LIVE AID

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• Release Year: 1985
• Genre: Documentary, Music
• Plot: This show features Live Aid, the biggest benefit concert in history. Taking place simultaneously in two seperate stadiums in the USA and the UK, many of the top contemporary rock music acts play many of their most popular songs to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. In addition, short films illustrating the crisis in Africa are run with the appeal for aid.
• Cast: Bob Geldof; Bryan Adams; Stuart Adamson; Mo Amin; Adam Ant; Nick Ashford; Joan Baez; Tom Bailey; Garry Beers; Big Country; Black Sabbath; Bono; The Boomtown Rats; David Bowie; Andrew Bown; Jeff Bridges; Pete Briquette; Charlie Burchill; Geezer Butler; Tony Butler; Warren Cann; The Cars; Martin Chambers; Chevy Chase; Eric Clapton; Dick Clark; Adam Clayton; Albert Collins; Phil Collins; Billy Connolly; Elvis Costello; Crosby Stills Nash & Young; David Crosby; Chris Cross; Simon Crowe; Alannah Currie; Billy Currie; Roger Daltrey; John Deacon; Paul Denham; Ronnie James Dio; Dire Straits; Duran Duran; Bob Dylan; John Entwistle; Andrew Farriss; Jon Farriss; Tim Farriss; Bryan Ferry; Sally Field; Johnnie Fingers; Mel Gaynor; David Gilmour; Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards; Tony Hadley; Andrew Hale; Daryl Hall; Michael Hutchence; John Illsley; INXS; Tony Iommi; Mick Jagger; Jam Master Jay; Elton John; Howard Jones; John Paul Jones; Casey Kasem; John Keeble; Gary Kemp; Martin Kemp; Eddie Kendricks; Jim Kerr; Andy Kershaw; Nik Kershaw; B.B. King; Mark Knopfler; Patti LaBelle; Alan Lancaster; Simon Le Bon; Joe Leeway; Madonna; Stuart Matthewman; Brian May; Paul McCartney; Marilyn McCoo; Darryl McDaniels; Robbie McIntosh; Freddie Mercury; George Michael; Alison Moyet; Graham Nash; Jack Nicholson; Tessa Niles; Petter Nome; Steve Norman; John Oates; Ric Ocasek; Ben Orr; Ozzy Osbourne; Rick Parfitt; Teddy Pendergrass; Robert Plant; Power Station; The Pretenders; Queen; David Quinn; Nick Rhodes; Griff Rhys Jones; Keith Richards; Lionel Richie; Andrew Ridgeley; Tony Rivers; Garry Roberts; Nile Rodgers; Francis Rossi; David Ruffin; Sade; Carlos Santana; George Segal; Joseph Simmons; Simple Minds; Valerie Simpson; Richard Skinner; Mel Smith; Julia Somerville; Spandau Ballet; Rick Springfield; Status Quo; Stephen Stills; Sting; Andy Taylor; John Taylor; Roger Taylor; Thompson Twins; George Thorogood; Pete Townshend; Tina Turner; U2; Tracey Ullman; Ultravox; Midge Ure; Tommy Vance; Bill Ward; Bruce Watson; Paul Weller; Wham!; The Who; Brian Wilson; Ronnie Wood; Neil Young; Paul Young; Paul Cook; The Edge; Benny Hill; Larry Mullen Jr.; Jimmy Page; Prince Charles; Princess Diana; Tony Thompson; Vincent Scarza; Kenneth Shapiro
• Director: Vincent Scarza
• Runtime: 10:00
• Company: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Music Television (MTV), Worldwide Sports & Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie