1982 – The disastrous Hot Space album and tour almost brings the curtain down on Queen and marks the beginning of the end for Freddie when he becomes infected with HIV in New York in the summer of ‘82.

Six weeks later, Freddie and Queen were back in New York City to record a performance for Saturday Night Live in the Rockefeller Plaza with Chevy Chase. In the meantime they had completed their North America tour on Sept. 15, went back to the U.K. and then returned to New York to play two songs live, ‘Under Pressure’ and ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love,’ on Saturday Night Live. This performance, although no one knew it at the time, would be Queen’s final performance in the U.S.