On July 13, 1985, an international charity music festival was organized by two British leaders of the Boomtown Rats – Bob Geldof and Ultravox – Midge Ure to raise funds to help victims of the terrible famine of 1984-85 years in the African republics: Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad … The main venues are: Old Wembley Stadium in London (UK) 82,000 spectators and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia (USA) about 100,000 spectators.
On this day, similar concerts were held in Australia, Japan, Germany. To cover the event, one of the most significant satellite TV broadcasts in history was organized: about 1.9 billion people in more than 150 countries watched the event live.
DVD 1:
01. BBC Television News Report
02. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas (from Video)
03. USA for Africa – We are the World (from Video)
04. Coldstream Guards – Royal Salute
05. Status Quo – Rockin All Over the World
06. Status Quo – Caroline
07. Style Council – Internationalists
08. Style Council – Walls Came Tumbling Down
09. Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays
10. Boomtown Rats – Drag Me Down
11. Adam Ant – Vive Le Rock
12. Ultravox – Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
13. Ultravox – Vienna
14. Spandau Ballet – Only When You Leave
15. Spandau Ballet – True
16. Elvis Costello – All You Need is Love
17. Nik Kershaw – Wouldn’t it Be Good
18. Sade – Your Love is King
19. Sting – Roxanne
20. Phil Collins – Against All Odds
21. Sting and Phil Colins – Every Breath You Take
22. Howard Jones – Hide and Seek
23. Brian Ferry – Slave to Love
24. Brian Ferry – Jealous Guy
25. Paul Young – Do They Know It’s Christmas
26. Paul Young – Come Back and Stay
27. Paul Young and Alison Moyet – Thats the Way Love is
28. Paul Young – Every Time You Go Away
29. Bryan Adams – Kids Wanna Rock
30. Bryan Adams – Summer of 69
31. U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
32. U2 – Bad
DVD 2:
01. Beach Boys – Wouldn’t it Be Nice
02. Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
03. Beach Boys – Surfin USA
04. Dire Straits and Sting – Money for Nothing
05. Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
06. George Thorogood and The Destroyers – Madison Blues
07. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
08. Queen – Radio Gaga
09. Queen – Hammer to Fall
10. Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Love
11. Queen – We Will Rock You
12. Queen – We are the Champions
13. Simple Minds – Ghost Dancing
14. Simple Minds – (Don’t You) Forget About Me
15. David Bowie – TVC15
16. David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
17. David Bowie – Modern Love
18. David Bowie – Heroes
19. Cars – Drive (CBC Ethiopian famine film)
20. Joan Baez – Amazing Grace
21. Pretenders – Stop Your Sobbing
22. Pretenders – Chain Gang
23. Pretenders – Middle of the Road
24. Who – Love Reign Oer Me
25. Who – Won’t Get Fooled Again
26. Kenny Loggins – Footloose
27. Elton John – Bennie and the Jets
28. Elton John – Rocket Man
29. Elton John and Kiki Dee – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
30. Elton John and George Michael – Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me