not keen on recreations of live performances. I’ve seen plenty of the real thing, and you can’t match those. Part of me also worried...

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