Scenen på JFK Stadium i Philadelphia
Live Aid var en rock -koncert -begivenhed afholdt den 13. juli 1985 . Koncerterne blev organiseret af Bob Geldof og Midge Ure for at indsamle penge til nødhjælp til Etiopien . De vigtigste koncerter med 60 grupper og solister var på Wembley i London (hvor der var ca. 72.000 til stede) og JFK Stadium i Philadelphia (med et publikum på ca. 90.000), mens mindre koncerter afholdtes andre steder, heriblandt Sydney og Moskva . Det var den hidtil største satellit- og tv-begivenhed – det anslås, at 1,6 milliard mennesker(hver 3. menneske på jorden dengang) i 100 lande så udsendelsen, der blev sendt live .
Følgende er listet i den rækkefølge, hvor gruppen/solisten gik på. Tiden er angivet som Greenwich Mean Time og angiver tidspunktet, hvor optræden blev påbegyndt. "W" agiver London Wembley Stadium og "JFK" angiver Philadelphia JFK Stadium.
Coldstream Guards – "Royal Salute", "God Save the Queen " (W 12:00);
Status Quo – "Rockin' All Over The World ", "Caroline", "Don't Waste My Time" (W 12:02);
The Style Council – "You're the Best Thing", "Big Boss Groove", "Internationalists", "Walls Come Tumbling Down" (W 12:19);
The Boomtown Rats – "I Don't Like Mondays ", "Drag Me Down", "Rat Trap ", "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow " (sung by the audience) (W 12:44);
Adam Ant – "Vive Le Rock" (W 13:00);
Ultravox – "Reap the Wild Wind ", "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes ", "One Small Day ", "Vienna " (W 13:16);
Spandau Ballet – "Only When You Leave", "Virgin", "True " (W 13:47);
Elvis Costello – "All You Need Is Love " (W 14:07);
Nik Kershaw – "Wide Boy ", "Don Quixote ", "The Riddle ", "Wouldn't It Be Good " (W 14:22);
Sade – "Why Can't We Live Together ", "Your Love Is King ", "Is It a Crime" (W 14:55);
Sting and Phil Collins (med Branford Marsalis ) (introduceret af Noel Edmonds ) – "Roxanne ", "Driven to Tears ", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) ", "Message in a Bottle ", "In the Air Tonight ", "Long Way to Go", "Every Breath You Take " (W 15:18);
Howard Jones – "Hide and Seek" (W 15:50)
Bryan Ferry (med Pink Floyd 's David Gilmour på guitar) – "Sensation", "Boys And Girls", "Slave to Love ", "Jealous Guy " (W 16:07);
Paul Young – "Do They Know It's Christmas? " (intro), "Come Back and Stay ", "That's the Way Love Is" (med Alison Moyet ), "Every Time You Go Away " (W 16:38);
U2 (introduceret af Jack Nicholson )– "Sunday Bloody Sunday ", "Bad " (med dele af "Satellite of Love ", "Ruby Tuesday ", "Sympathy for the Devil " og "Walk on the Wild Side ") (W 17:20);
Dire Straits – "Money for Nothing " (medSting ), "Sultans of Swing " (W 18:00);
Queen (introduceret af Mel Smith og Griff Rhys Jones ) – "Bohemian Rhapsody "/"Radio Ga Ga ", "Hammer to Fall ", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love ", "We Will Rock You "/"We Are the Champions " (W 18:44);
David Bowie (med Thomas Dolby på keyboards) – "TVC 15 ", "Rebel Rebel ", "Modern Love ", "Heroes " (W 19:22);
The Who (introduceret af Jack Nicholson ) – "My Generation "/"Pinball Wizard ", "Love, Reign o'er Me ", "Won't Get Fooled Again " (W 20:00);
Elton John (introduceret af Billy Connolly ) – "I'm Still Standing ", "Bennie and the Jets ", "Rocket Man ", "Don't Go Breaking My Heart " (med Kiki Dee ), "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me " (med George Michael og backing vocals af Andrew Ridgeley ), "Can I Get a Witness " (W 20:50);
Finale at Wembley Stadium: a) Freddie Mercury and Brian May (Queen ) – "Is This the World We Created? " (W 21:48), b) Paul McCartney – "Let It Be " (med Bob Geldof , David Bowie , Pete Townshend og Alison Moyet kor i slutningen) (W 21:51), c) Band Aid (med Bob Geldof i front) – "Do They Know It's Christmas? " (W 21:54);
Bernard Watson – "All I Really Want to Do ", "Interview" (JFK 13:51);
Joan Baez (introduceret af Jack Nicholson ) – "Amazing Grace "/"We Are the World " (JFK 14:02);
The Hooters – "And We Danced", "All You Zombies" (JFK 14:12);
Four Tops – "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) ", "Bernadette", "It's the Same Old Song ", "Reach Out I'll Be There ", "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) " (JFK 14:33);
Billy Ocean – "Caribbean Queen ", "Loverboy " (JFK 14:45);
Black Sabbath (introduceret af Chevy Chase ) – "Children of the Grave ", "Iron Man ", "Paranoid " (JFK 14:52);
Run-D.M.C. – "Jam Master Jay", "King Of Rock " (JFK 15:12);
Rick Springfield – "Love Somebody", "State of the Heart", "Human Touch " (JFK 15:30);
REO Speedwagon – "Can't Fight This Feeling ", "Roll With the Changes" (JFK 15:47);
Crosby, Stills and Nash – "Southern Cross ", "Teach Your Children ", "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes " (JFK 16:15);
Judas Priest – "Living After Midnight ", "The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown) ", "You've Got Another Thing Comin' " (JFK 16:26);
Bryan Adams (introduceret af Jack Nicholson ) – "Kids Wanna Rock", "Summer of '69 ", "Tears Are Not Enough ", "Cuts Like a Knife " (JFK 17:02);
The Beach Boys (introduced by Marilyn McCoo ) – "California Girls ", "Help Me, Rhonda ", "Wouldn't It Be Nice ", "Good Vibrations ", "Surfin' U.S.A. " (JFK 17:40);
George Thorogood and the Destroyers – "Who Do You Love " (med Bo Diddley ), "The Sky Is Crying ", "Madison Blues " (med Albert Collins ) (JFK 18:26);
Simple Minds – "Ghost Dancing", "Don't You (Forget About Me) ", "Promised You a Miracle" (JFK 19:07);
The Pretenders – "Time the Avenger", "Message of Love", "Stop Your Sobbing", "Back on the Chain Gang ", "Middle of the Road " (JFK 19:41);
Santana and Pat Metheny – "Brotherhood", "Primera Invasion", "Open Invitation", "By the Pool"/"Right Now" (JFK 20:21);
Ashford & Simpson – "Solid ", "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) " (med Teddy Pendergrass ) (JFK 20:57);
Madonna (introduceret af Bette Midler ) – "Holiday ", "Into the Groove ", "Love Makes The World Go Round" (JFK 21:27);
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (introduceret af Don Johnson ) – "American Girl ", "The Waiting", "Rebels", "Refugee" (JFK 22:14);
Kenny Loggins – "Footloose " (JFK 22:30);
The Cars – "You Might Think ", "Drive", "Just What I Needed ", "Heartbeat City" (JFK 22:49);
Neil Young – "Sugar Mountain ", "The Needle and the Damage Done ", "Helpless ", "Nothing Is Perfect (In God's Perfect Plan)", "Powderfinger " (JFK 23:07);
The Power Station – "Murderess", "Get It On " (JFK 23:43);
Thompson Twins – "Hold Me Now ", "Revolution " (med Madonna , Steve Stevens og Nile Rodgers ) (JFK 00:21);
Eric Clapton (med Phil Collins ) – "White Room ", "She's Waiting", "Layla " (JFK 00:39);
Phil Collins (fløjet med Concorde fra England til USA) (introduceret af Jack Nicholson og Bette Midler ) – "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) ", "In the Air Tonight " (JFK 01:04);
Led Zeppelin Reunion – (med Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones , Tony Thompson , Paul Martinez , og Phil Collins ) – "Rock and Roll ", "Whole Lotta Love ", "Stairway To Heaven " (JFK 01:10);
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – "Only Love Can Break Your Heart ", "Daylight Again/Find The Cost of Freedom " (JFK 01:40);
Duran Duran – "A View to a Kill ", "Union of the Snake ", "Save a Prayer ", "The Reflex " (JFK 01:45);
Patti LaBelle – "New Attitude ", "Imagine ", "Forever Young ", "Stir It Up", "Over the Rainbow ", "Why Can't I Get It Over" (JFK 02:20);
Hall & Oates – "Out of Touch ", "Maneater ", "Get Ready " (med Eddie Kendricks ), "Ain't Too Proud to Beg " (med David Ruffin ), "The Way You Do the Things You Do ", "My Girl " (med Eddie Kendricks og David Ruffin ) (JFK 02:50);
Mick Jagger (med Hall & Oates / Eddie Kendricks / David Ruffin ) – "Lonely At the Top", "Just Another Night", "Miss You ", "State Of Shock "/"It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It) (reprise)" (med Tina Turner ) (JFK 03:15);
Afslutning på JFK Stadium: a) Bob Dylan , Keith Richards og Ronnie Wood – "Ballad of Hollis Brown ", "When the Ship Comes In ", Blowin' in the Wind " (JFK 03:39), b) USA for Africa (med Lionel Richie i front) – "We Are the World " (JFK 3:55)