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Live Aid

Year:

1985

Duration:

960 min

Genres:

Documentary | Music

IMDB rate:

8.6

Director:

Vincent Scarza

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1985-07-13

Filming Locations: John F. Kennedy Stadium - 3601 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Earnings

Gross: £150,000,000 (Worldwide) ( 2003)

Cast

Actor

Character

Bob Geldof

Himself

Bryan Adams

Himself (at JFK Stadium)

Stuart Adamson

Himself (as Big Country)

Adam Ant

Himself

Nick Ashford

Himself

Joan Baez

Herself

Tom Bailey

Himself (as Thompson Twins)

Garry Beers

Himself

Big Country

Themselves

Black Sabbath

Themselves

Bono

Himself (as U2)

The Boomtown Rats

Themselves

David Bowie

Himself

Andrew Bown

Himself (as Status Quo)

Jeff Bridges

Himself - Host

Pete Briquette

Himself (as Boomtown Rats)

Charlie Burchill

Himself (as Simple Minds)

Geezer Butler

Himself (as Black Sabbath)

Tony Butler

Himself (as Big Country)

Warren Cann

Himself

The Cars

Themselves

Martin Chambers

Himself (as The Pretenders)

Chevy Chase

Himself (at JFK Stadium)

Eric Clapton

Himself

Dick Clark

Himself - Host

Adam Clayton

Himself (as U2)

Albert Collins

Himself (with George Thorogood & the Destroyers)

Phil Collins

Himself

Billy Connolly

Himself

Elvis Costello

Himself

Crosby Stills Nash & Young

Themselves (at JFK Stadium)

David Crosby

Himself (at JFK Stadium) (as Crosby Stills Nash and Young)

Chris Cross

Himself (as Ultravox)

Simon Crowe

Himself (as Boomtown Rats)

Alannah Currie

Herself (as Thompson Twins)

Billy Currie

Himself (as Ultravox)

Roger Daltrey

Himself (as The Who)

John Deacon

Himself (as Queen)

Paul Denham

Himself (Sade's backing band)

Ronnie James Dio

Himself (as Black Sabbath)

Dire Straits

Themselves

Duran Duran

Themselves

Bob Dylan

Himself

John Entwistle

Himself (as The Who)

Andrew Farriss

Himself

Jon Farriss

Himself

Tim Farriss

Himself

Bryan Ferry

Himself

Sally Field

Herself

Johnnie Fingers

Himself (as Boomtown Rats)

Mel Gaynor

Himself (as Simple Minds)

David Gilmour

Himself (Bryan Ferry's backing band)

Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards

Themselves (as Regimental Band of The Coldstream Guards)

Tony Hadley

Himself (as Spandau Ballet)

Andrew Hale

Himself (Sade's backing band)

Daryl Hall

Himself

Michael Hutchence

Himself (as INXS)

John Illsley

Himself (as Dire Straits)

INXS

Themselves

Tony Iommi

Himself (as Black Sabbath)

Mick Jagger

Himself

Elton John

Himself

Howard Jones

Himself

John Paul Jones

Himself (as Led Zeppelin)

Casey Kasem

Himself - Announcer

John Keeble

Himself (as Spandau Ballet)

Gary Kemp

Himself (as Spandau Ballet)

Martin Kemp

Himself (as Spandau Ballet)

Eddie Kendricks

Himself

Jim Kerr

Himself (as Simple Minds)

Andy Kershaw

Himself

Nik Kershaw

Himself

B.B. King

Himself

Mark Knopfler

Himself (as Dire Straits)

Patti LaBelle

Herself

Alan Lancaster

Himself (as Status Quo)

Simon Le Bon

Himself (as Duran Duran)

Joe Leeway

Himself (as Thompson Twins)

Madonna

Herself

Stuart Matthewman

Himself (Sade's backing band)

Brian May

Himself (as Queen)

Paul McCartney

Himself

Marilyn McCoo

Herself - Hostess

Darryl McDaniels

Himself (as Run-D.M.C.)

Robbie McIntosh

Himself (as The Pretenders)

Freddie Mercury

Himself (as Queen)

George Michael

Himself (as Wham!)

Jason Mizell

Himself (as Run-D.M.C.)

