THIRTY years ago, millions of people watched one of modern music's most outrageously ambitious days - a dual charity concert held in London and Philadelphia.
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Live Aid, organised by Boomtown Rat Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, included music royaltynames such as David Bowie, U2, Madonna, Mick Jagger and Queen.
The Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium has been described as the Woodstock of the 80s.
There were two bands who really stole the show in London.
A very young looking U2 took the stage after 5pm. Never mind the mullet, it was Bono who will be remembered for retrieving a female fan who was being crushed by the audience.
The then 15-year-old Kal Khalique recalled years later: "The crowd surged and I was suffocating – then I saw Bono. Security helped him pull me out, then he held me and we danced."
The moment in question begins about 13 minutes into the video below.
Then there was the Freddie Mercury-inspired Queen.
"I remember a huge rush of adrenaline as I went on stage and a massive roar from the crowd, and then all of us just pitching in. Freddie was our secret weapon. He was able to reach out to everybody in that stadium effortlessly, and I think it was really his night," guitarist Brian May said.
