Live Aid

Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on July 13, 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. Billed as a "global jukebox", the main sites for the event were Wembley Stadium, London, attended by 72,000 people, and JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, attended by about 90,000 people, with some acts performing at other venues such as Sydney and Moscow. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and TV broadcasts of all time -- an estimated 1.5 billion viewers in 100 countries watched the live broadcast.

Live Aid performers

(in order of appearance, times given are British Summer Times and indicate the start time of the performance. Key: W - London Wembley Stadium , JFK - Philadelphia JFK Stadium):

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• Status Quo (W 12:02)
• Style Council (W 12:19)
• Boomtown Rats (W 12:44)
• Adam Ant (W 13:00)
• INXS (performing in Melbourne, 13:06)
• Ultravox (W 13:16)
• Loudness (taped in Japan, 13:34)
• Spandau Ballet (W 13:47)
• Bernard Watson (JFK 13:51)
• Joan Baez (introduced by Jack Nicholson, JFK 14:02)
• Elvis Costello (W 14:07)
• The Hooters (JFK 14:10)
• Opus (performing in Austria, 14:10)
• Nik Kershaw (W 14:22)
• The Four Tops (JFK 14:33)
• B. B. King (Performing in The Hague, 14:38)
• Billy Ocean (JFK 14:45)
• Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath (JFK 14:52)
• Sade (W 14:55)
• Yu Rock Mission (Performing in Belgrade, 15:10)
• Run-DMC (JFK 15:12)
• Sting (with Branford Marsalis, W 15:18)
• Phil Collins (W 15:27)
• Sting & Phil Collins (with Branford Marsalis, W 15:32)
• Rick Springfield (JFK 15:30)
• REO Speedwagon (JFK 15:47)
• Howard Jones (W 15:50)
• Autograph (performing in Moscow, 15:55)
• Bryan Ferry (with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on guitar,W 16:07)
• Crosby, Stills and Nash (JFK 16:15)
• Udo Lindenberg (performing in Cologne, 16:24)
• Judas Priest (JFK 16:26)
• Paul Young (W 16:38)
• Paul Young & Alison Moyet (W 16:48)
• Linkup between Wembley Stadium & JFK Stadium
• Bryan Adams (JFK 17:02)
• U2 (W 17:20)
• Beach Boys (JFK 17:40)
• Dire Straits with Sting (W 18:00)

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• George Thorogood and the Destroyers / Bo Diddley / Albert Collins (JFK 18:26)
• Queen (introduced by comedians Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones) (W 18:44)
• David Bowie & Mick Jagger (video, JFK 19:02)
• Simple Minds (JFK 19:07)
• David Bowie (with Thomas Dolby on keyboards) (W 19:22)
• The Pretenders (JFK 19:41)
• The Who (W 20:00)
• Santana & Pat Metheny (JFK 20:20)
• Elton John (W 20:50)
• Ashford and Simpson (JFK 20:57)
• Elton John & Kiki Dee (W 21:05)
• Elton John, Kiki Dee & Wham! (W 21:09)
• Teddy Pendergrass (JFK 21:12)
• Madonna (JFK 21:27)
• Finale at Wembley Stadium: a) Freddie Mercury & Brian May (W 21:48)
• b) Paul McCartney (W 21:51)
• c) Band Aid (led by Bob Geldof) (W 21:54)
• Tom Petty (JFK 22:14)
• Kenny Loggins (JFK 22:30)
• The Cars (JFK 22:49)
• Neil Young (JFK 23:07)
• Power Station (JFK 23:43)
• Thompson Twins (JFK 00:21)
• Thompson Twins with Madonna (JFK 00:25)
• Eric Clapton (JFK 00:39)
• Phil Collins again (having taken Concorde from UK to USA) (JFK 01:04)
• Robert Plant, Jimmy Page & John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin), with Phil Collins and Tony Thompson on drums (JFK 01:10)
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (JFK 01:40)
• Duran Duran (the last time the original five members performed together, until 2003) (JFK 01:45)
• Cliff Richard (live at the BBC, 02:10)
• Patti LaBelle (JFK 02:20)
• Hall & Oates (with G.E. Smith of Saturday Night Live fame on guitar) / Eddie Kendricks / David Ruffin (JFK 02:50)
• Mick Jagger (JFK 03:15)
• Mick Jagger with Tina Turner (JFK 03:28)
• Finale at JFK Stadium: a) Bob Dylan, Keith Richards & Ron Wood (JFK 03:39)
• b) USA for Africa (led by Lionel Richie) (JFK 3:55)

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