8 October

This is often voted the greatest rock performance in history. Only 20 mins long but they took the stage and literally blew the other biggest names in the world off the stage. Mostly Freddie, nobody before or since could command a crowd like this, and with a billion people watching only the really special can lift it another gear like this. There isn't another performer I can think of who could have held that stadium in their hands in this way. And it should be said, this isn't even one of the really top Queen performances. Lots of people who didn't know much about Queen said they were shocked they were this good. People who knew of the band weren't surprised at all, they had been embarrassing all the other top acts in the world for years before this already.