Live Aid (1985)

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Cast

Credited cast:
	Bob Geldof	...	Himself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Bryan Adams	...	Himself (at JFK Stadium)
	Stuart Adamson	...	Himself (as Big Country)
	Mo Amin	...	Himself - Photographer
	Adam Ant	...	Himself
	Nick Ashford	...	Himself
	Joan Baez	...	Herself
	Tom Bailey	...	Himself (as Thompson Twins)
	Garry Beers	...	Himself
	Big Country	...	Themselves
	Black Sabbath	...	Themselves
	Bono	...	Himself (as U2)
	The Boomtown Rats	...	Themselves
	David Bowie	...	Himself
	Andrew Bown	...	Himself (as Status Quo)

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Storyline

This show features Live Aid, the biggest benefit concert in history. Taking place simultaneously in two seperate stadiums in the USA and the UK, many of the top contemporary rock music acts play many of their most popular songs to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. In addition, short films illustrating the crisis in Africa are run with the appeal for aid. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <[email protected]>

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The Day The Music Changed The World See more »

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Documentary | Music

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Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 July 1985 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Live Aid See more »

Filming Locations:

John F. Kennedy Stadium - 3601 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA See more »

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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

£150,000,000, 31 December 2003

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Company Credits

Production Co:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Music Television (MTV) See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

960 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

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Trivia

Queen rehearsed their performance intensely for three days at the Shaw Theatre in London. Before taking to the stage at Wembley, the band's sound engineer switched the limiters on the PA system, meaning they would be louder than the other acts. See more »

Quotes

Tony Thomson: I wanted to be part of the cause. When I take the stage, my chance will finally be here.
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Alternate Versions

In its original form, the concert ran 16 hours. There were two versions of the U.S. telecast - one incarnation aired complete on MTV, another produced by ABC was in two parts, part one (the first eleven hours) airing in syndication, part two (the final three hours) airing on ABC. In any case, the DVD version is edited to ten hours, leaving out many key performances, such as Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Power Station, The Hooters, The Four Tops, Rick Springfield, Bernard Watson, Santana, and Led Zeppelin. The DVD version also contains an aurally altered version of Paul McCartney's performance of "Let It Be" (due to a microphone problem in the first half of the song, McCartney had to re-record his vocals twenty years after the fact so that it could be included on the DVD). See more »

Connections

Featured in The Beatles Revolution (2000) See more »

Soundtracks

Stop your Sobbing
Written by Ray Davies
Performed by The Pretenders
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Where were the two concerts held, and what are the two Stadium's capacities?

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The Day Rock Cared

5 April 2003 | by Sargebri – See all my reviews

This was probably the greatest gathering of rock talent since the halcyon days of pop festivals in the 1960's. Just imagine a bill featuring everyone from Run D.M.C. to Led Zeppelin. This was perhaps the greatest show in the history of popular music and all the musicians played pretty much for free and made it one of the most memorable events not only in music history, but in the history of the world. Too bad that spirit didn't carry over into the 90's. Maybe the world would be a better place.

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