Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today

Any music fan can tell you exactly where they were on July 13th, 1985. There had never been a concert event of such magnitude-the biggest names in music perform...ing in a concert broadcast live from two continents to an audience of over 1.5 billion. It is estimated that 85% of the world's television sets were tuned in to Live Aid that day. Track Listings: Live Aid Opening, Rockin All Over the World -- Status Quo, I Don't Like Mondays -- Boomtown Rats, Walls Come Tumblin Down -- Style Council, Vienna -- Ultravox, True -- Spandau Ballet, Slave to Love -- Bryan Ferry, Wouldn't It Be Good -- Nik Kershaw, Your Love Is King -- Sade, That's The Way Love Is -- Paul Young & Alison Moyet, Roxanne -- Sting, Hide & Seek -- Howard Jones, Love Is All You Need -- Elvis Costello, Money For Nothing -- Dire Straits & Sting, Sunday Bloody Sunday -- U2, Kids Wanna Rock -- Bryan Adams, Paranoid -- Black Sabbath, King of Rock -- Run DMC, Footloose -- Kenny Loggins, Nothing Is Perfect (In God's Perfect Plan) -- Neil Young, Just What I Needed -- Cars, American Girl -- Tom Petty, Stop Your Sobbing -- Pretenders, Don't You Forget About Me -- Simple Minds, Living After Midnight -- Judas Priest, Holiday -- Madonna, Wouldn't It Be Nice -- Beach Boys, Teach Your Children -- Crosby, Stills & Nash, Radio Gaga -- Queen, Heroes -- David Bowie, Won't Get Fooled Again -- Who, Bennie & the Jets -- Elton John, Link -- Billy Connolly, Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me -- Elton John & George Michael, In the Air Tonight -- Phil Collins, Layla -- Eric Clapton, Reflex -- Duran Duran, Ain't Too Proud to Beg -- Hall & Oates with Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin, State of Shock -- Mick Jagger & Tina Turner, Blowing in the Wind -- Boy Dylan, Keith Richards, and Ron Wood, Forever Young -- Patti Labelle, Let It Be -- Paul McCartney, Band Aid FinaleDetailed info »« Brief info