I never went but I watched it all unfold on TV at home then later on during a bit of a pub crawl. I was given a programme too which now makes for a good read, it's a bit bleak though but that was the purpose, it has a bit of value now too but it's not for sale.

Anyway, this was all 40 years ago and tonight on BBC2 there are a couple of programmes on the subject - worth a watch I feel.

I remember watching it at a mates house...Nicky Kidd....and camped out in his back garden while listening to it on the radio.
Never solved anything really though did it?? And Bob Geldoff is a kunt...but I love The Boomtown Rajs...I mean Rats.

I see Freaky Teeth is online....he lived in the same Street/Walk as Nicky.

I don't like Geldof or the Boomtown Rats but with Live Aid, at the minimum he raised a good bit of money that did do good.

It never though. Most of the money went to bad people.

BBC coverage co-host Andy Kershaw was heavily critical of the event in his autobiography No Off Switch, stating, "Musically, Live Aid was to be entirely predictable and boring. As they were wheeled out – or rather bullied by Geldof into playing – it became clear that this was another parade of the same old rock aristocracy in a concert for Africa, organised by someone who, while advertising his concern for and sympathy with, the continent didn't see fit to celebrate or dignify the place by including on the Live Aid bill a single African performer." Kershaw also described the event as "irritating, shallow, sanctimonious and self-satisfied" for failing to confront the fundamental causes of the famine and being "smug in its assumption that a bunch of largely lamentable rock and pop floozies was capable of making a difference, without tackling simultaneously underlying problems".

Just ordered Andy Kershaw's Autobiography after reading that.

It was a brilliant event from undoubtedly the best era of music ever.

Nick Kershaw at Wembley and the Cars at Philadelphia absolutely superb.

Simple Minds n many others superb.

And Phil Collins singing at Wembley then flying to USA to sing at Filly was quality.

The 80s never die due to YouTube.

Will Deffo watch tonight.

Interesting. The 80s were a strutting, shallow, arrogant type decade and some of the stars involved were obviously “up themselves” I spent 5 years playing in bands, some people I bumped into were pretty self centred - however some were not.

Can anyone name a single cause the money raised went to….?
We first had the Biafra conflict in Nigeria bring thes events to our attention and that was in the 60’s but the cycle continues to this day……maybe it’s the management of funds and the governments that needs reviewing..
Events like this are mutually beneficial to the artistes performing and the charities benefitting …but won’t solve these crises.

And Cambridge away first game of the season in 85 was me first drive to a away game (purple vauxhall viva)

1 0 up at half time. 25 mins later 4 1 down.
Then went to Derby 4 days later on me 18th birthday. A 3 0 defeat.
But a great cup win at Macclesfield in the FA Cup were there was hell on at half time.

The good old days.
Suppose we were spoilt then compared to today.

Sorry for drifting of music but it is allowed.

The early 80’s were great…..the second half of the 80’s were crap…but it’s all down to personal experiences in the end.

suppose you could say anything received is better than nothing.

what, isn,t there either tennis or womens football on today.

It’s a shame people have to depend on charity’s after all thi# time.

Money went straight into African government coffers or charities with the C.E. being paid mega bucks, the deserving probably never received a penny.

can you prove this and sounds like a rant from the far right who want every penny piece to stay in this country. its not some little charity we are on about run by volunteers but a vast organisation that needs paid staff to run it. same thing with the britsh legion on poppy day against other organisations for ex forces and there families. due to its size the legion is bound to get less by percentage than the smaller organisations due to its actual size and not people running a wheel of it for themselves.

remember the flag days in the town where it was a different organisation every week who were happy with a few coppers you could afford.

I’d like to see where this money is accounted for with a full inventory of expenditure.

What the f*ck you on about, I am on about how the money from Band Aid was distributed supposedly raised for famine struck countries in Africa, f*ck all to do with U.K. charities and btw I very far from being from right wing activist group.
Summary of where the funds went from Band Aid,
The funds raised by Band Aid were intended for famine relief in Ethiopia, but there was controversy regarding the actual delivery of the aid. BBC investigations and the World Service reported that a significant portion of the money may have been diverted by rebel groups for military purposes, with some claims suggesting as little as 5% reached the intended recipients

But do ya like Nike Kershaw n Simple Minds

Me and the girlfriend thought we'd give it half an hour and ended up watching the whole bloody thing...

Think Status Quo kicked things off in Wembley? The highlights for me were Bowie with his scratch band (he'd been off the road for a while) and Queen, who absolutely smashed it. Was reading the other day that Geldof didn't want them in the line-up becuase he thought their popularity had 'peaked' - he always was a Grade A Knob.

Don't think The Cars played live (I might be wrong) but when they played a recording of 'Drive' as backing for a video of starving African kids I might have shed a tear. Of course the song has nowt to do with Africa or being hungry, but donations went through the roof at that point.

Won't be watching tonight - You had to be there Maaan...

Ironically considering his own band were past there sell by date too. Queen were far and away the highlight.

The Cars were Deffo live but at Filly not Wembley.
They also sang.
Your Just What I Needed.
Not much health n Safety back in them days looked like 200,000 there.

See what I mean?!?!

My father a master at sea took a cargo of grain out to Africa for the Swedish Red Cross. It was discharged I believe in Nigeria onto the quay side. He returned about 6 months later the grain still on the quay side with rats in it. He enquired why when their own people were starving he was told it was because the Red cross refused to pay for a safe journey through bandit areas and was left to rot on the dock side.

I used to have a girlfriend called Nikki Kidd!