65,000 Green Day Fans Waiting The Band To Appear Spontaneously Start To Sing Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

Feb 02, 2020 by apost team

While it's not all that uncommon to hear one band play another band's song (covers can be real crowd pleasers), hearing a cover song done acapella by a large group of people, unplanned? You don't hear that all that often.

But it happened. And in a very big way in London, England.

It was Green Day's Revolution Radio tour in Hyde Park. Just one of the 120 stops that spanned North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. This particular stop to promote their 12th album brought in around 65,000 people.

As it is with most shows, while the band’s equipment was being set, other music was played to keep the crowd entertained and pumped up for music. And it did just that, until the speakers began to play an enormously popular, very sing-along-able UK band. The band was none other than Queen and the song was "Bohemian Rhapsody."

As if this was planned (it was not) or part of some sort of scheduled viral video (it was not), the crowd all began to belt out the familiar lyrics. Without anyone on stage leading or even any live instruments.

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What's more is that they actually finished the song, which at about six minutes, is no small feat, especially with a generation so used to short soundbites. And not only was there no band or even singer in sight, the original singer, Freddie Mercury, passed away in 1991. But for those few minutes in Hyde Park, Freddie Mercury was there with everyone.

Queen had performed a free concert at that very place in September 1976 to a crowd more than double Green Day's size; the largest crowd Hyde Park has ever seen. And it has been known as one of the band's very best performances. Coincidence? 

And after that stellar "performance", Billie Joe Armstrong and crew followed up with the same energy, love, and dedication that their audience had just exhibited.

Such an audience performance like this is rare, but it can happen. What other iconic songs can you see a sing-along happening to?