Overview

• BBC and CNN will co-produce a documentary series titled 'Live Aid at 40' and 'Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took On the World,' airing in July, featuring behind-the-scenes stories and exclusive interviews with key figures like Bob Geldof, Bono, and George Bush.
• BBC Two will broadcast over six-and-a-half hours of extended highlights from the 1985 Live Aid concerts, marking the first time these performances will be shown in full since the original broadcast.
• The stage musical 'Just For One Day,' which premiered at the Old Vic in 2024, will transfer to London’s Shaftesbury Theatre on May 15, with 10% of proceeds supporting the Band Aid Charitable Trust.
• Bob Geldof and Midge Ure reflected on Live Aid’s enduring legacy, noting that the unified global media spectacle of 1985 is unlikely to be replicated in today’s fragmented social media landscape.
• The Band Aid Charitable Trust, founded after Live Aid, continues to fund famine relief and development projects, with total funds raised reaching £150 million.