Queen reprises famous 1985 Live Aid set at Fire Fight Australia concert - The Sydney Morning Herald

British rock band Queen has reprised its famous set from the 1985 Live Aid concert at the Fire Fight Australia bushfire fundraising concert at ANZ Stadium on Sunday night.

The sold-out crowd of 75,000 people went into raptures as the band belted out favourites including We Are The Champions and We Will Rock You. The rock band's 1985 performance at Wembley Stadium in London to fundraise for the Ethiopian famine is widely regarded as one of the best live performances in rock history.

Concertgoers were treated to a musical feast with the all-star line-up featuring a variety of music legends including John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John, as well as Ronan Keating and Michael Buble via a live cross from his concert in Melbourne.

There was something for everyone with Daryl Braithwaite - who belted out a rousing rendition of The Horses - Guy Sebastian, Delta Goodrem, Jessica Mauboy, Alice Cooper and Peking Duk among the other icons to perform.

Each artist was allocated 10-20 minutes to perform a handful of songs during the 10-hour epic concert that attracted global attention. The energetic crowd kept themselves entertained during lengthy waits between acts by sending the Mexican wave around the stadium.

By 10.30pm, $8.8 million had been raised at the concert to support bushfire recovery efforts. There were about 1000 volunteers from the NSW Rural Fire Service in attendance, along with their families.

Celeste Barber was the stage MC.Credit:Dean Sewell

Comedian Celeste Barber hosted the concert after her viral fundraising campaign brought so much global attention to the crisis. Barber's enthusiasm for the role was not appreciated by all with some social media users complaining about her shouting between acts.

Barber took a swipe at Prime Minister Scott Morrison by urging people to donate and emphasising the importance of ordinary people doing what they can “because God knows we have to do it ourselves” as she pointed to her T-shirt of a mural of Mr Morrison in a Hawaiian shirt captioned “Merry Crisis!”

Pop singer Amy Shark told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age before performing that she was "anxious" to get out on stage.

"I watch everyone else and I just want my turn. It's not really nerves, I just want my turn," Shark said.

"I can't really believe I'm here in the presence of Olivia Newton-John, k.d. lang and obviously [John] Farnham as well as a massive range of Aussie artists. I'm a fan of everyone on the bill. I'm stoked that everyone made themselves available."

Shark said being in Australia during this summer's bushfires had made her feel "really emotional".

"It's in your face and it's a lot to take in," Shark said.

"I feel like I'd be really detached and I'd feel worse if I wasn't home. As horrible as it's been I think we are going to be a stronger country because of it. All we can do now is things like today and try and take the pain away for even 15 minutes."

Jessica Mauboy takes to the stage.Credit:Dean Sewell

Simara Maggs from Forster said she had driven down especially for the concert.

"It's been amazing. It's so nice to see people banding together for a good cause," Ms Maggs said.

Asked who she was most looking forward to seeing, she didn't hesitate for a moment.

"John Farnham. I think the general consensus is John Farnham."

5 Seconds of Summer lead vocalist Luke Hemmings said the band wanted to "do our best to bring people together".

Queen performed mega-hits We Are The Champions and We Will Rock You.Credit:Dean Sewell

"For us to do what we love to do for such a great cause and for this many [other] people doing stuff for good is an amazing thing," Hemmings said.

The band's drummer Ashton Irwin said for these kinds of performances it was important to him to be "fully conscious and aware of why you're playing the show".

"We're going to try reach out in our preformance and encourage people to donate but also creating more awareness to our international fanbase of the repercussions of such a huge natural disaster," Irwin said.

The day got off to a slow start when the stadium delayed opening the gates due to the sound checks not being completed in time. Concertgoers posted photos on social media showing long snaking lines to enter the venue while the music played inside.

"Gates opened 30 minutes late but event started on time," firefighter Damien Bryan tweeted. "Queues hundreds of metres long to get in, barely moving."