Live Aid
- IMDb link: 0261024
- IMDb rating: 8.5 (2,525 votes)
- Genres: Music, Documentary
- Director: Kenneth Shapiro, Vincent Scarza
- Cast: Duran Duran, Wham!, Power Station, Petter Nome and others
- Release date: 13 Jul 1985
- Release year: 1985
- Runtime: 960 minutes
- Country: United States, United Kingdom
- Keywords: concert music, music documentary, ethiopia, famine, live aid, rock music, london england, wembley stadium, philadelphia pennsylvania, the who
Plot:
This show features Live Aid, the biggest benefit concert in history. Taking place simultaneously in two separate 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.