Snapshot in time 1985: Live Aid makes millions for Africa
BBC ON THIS DAY | 1985: Live Aid makes millions for AfricaThe Live Aid concert for the starving in Africa has raised triple the £10m expected.
And as the London event draws to a close at Wembley Stadium, Britain had contributed £1,100,000 to the global total of £30m.
Described as the Woodstock of the eighties, the world's biggest rock festival was organised by Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof to raise money for famine relief in Africa.
Wembley was packed with a crowd of 72,000, but TV pictures, co-ordinated at BBC Television Centre, have been beamed to over 1.5 bn people in 160 countries in the biggest broadcast ever known.
The transatlantic concert began in London's midday sunshine with a fanfare for Prince Charles and Princess Diana and Status Quo performing Rocking All over the World.
Stars were helicoptered into the arena in a line-up that included David Bowie, Wham and royal favourites Dire Straits.
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