Greatest Hits Radio to recreate full Live Aid broadcast for 40th anniversary The 10-hour special will be hosted by Simon Mayo. Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2025
Sir Bob Geldof brands Elon Musk a 'sociopathic loser' in blistering tirade against UK and US leaders The outspoken campaigner appeared on stage on Wednesday following a performance of Just For One Day, the musical inspired by the 1985 Live Aid concerts Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2025
Bob Geldof blasts 'sociopathic loser' Elon Musk in fiery rant at Live Aid musical Bob Geldof didn't hold back as he branded Elon Musk a "prime w*****" at the opening night of Just For One Day: The Live Aid Musical on London's West End. BANG Premier · Jun 12, 2025
Just for One Day: The Live Aid musical review: 'frustratingly shallow' 2/5 This musical telling of the Live Aid story has its moments but fails to hit the heights or delve into the depths Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2025
Bob Geldof says there is one thing he is more ‘proud’ of than Live Aid Musician said that it is not the concert itself that he is ‘glad’ about, but the political outcome years later The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2025
Midge Ure on reinvention, legacy and the Brexit backlash IT would be fair to describe Midge Ure as a music legend. Born in Cambuslang, he joined the Glasgow band Stumble in 1969 The National (Scotland) · May 30, 2025
Charting protest pop: How music can bring about change The 1980s was a period of profound popularity for political pop. Now, 40 years later, it’s what we desperately need again The National (Scotland) · May 11, 2025
Bob Geldof was left 'mortified' when he read the script for the Live Aid musical Bob Geldof was left "mortified" when he read the script for the Live Aid musical, but wanted to make sure that it still remained "pertinent" in the current political climate. BANG Premier · May 2, 2025
Bob Geldof quips he gets 'blue in the face' listening to 'f***ing Freddie Mercury' at Live Aid The Live Aid co-founder was promoting the new album, 'Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical (Original Cast Recording)', which sees hits by Queen, David Bowie, Sir Elton John, U2, The Police, Madonna and more reimagined by the show's cast. BANG Premier · May 2, 2025
"It better not be s**t!" Producer reveals Bob Geldof's words of warning ahead of the recording of new album from the cast of Live Aid musical Just For One Day Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical (Original Cast Recording) will features covers of timeless anthems from artists who made history at 1985's legendary Live Aid concert Louder · May 1, 2025
‘We created a monster’: Midge Ure reflects on Live Aid as musical heads to West End Ahead of a London theatre run in May, Ultravox singer says 1985 charity gig probably couldn’t happen today because of low attention spans The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2025
Bob Geldof says he's 'blue in the face' hearing Freddie Mercury's Live Aid performance with Queen The musician and activist was at Wembley for the launch of Just for One Day - The Live Aid musical ahead of it’s West End opening Evening Standard · May 1, 2025
BBC announces documentary and shows for Live Aid 40th anniversary A number of programmes will feature on BBC Two and BBC Radio 2 to celebrate the event. Evening Standard · May 1, 2025
Bob Geldof says another Live Aid event is ‘unlikely’ because of social media The singer was speaking at a launch event at Wembley Stadium for Just For One Day, a musical about the charity event. Evening Standard · May 1, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2025 ‘They didn’t call us for Live Aid’: the stars behind Black Britain’s forgotten charity record In 1985, a star-studded lineup of Black UK musicians, including Aswad, Dennis Brown and Janet Kay, recorded a charity single to raise funds for famine-stricken Ethiopia. Why are their efforts so little known?
Louder · Apr 4, 2025 “Bob Geldof said, No, Queen have peaked. I don’t think they should play.” Queen would never have performed their iconic set at Live Aid if Band Aid mastermind Bob Geldof had his way, and Freddie Mercury initially wasn't that keen either "Freddie smelt blood. He went for the throat."
MusicRadar · Mar 10, 2025 “Freddie Mercury got me in a half-nelson. I couldn’t move!”: A rock legend’s backstage antics at Live Aid - and his beef with a fellow star Bowie was “a nice guy”. Elvis Costello, not so much…
MusicRadar · Mar 7, 2025 “The Edge is multiple echoes and jangling guitars… I’m not convinced… I don’t want to burst the Edge’s bubble”: Midge Ure talks The Edge missing Band Aid and his Thin Lizzy baptism of fire Plus nearly joining the Sex Pistols and why Lizzy didn’t play Live Aid
The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2024 Live Aid campaigner Bob Geldof was ‘scathing about African leaders’, files reveal Singer urged Tony Blair not to appoint African co-chair to commission on aid, UK government papers show
The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2024 Geldof urged Blair to take international lead on aid for Africa Newly released government files show the LiveAid campaigner was ‘scathing’ about ‘weak’ African leadership.
MusicRadar · Dec 29, 2024 “That's when the phone lines all over the world collapsed… The moment came when people fully understood what this was for”: The creation of The Cars’ song Drive and how it soundtracked a humanitarian catastrophe Best of 2024: “The lyrics don't have to mean anything in an intellectual sense. They're endlessly interpretive. They just have to make an emotional sense”
Guitar World · Dec 24, 2024 “He got a kidney infection, so he’s in hospital… That’s a bit of a drag, because he was going to be the lead guitarist”: The iconic charity rock song that missed out on its star guitarist due to illness – and why it could have sounded very different Do They Know It’s Christmas? could have ended up with more guitars had fate not intervened
The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2024 Former Tory party chairman Lord Saatchi ‘finds love again’ 13 years after being widowed Tory peer discussed new love found with fellow widow and philanthropist Lynn Forester de Rothschild
Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2024 Who might be Christmas Number 1 in 2024? When will chart be announced? Stella Creasy pledges to perform song with band if it makes chart
Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2024 Liam Payne: Jingle Bell Ball makes touching tribute to late One Direction band member Capital’s festive concert honoured the ‘kind and funny’ late singer last night with moving tributes