Alison Moyet

Herself

Graham Nash

Himself (at JFK Stadium) (as Crosby Stills Nash and Young)

Jack Nicholson

Himself

Tessa Niles

Herself

Petter Nome

Programleder (host, Norway)

Steve Norman

Himself (as Spandau Ballet)

John Oates

Himself (as Hall & Oates)

Ric Ocasek

Himself (as The Cars)

Ben Orr

Himself (as The Cars)

Ozzy Osbourne

Himself (as Black Sabbath)

Rick Parfitt

Himself (as Status Quo)

Teddy Pendergrass

Himself

Robert Plant

Himself (as Led Zeppelin)

Power Station

Themselves

The Pretenders

Themselves

Queen

Themselves

David Quinn

Himself (as Children to Children)

Nick Rhodes

Himself (as Duran Duran)

Griff Rhys Jones

Himself

Keith Richards

Himself (as The Rolling Stones)

Lionel Richie

Himself

Andrew Ridgeley

Himself (as Wham!)

Tony Rivers

Himself - background-singer with Elton John

Garry Roberts

Himself (as Boomtown Rats)

Nile Rodgers

Himself

Francis Rossi

Himself (as Status Quo)

David Ruffin

Himself

Sade

Herself

Carlos Santana

Himself (as Santana)

George Segal

Himself - Host

Joseph Simmons

Himself (as Run-D.M.C.)

Simple Minds

Themselves

Valerie Simpson

Herself

Richard Skinner

Himself

Mel Smith

Himself

Julia Somerville

Herself - Newscaster

Spandau Ballet

Themselves

Rick Springfield

Himself

Status Quo

Themselves

Stephen Stills

Himself (at JFK Stadium) (as Crosby Stills Nash and Young)

Sting

Himself

Style Council

Themselves

Andy Taylor

Himself (as Duran Duran/Power Station)

John Taylor

Himself (as Duran Duran/Power Station)

Roger Taylor

Himself (as Queen)

The Thompson Twins

Themselves

George Thorogood

Himself (at JFK Stadium) (as George Thorogood and the Destroyers)

Pete Townshend

Himself (as The Who)

Tina Turner

Herself

Themselves

Tracey Ullman

Herself

Ultravox

Themselves

Midge Ure

Himself (as Ultravox)

Tommy Vance

Himself (Announcer)

Bill Ward

Himself (as Black Sabbath)

Bruce Watson

Himself (as Big Country)

Paul Weller

Himself (as Style Council)

Wham!

Themselves

The Who

Themselves

Brian Wilson

Himself (at JFK Stadium) (as The Beach Boys)

Ron Wood

Himself

Neil Young

Himself (at JFK Stadium) (as Crosby Stills Nash & Young)

Paul Young

Himself

Paul Cook

Himself (uncredited)

Benny Hill

Policeman (uncredited)

Larry Mullen Jr.

Himself - U2 (uncredited)

Jimmy Page

Himself - Led Zeppelin (uncredited)

Prince Charles

Himself (uncredited)

Princess Diana

Herself (uncredited)

The Edge

Himself - U2 (uncredited)

Tony Thompson

Himself (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Even though there were a mixture of American and British acts performing at the Philadelphia portion of the show, no American acts performed at Wembley Stadium.

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Even though several bands had reunited for the show, one band that was asked to but didn't was the Beatles. The surviving members of the band were asked to perform with Julian Lennon filling in for his father John, but they declined.

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Big Country was on stage for the finale of the Wembley Stadium portion of the concert, but they did not perform by themselves on that day, as it was thought at the time that the band had broken up. So when the band showed up on the day of the concert, people merely thought they had come to just show their support for the show.

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Quotes

Daryl Hall: What impresses me about today is that people who have a certain amount of sensitivity and artistic tendencies can be heard, and their music can make a difference.

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Bob Geldof: And these persons aren't playing for the benefit of their health. They're playing for the benefit of other persons' health. So get your money out now.

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Bob Geldof: [to the audience and world] Please. Please. Please. Give us as much money as we know you have. Thanks.

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Faq

Where were the two concerts held, and what are the two Stadium's capacities?

The two venues were London's Wembley Stadium (England) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Wemberley_2002.jpg and Americas John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Municipal_Stadium_Philadelphia.jpg. London's capacity was 72,000 while JFK's audience reached 90,000.

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