#LiveAidat40
#LiveAidAt40 "Bad" - goosebumps every time!!!
July 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The Edge with hair. #liveaid #liveaidat40
July 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Nice to see most of the Wilsons aren't brown bread at this point. Apart from Dennis. #liveaid #liveaidat40
July 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The red light is on and blinking like crazy. That means get off. #LiveAid #Liveaidat40
July 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We're all shivering on the outside Bryan #liveaid #liveaidat40
July 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Not being funny, but if he had to get to Philadelphia, wouldn't you put him on earlier? #liveaid #liveaidat40
July 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Messudge Inna Bartle. #LiveAidat40
July 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This is quite funny. “I was walking down the King’s Road, and I bumped into Gary Kemp. And then, 200 yards further on, there was Sting.” #LiveAidAt40
July 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Please always remember that everyone working on #LiveAid was a volunteer (even if some felt their arms were twisted a bit by Bob’s absolute commitment) and Bob made every effort to ensure that the money they raised would go to feeding starving people. #LiveAidAt40
July 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders ask you to please stop all of your sobbing, another great song by primo lyricist Dave Davies. #LiveAidAt40 #LiveAid #Songoftheday youtu.be/KCwwod4v1R8?...
Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing (Live Aid 1985)
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July 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Of course, that one’s pretty famous. But have you heard Led Zep and Phil Collins? Lord have mercy. #LiveAidAt40 #LiveAid #Songoftheday
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July 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This epic performance by Bono and U2, my heart. #LiveAidAt40 #LiveAid #Songoftheday

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U2 - Bad (Live Aid 1985)
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July 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My Sunday #LiveAidAt40 posts only included videos from the London concert, a lapse I intend to correct today. Again, not every performance will be posted, just my own sentimental favorites.

First and foremost, Tina Turner and Mick Jagger! #LiveAid #Songoftheday

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Mick Jagger / Tina Turner - State Of Shock / It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (Live Aid 1985)
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July 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My friends please share my #LiveAidAt40 hashtag and all the goodies I posted. Heaven knows we need a little celebration, even as Sir Bob contemplates FOTUS’ destruction of everything he worked for. @alexsavedtheday.bsky.social @ltuhura.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
40 years ago today, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure (and a ton of other people) made musical history with the sole aim of feeding people who were starving. Well done, Sir Bob! #LiveAidAt40 #LiveAid

Please enjoy the various videos I have shared today, and know that it’s still possible to do good.
July 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
#LiveAidAt40 Fun fact: Sir Bob Geldof’s paternal grandmother was Jewish, which by matrilinearity makes his father Jewish, which doesn’t make him Jewish unless you hold by patrilinear descent (which I don’t, but you 100% do not want to know the thought that crept unbidden into my mind just now).
July 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
When you watch these videos, please remember that all of these people, the musicians, the staff, the tech people, the videographers, everyone involved *volunteered* and they showed up and they did the thing! #LiveAidAt40
July 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
OK, that was meant to be the end of that thread, but I cannot possibly leave you without a song from David Bowie, masseur to the stars: #LiveAidAt40

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David Bowie - Heroes (Live Aid, 1985)
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July 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
And it was a wicked hot day in London, and Bob’s back was giving him trouble. So just before the Rats’ set, he ran into David Bowie backstage, and David gave him a backrub. Now watch Bob make his entrance moments later: #LiveAidAt40 youtu.be/FcZW0GFLSdw?...
The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays (Live Aid 1985)
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July 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
If you want to get the full experience, there’s a series on YouTube of which this is the first: #LiveAidAt40

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Live Aid - 40th Anniversary (PART 1)
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July 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I love the guitar in this: #LiveAidAt40

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Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave (Live Aid 1985)
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July 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My completely irrational affection for Spandau Ballet is infamous among my friends. I once named a statistics wiki after this song (yes, I did): #LiveAidAt40

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Spandau Ballet - True (Live Aid 1985)
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July 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Elton John and George Michael! Be still my heart! #LiveAidAt40

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Elton John / George Michael - Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Live Aid 1985)
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July 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Not necessarily the thing everyone thinks of first when recalling Queen’s outstanding performance at Live Aid in 1985, but I just love seeing Freddie and Bri rock out in this: #LiveAidAt40

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Queen - Hammer To Fall (Live Aid 1985)
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July 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I'm quite happy to be my age. We had the best music ever and pulled this off. #liveaidat40
July 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM