A t barely 20 years old, Midge Ure was already successful with his first band Slik. For the first time in his career, he ...

On July 13, 1985, history was made with the first ever global concert taking place simultaneously in London's Wembley Stadium and Philadelphia's John F. Kennedy's Stadium. The line up was a dazzling ...

Bob Geldof, lead singer of Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, saw that broadcast and decided to help the only way he knew how ...

Midge Ure on playing the 2025 Cruel Fest Line ... such notable bands as Visage and Thin Lizzy. He helped form Band Aid where he produced and co-wrote the smash charity single 'Do ...

It was described as 'The Day Rock and Roll Changed the World' but how did that unforgettable day on 13 July 1985 come about. Band Aid... It all started when Bob Geldof, who had seen Michael Buerk ...

Just For One Day, running Jan. 26 to March 15 at CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, retells the story of the Live Aid benefit concerts ...

Glenn Gregory tells how Midge Ure called him "out of the blue" to join Band Aid in 1984. Duration: 2:54 A-ha's Pal Waaktaar-Savoy and his wife, Lauren. Pal Waaktaar-Savoy & his wife, Lauren ...

Bob Geldof, for the Band Aid Trust, says: “It is extraordinary that 40 years after Midge and I knocked off, as quickly as we could, what we thought was an ok-ish little Christmas song, a whole series ...