Live aid 40 years on

[jimmym]

BBC showed it last night, great viewing, Imo
Freddie was the star of the show.

 

[The truth seeker]

BBC showed it last night, great viewing, Imo
Freddie was the star of the show.

Great show tbf.

Watched about 2 hours of it.

Sting onstage with Dire Straits for Money for Nothing was class.

 

[Chara021]

BBC showed it last night, great viewing, Imo
Freddie was the star of the show

I only read recently that Bob Geldof didn't want Queen to perform. Saying they had reached their pinnacle and there was other bands deserved a chance etc.

In the end he gave the green light. Would have been a shame Freddie blew it out of the park.

 

[The truth seeker]

I only read recently that Bob Geldof didn't want Queen to perform. Saying they had reached their pinnacle and there was other bands deserved a chance etc.

In the end he gave the green light. Would have been a shame Freddie blew it out of the park.

That's based off an old article in Mojo magazine.

It doesn't make a whole pile of sense in the context of Dad Rockers Status Quo opening the show.

 

[jimmym]

I only read recently that Bob Geldof didn't want Queen to perform. Saying they had reached their pinnacle and there was other bands deserved a chance etc.

In the end he gave the green light. Would have been a shame Freddie blew it out of the park.

Freddie strutting around the stage in the white vest, what a showman he was

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Seems like yesterday tbh.
Sade, pure class, was the only woman to perform at Wembley but various women, Madonna included, took part in Philadelphia.

I was in Clancy's that night and the customers organised a collection. Dan O Sullivan matched it and a hefty amount was collected for the cause.

 

[Hallbopping]

Just as well PROC wasn’t around at the time because you’d have had posters saying ‘oh he’s doing it for Africa, what about (insert any war torn country here’.

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Just as well PROC wasn’t around at the time because you’d have had posters saying ‘oh he’s doing it for Africa, what about (insert any war torn country here’.

Apart from the Ethiopian region, I can't think of any other wars in 1985 tbh.

 

[Warm Leatherette]

Apart from the Ethiopian region, I can't think of any other wars in 1985 tbh.

Nicaragua, El Salvador, Lebanon. Those would be the other big three. Lots of other long running or low level conflicts that would rarely make the news.

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Nicaragua, El Salvador, Lebanon. Those would be the other big three. Lots of other long running or low level conflicts that would rarely make the news.

Fair enough WL but these countries weren't ravaged by famine like Ethiopia.