Live Aid: The Whistlestop Tour (Band Aid Highlights)

Enjoy highlights from the recording of Band Aid's iconic single as well as the legendary Live Aid concert on 13th July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine disaster. Broadcast across the world via one of the largest satellite link-ups of all time, the concerts were seen by around 40% of the global population.

Stay tuned for more highlights during the Band Aid At 40 campaign.

00:00:00: Intro
00:05:44: Status Quo - Rockin’ All Over the World
00:07:38: The Boomtown Rats - I Don’t Like Mondays
00:10:56: The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down!
00:12:07: Ultravox - Vienna
00:13:20: Spandau Ballet - True
00:14:27: Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love
00:15:57: Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good
00:17:03: Sade - Your Love Is King
00:18:18: Paul Young / Alison Moyet - That's The Way Love Is
00:19:06: Sting - Roxanne
00:20:07: Howard Jones - Hide & Seek
00:21:03: Elvis Costello - All You Need Is Love
00:21:52: Dire Straits / Sting - Money For Nothing
00:22:52: U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
00:25:20: Black Sabbath feat. Ozzy Osbourne - Paranoid
00:26:02: Run DMC - King Of Rock
00:26:36: Kenny Loggins - Footloose
00:26:58: Neil Young - Nothing Is Perfect (In God's Perfect Plan)
00:27:43: The Cars - Just What I Needed
00:28:26: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl
00:29:15: Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing
00:29:48: Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
00:30:52: Judas Priest - Living After Midnight
00:31:20: Madonna - Holiday
00:32:11: The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
00:32:41: Crosby, Stills & Nash - Teach Your Children
00:33:48: Queen - Radio Ga Ga
00:37:52: David Bowie - Heroes
00:39:30: The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
00:40:47: Elton John - Bennie And The Jets
00:41:44: Elton John / George Michael - Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me
00:42:39: Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
00:43:24: Eric Clapton - Layla
00:44:16: Duran Duran - The Reflex
00:44:47: Hall & Oates / Eddie Kendricks / David Ruffin - Get Ready (Cos Here I Come)
00:45:32: Mick Jagger / Tina Turner - State Of Shock
00:47:06: Bob Dylan / Keith Richards / Ron Wood - Blowin' In The Wind
00:47:52: Patti LaBelle - Forever Young
00:48:50: Paul McCartney - Let It Be
00:52:06: Band Aid - Do They Know It’s Christmas?

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