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NOTE: All timings are approximate and each act will only be on for around 20 minutes so be careful when you nip out to the offy!<br>
NOTE: All timings are approximate and each act will only be on for around 20 minutes so be careful when you nip out to the offy!<br>


'''THE RUNNING ORDER'''
'''THE RUNNING ORDER'''<br>
12:00 Opening Ceremony<br>
12:00 Opening Ceremony<br>
12:05 Status Quo<br>
12:05 Status Quo<br>

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Live Aid

The Greatest Show On Earth

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The Live Aid spectacular takes off at just before noon on Saturday when BBC 1 will show a short film made by Michael Buerk, whose original news report triggered off the Band Aid phenomenon.
This is immediately followed by the official opening ceremony.
BBC 2 and Radio 1 will broadcast the Wembley concert through till 5pm when the first American, still on BBC 2 and Radio 1, with various other countries, feeding into the transmission as the day goes on.
The Wembley show stops at 10pm with a grand finale (who mentioned The Beatles?) and the action from then till 4am is exclusively from Philadelphia on BBC 1.
NOTE: All timings are approximate and each act will only be on for around 20 minutes so be careful when you nip out to the offy!

THE RUNNING ORDER
12:00 Opening Ceremony
12:05 Status Quo
12:25 Style Council
12:45 Ultravox
1:15 Boomtown Rats/Adam Ant
1:45 Spandau Ballet
2:05 Elvis Costello
2:20 Nik Kershaw
2:35 B.B King (Holland)
2:50 Sade
3:15 Sting/Phil Collins
3:50 Howard Jones
4:10 Bryan Ferry
4:40 Paul Young/Alison Moyet
5:00 Bryan Adams (Philadelphia)
5:20 U2
5:40 The Beach Boys (Philadelphia)
6:00 Dire Straits
6:20 Tears For Fears (Philadelphia)
6:40 Queen
7:00 Simple Minds (Philadelphia)
7:20 David Bowie
7:40 The Pretenders (Philadelphia)
8:00 The Who
8:20 Santana/ Pat Metheny (Philadelphia)
8:40 Elton John
9:00 Wham!
9:20 Madonna (Philadelphia)
9:40 Freddie Mercury/Brian May/Paul McCartney/Band Aid Grand Finale
10:00 End of Wembley show

Switch to BBC1 for further six hours from Philadelphia.
10:00 to 1:00 Tom Petty; The Cars/Kenny Loggins; Neil Young; Power Station
1:00 to 4:00 Eric Clapton; Phil Collins (again)/Robert Plant/Jimmy Page and friends; Duran Duran; Patti Labelle; Hall and Oates/ The Temptations; Mick Jagger/Tina Turner
4:00 Bob Dylan/Grand Finale



Tags: The BeatlesStatus QuoThe Style CouncilSpandau BalletStingPaul YoungAlison MoyetU2The Beach BoysDavid BowieThe PretendersThe WhoElton JohnPaul McCartneyTom PettyNeil YoungEric ClaptonRobert PlantDuran DuranThe TemptationsMick JaggerBob Dylan

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Melody Maker, July 13, 1985


Melody Maker previews Live Aid, Saturday, July 13, 1985, Wembley Stadium, London, England.

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Clipping.

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Cover and page scan.

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