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Live Aid 40th Anniversary Celebration To Include Musical Cast Album, Behind-the-Scenes BBC Doc and Highlight Broadcast


Live Aid's 40th anniversary celebration to include musical cast album, a behind-the-scenes documentary and re-broadcast of highlights from 1985 show.

Sir Bob Geldof and the team behind Live Aid will celebrate the legendary charity concert’s 40th anniversary this summer with a series of events including a re-broadcast of highlights from the all-star 1985 shows and a new behind-the-scenes BBC documentary. Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical (Original Cast Recording) will feature songs from the artists who made history at the dual A-list charity shows held on July 13, 1985 in London and Philadelphia, including Queen, David Bowie, U2, Elton John, Madonna, Bob Dylan, The Who, Geldof’s Boomtown Rats, The Police and many more. In addition, BBC Two will air Live Aid the Concert, a 6.5 hour highlight reel of the two shows with backstage footage and interviews with Bono, Queen guitarist Brian May, David Bowie, Elvis Costello and many more.

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