Having the chance to play London’s Wembley Stadium, Paramore’s Hayley Williams used the stage to pay musical tribute to Queen’s Freddie Mercury with an epic callback.

The band had been performing throughout one in every of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour stops when Williams determined to have a bit enjoyable. Stepping out onto a runway main out to the viewers, Williams informed the gang, “I’ve got one minute to try something and I need you to help me.”

The singer, who was sporting a white T-shirt and light blue denims related to what Mercury wore at Live Aid, then determined to run by means of Mercury’s “Ayo” vocal warm-ups with the gang.

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Showing the vary of her voice, Williams ended the run with a long-held word that wowed the viewers and likewise earned cheers from her bandmates who had been taking a break again on the primary stage. Watch video of the tribute shared by the band on Instagram beneath.

Freddie Mercury at Live Aid

Widely thought to be one of many biggest dwell performances in historical past, Queen’s set at London’s Wembley Stadium in 1985 as a part of Live Aid was a showcase for Mercury’s abilities as a frontman.

Whether it’s sitting on the piano, operating across the stage with boundless power or main the viewers in sing-alongs, Mercury had true management of the gang in the course of the efficiency. This was on show particularly after the second music “Radio Ga Ga” when Mercury did a call-and-response with the gang operating by means of his vocal warm-ups. You can revisit that second beneath.

Queen’s Freddie Mercury Vocal Warmups at Live Aid

The London present was the ultimate date of Paramore’s summer season tour with Swift by means of the U.Ok. and Europe.