Live Aid was organised by punk-rockers who wanted to raise funds for relief in Africa by having a huge concert with the biggest artists of the time. The event was held simultaneously at the Wembley Stadium in the UK & the JFK Stadium in Pennsylvania, USA. It was broadcasted across the world with an estimated global audience of almost 2 billion people (read more).

Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters remembers the day:

He opened the performance with "We're in an Irish band – we come from Dublin City, Ireland".

Interestingly some of the perceived "mistakes they did" was what made the performance even more powerful; namely making Bad (video) song really long (by including tributes to Lou Reed – who was so touched, he cried) & audience interaction (literally saving girls' lives). The mistake of course being that due to this extra time – they ran out of time before playing their hit single Pride (in the name of love).

Jagger & Bowie performed on opposite sides of the Atlantic, with Bowie in the UK & Jagger in the States. They wanted to achieve a cross-continental performance. Given the technology at the time, that was simply not feasible – so instead they created this video covering Motown classic "Dancing in the Street".

Jagger's performance also included a duet with icon Tina Turner.

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