๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง, ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ค๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ โ๐๐๐ง๐๐โ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด โ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น.โ
I was on stage for Live Aid at Wembley in 1985. There were two stage cameras and as the concert went on all afternoon and evening there were 4 camera operators. Stage left were Alistair Mitchell and Bob Wilson. Stage right were Frank Hudson and myself. We were all dressed in white as requested by our produced and the concert organisers. The bands performed on a revolving stage so that while one was playing another could be setting up. At the end of each set the stage would turn and the next band would start to play. In this way there was only a very short pause. This is when we cameramen changed over.
When Queen were playing and Freddie Mercury was strutting his stuff, it was Bob Wilson who perhaps got a little too close and was grabbed. It was a great performance all round and a memorable day.
The Dance was with a OB cameraman, Bob Wilson who sadly passed away in 1995 – far too early
Credit Tech-Ops History UK
