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    (#10) Ronnie Wood Gave Bob Dylan His Guitar

    Bob Dylan was slated to perform with Keith Richards during the penultimate set of the Philadelphia, PA, show. Ronnie Wood was added to the lineup at the very last moment - Dylan rolled up to his house on the morning of the event and asked, “You coming? We’re on in Philadelphia, man.”

    While walking up the stairs onto the stage, Dylan decided they would perform "Blowin' in the Wind," a song Wood had never rehearsed. Halfway through the song, Dylan broke a guitar string. In a moment of panicked providence, Wood threw Dylan his own guitar and played melodramatic air guitar for the rest of the song.

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    (#3) Phil Collins

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    During his UK performance, Phil Collins dropped a selection of his solo hits, including “Against All Odds” and “In the Air Tonight”, and also provided backing vocals for the Police. The two concerts were collectively over 16 hours long, though there were hours of overlap between the two events.

    After Collins finished his performance at Wembley Stadium in London at 4:00 pm, he immediately boarded a Concorde turbojet to perform at the American show in Philadelphia, PA. In addition to an encore rendition of his set from just hours before, he also played drums for Eric Clapton and the ill-fated Led Zeppelin reunion.

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    (#1) U2

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    While U2 had been together for nearly 10 years by the time they took the stage at Live Aid, the concert was a pivotal moment in the band's career. They had grown a faithful following across the pond, but they had yet to achieve superstardom. Starting off with their acclaimed hit “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” U2 then took a great risk by playing "Bad," an experimental and admittedly "unfinished" song from their most recent album, The Unforgettable Fire.

    After days of obsessive soundchecking and practicing, the live version of “Bad” took on a new form, empowering an uncharacteristically spry Bono to dance, howl, and jump off the stage - much to the chagrin of his bandmates.

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    (#8) Cher

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    While traveling via turbojet to Philadelphia, PA, Phil Collins spotted Cher from across the plane and decided to strike up a conversation with her. Cher asked Collins what was going on, and he asked her if she knew about Live Aid - and if she was interested in joining him.

    Collins recalls Cher was wearing "house clothes" on the flight, but that didn't stop her from showing up fully Cher-ified hours later to perform in the concert's grand finale, a star-studded rendition of "We Are The World."

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    (#13) There's A Lot More To Read And See If You're Interested In Live Aid

    It's hard to imagine a festival as spectacular as Live Aid occurring in the 21st century. These days, even the top music festivals like Coachella and Lollapalooza spread their biggest acts out across multiple days and stages. Live Aid, however, loaded both its locations with the biggest names of the era then had them all perform on the same day. With so much star power packed into a single event, it spawned decades worth of stories, so there's pretty much always some new factoid popping up. 

    While it wasn't the only amazing performance, Queen's Live Aid set changed the trajectory of pop music forever and warrants its own focused investigation. For those looking to experience (or perhaps relive) the magic, a surviving copy of the Live Aid broadcast has been released on DVD, and the Band Aid Trust put out an 87-track digital compilation album in 2018. Plenty of photographers were present at Live Aid, and journalist Peter Hillmore compiled their work into a beautiful single-volume coffee table book. 

    While it's nearly impossible to top Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder, and Eric Clapton, that doesn't mean some people haven't tried. On July 2, 2005, Live Aid organizers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure hosted Live 8, another one-day festival held in multiple locations to help fundraising efforts. Featuring performances by artists like U2, Deep Purple, and Will Smith, the footage from the event is now also available on DVD. 

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    (#2) Mick Jagger and Tina Turner Sang A Duet

    In the middle of Live Aid, Mick Jagger threw down a duet with Tina Turner. The performance was sultry, steamy, and completely unexpected. Jagger and Turner were already friends prior to the concert, but Live Aid gave them the opportunity to collaborate with one another. In the days leading up to the show, they carefully workshopped and choreographed their entire routine.

    The pair sought to scandalize with their on-stage chemistry, but they had to dial it down for the sake of the telecasters’ censorship requirements. In a particularly lascivious moment during “State Of Shock,” Jagger ripped Turner's skirt off to reveal a risque leotard beneath. A proto-JT and Janet moment?

    Jagger recalls, “I have to watch myself. I can’t really take it too far... We both had to say that we wouldn’t go too far, the way we normally would at a show. MTV might stay on, but I don’t know about ABC.”

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Live Aid was held simultaneously in London, England, and Philadelphia, USA. This was a great benefit concert of rock music concerts spanning multiple regions. The event was initiated by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for the famine that occurred in Ethiopia. The performance lasted for 16 hours. More than 100 famous rock stars from all over the world participated in the benefit performance, such as Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, and Tina Turner.

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