Live Aid London 1985: 40th Anniversary - Music History Livestream

Live Aid London 1985: 40th Anniversary - Music History Livestream

Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984. Billed as the "global jukebox", Live Aid was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia.

We’ll see highlights from the London performers which included …
Coldstream Guards
Status Quo
The Style Council
The Boomtown Rats
Adam Ant
Ultravox
Spandau Ballet
Elvis Costello
Nik Kershaw
Sade
Sting, Phil Collins & Branford Marsalis
Howard Jones
Bryan Ferry
Paul Young
U2
Dire Straits
Queen
David Bowie
The Who
Elton John & Freddie Mercury
Brian May
Paul McCartney
Band Aid

In a separate program, later in the day, we’ll feature the Philadelphia performers.