Live Aid

In the summer of 1985, Wembley Stadium was the stage for the biggest musical event the world had ever seen.

Live Aid, the brainchild of Sir Bob Geldof was a rock concert, featuring dozens of the biggest names of the Eighties, watched by a global audience of 1.4 billion in 170 countries.

Held to raise awareness of and money for famine victims in Africa, the line-up included George Michael, Queen, Sting, Dire Straits, David Bowie, Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney.