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George Michael, Freddie Mercury & Elton John: How They Ruled the '80s British Pop Empire http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7647560/george-michael-freddie-mercury-elton-john-british-pop-empire The Live Aid concert at London’s Wembley Stadium on July 13, 1985, was, among other things, a time capsule of British pop at its imperial peak. It fell during a heady era when the entire bill could be British (or, in the case of  U2  and  Bob Geldof , Irish) without seeming parochial. The evening’s lineup featured three rejuvenated giants of the 1970s --  David Bowie ,  Elton John  and  Queen  -- and, for one song only, a young gun who had absorbed lessons from them all. Midway through John’s set, the singer introduced  George Michael , “this guy I admire very much,” and let him run away with “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.”  Michael was modeling the riff on young American manhood that he would make iconic with 1987’s  Faith  -- blue jeans, black l