Quote:
Originally Posted by Rochard
I went to Live Aid when I was a kid. It wasn't just a concert but an event.
When you look back decades later the line up looks horrible, but at the time they were the biggest and best the music industry had to offer.
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Well, I wouldn't call that line up horrible:
Wembley Stadium, London:
Status Quo (W 12:02)
Style Council (W 12:19)
Boomtown Rats (W 12:44)
Adam Ant (W 13:00)
Ultravox (W 13:16)
Spandau Ballet (W 13:47)
Elvis Costello (W 14:07)
Nik Kershaw (W 14:22)
Sade (W 14:55)
Sting (with Branford Marsalis, W 15:18)
Sting & Phil Collins (with Branford Marsalis, W 15:32)
Howard Jones (W 15:50)
Bryan Ferry (with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on guitar,W 16:07)
Paul Young (W 16:38)
Paul Young & Alison Moyet (W 16:48)
U2 (W 17:20)
Dire Straits with Sting (W 18:00)
Queen (introduced by comedians Mel Smith and Grf Rhys Jones) (W 18:44)
David Bowie (with Thomas Dolby on keyboards) (W 19:22)
The Who (W 20:00)
Elton John (W 20:50)
Elton John & Kiki Dee (W 21:05)
Elton John, Kiki Dee & Wham! (W 21:09)
Freddie Mercury & Brian May (W 21:48)
Paul McCartney (W 21:51)
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Final at Wembley Stadium: Band Aid (led by Bob Geldof) (W 21:54)
Philadelphia JFK Stadium:
Bernard Watson (JFK 13:51)
Joan Baez (introduced by Jack Nicholson, JFK 14:02)
The Hooters (JFK 14:10)
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)
Run-DMC (JFK 15:12)
Rick Springfield (JFK 15:30)
REO Speedwagon (JFK 15:47)
Crosby, Stills and Nash (JFK 16:15)
Judas Priest (JFK 16:26)
Paul Young & Alison Moyet (W 16:48)
Bryan Adams (JFK 17:02)
Beach Boys (JFK 17:40)
George Thorogood and the Destroyers / Bo Diddley / Albert Collins (JFK 18:26)
David Bowie & Mick Jagger (video, JFK 19:02)
Simple Minds (JFK 19:07)
The Pretenders (JFK 19:41)
Santana & Pat Metheny (JFK 20:20)
Ashford and Simpson (JFK 20:57)
Teddy Pendergrass (JFK 21:12)
Madonna (JFK 21:27)
Tom Petty (JFK 22:14)
Kenny Loggins (JFK 22:30)
The Cars (JFK 22:49)
Neil Young (JFK 23:07)
PowerStation (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)
Led Zeppelin with Phil Collins and Tony Thompson on drums (JFK 01:10)
Robert Plant, Jimmy Page & John Paul Jones (JFK 01:13)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (JFK 01:40)
Duran Duran (the last time the original five members performed together, until 2003) (JFK 01:45)
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)
Bob Dylan, Keith Richards & Ron Wood (JFK 03:39)
Final at JFK Stadium: USA for Africa (led by Lionel Richie) (JFK 3:55)
info taken from BoB Geldof's site,
http://www.bobgeldof.info/Charity/liveaid.html