Episode 63 of The Big Event is a flashback, featuring an October 2018 interview with "Bohemian Rhapsody" stars Rami Malek, Joseph Mazzello and Gwilym Lee. They dropped by The Big Event archive studio to talk about what it was like to play Freddie Mercury, Brian May and John Deacon in the new biopic. They also talk with host Peter Hartlaub about California earthquakesm the 1985 Live Aid concert and make a dramatic reading of the San Francisco Chronicle's scathing first Queen reviews from 1976 and 1980.

Recorded in the San Francisco Chronicle basement archive.

Theme music is "The Tide Will Rise" by the Sunset Shipwrecks off their album "Community."

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