Overview

• BBC and CNN are airing the four-part documentary 'Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took Over the World', while the complete 1985 concert is now streaming for free on YouTube and the Internet Archive.
• A 40th anniversary gala at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre reunited Bob Geldof, Midge Ure, Brian May and other original artists in a live tribute concurrent with the West End run of the 'Just For One Day' musical.
• In a New York Times interview, Bob Geldof said telephone lines collapsed and donations surged after David Bowie’s set, correcting the long-held belief that Queen’s performance sparked the fundraising wave.
• Bono admits in the documentary that his 1985 mullet overshadowed his activism and describes it as the 'ultimate bad hair day' he finds excruciating to revisit.
• Midge Ure told Good Morning Britain that today’s splintered attention driven by mobile phones and the internet would make coordinating a global benefit concert like Live Aid impossible.