Starting from 12 and going on to the small hours of the night. 15 hours of Live Aid, shown uncut as it went out.
| London – Wembley Stadium | All times are UK times | Philadelphia – JFK Stadium | ||
| Artist | Stage Entrance | Lenght | End of performance | Artist |
| Prince & Princess of Wales Introduced by Richard Skinner Intro : The Royal Salute The Royal Salute Introduced by Tommy Vance God Save The Queen [01:25] | 12:00 | 1 min | 12:01 | |
| STATUS QUO Introduced by Tommy Vance Introduction [00:22] Rockin’ All Over The World [03:54] Caroline [04:34] Don’t Waste My Time [04:34] | 12:01 | 14 mins | 12:15 | |
| STYLE COUNCIL Introduced by Tommy Vance Introduction [00:25] You’re the Best Thing [05:00] Big Boss Groove [03:55] Internationalists [02:50] Walls Come Tumbling Down [03:36] | 12:19 | 16 mins | 12:35 | |
| BOOMTOWN RATS Introduced by Tommy Vance Introduction [00:21] I Don’t Like Mondays [05:17] Drag Me Down [04:03] Rat Trap [05:37] After the Boomtown Rats performance, the audience in Wembley sung “For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow” | 12:44 | 15 mins | 12:59 | |
| ADAM ANT Introduced by Harvey Goldsmith Introduction [00:55] Vive Le Rock [03:26] | 13:01 | 4 mins | 13:05 | |
| OZ FOR AFRICA AUSTRALIAN contribution : Sydney Entertainment Center, Sydney Australia Introduced by Ian Meldrum The Oz contribution depends on the broadcaster. Please check out the Oz For Africa page for more infos. | ||||
| ULTRAVOX *Reap The Wild Wind [02:58] Dancing With Tears In My Eyes [05:09] One Small Day [03:49] Vienna [04:46] | 13:17 | 17 mins | 13:34 | |
| JAPANESE contribution : ( taped in studio ) LOUDNESS Gotta Fight [01:56] OFF CAUSE Endless Night [01:58] EIKICHI YAZAWA Take It Time [01:51] MOTOHARU SANO Shame [03:07] | 13:34 | 9 mins | 13:43 | |
| SPANDAU BALLET Introduced by Andy Peebles Introduction [00:32] Only When You Leave [05:22] Virgin [04:40] True [05:53] | 13:46 | 17 mins | 14:03 | |
| 13:51 | 8 mins | 13:59 | BERNARD WATSON [??:??] All I Really Want To Do (Bob Dylan Cover) [04:03] Interview (Original B. Watson song) | |
| 14:01 | 7 mins | 14:08 | [00:46] Bill Graham introducing Jack Nicholson on stage JOAN BAEZ Introduced by Jack Nicholson [01:19] Stage Introduction [01:15] speech [01:55] Amazing Grace [02:34] We Are The World | |
| ELVIS COSTELLO Introduced by Andy Peebles Introduction [00:24] All You Need Is Love [03:42] | 14:07 | 4 mins | 14:11 | |
| AUSTRIAN contribution : ( live from Vienna ) AUSTRIA FOR AFRIKA Introduction [00:52] Warum (“why”) [04:31] | 14:12 | 5 mins | 14:17 | |
| 14:10 | 11 mins | 14:21 | [01:30] Bill Graham introducing Chevy Chase and Joe Piscopo on stage THE HOOTERS Introduced by Chevy Chase and Joe Piscopo [01:30] Stage Introduction [04:37] And We Danced [05:44] All You Zombies | |
| NIK KERSHAW Introduced by Tommy Vance Introduction [00:39] Wide Boy [03:25] Don Quixote [04:48] The Riddle [04:13] Wouldn’t It Be Good [05:12] | 14:22 | 18 mins | 14:40 | |
| 14:32 | 9 mins | 14:41 | THE FOUR TOPS Introduced by Chevy Chase [02:42] Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over) [01:43] Bernadette Motown Medley [01:20] It’s The Same Old Song [01:36] Reach Out I’ll Be There [02:28] I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) | |
| DUTCH contribution : (live at the “JVC North Sea Jazz Festival”) BB KING Introduction [00:40] end When It All Comes Down [00:28] Why I Sing The Blues [03:21] Don’t Answer the Door [02:58] Rock Me Baby [02:06] | 14:40 | 10 mins | 14:50 | |
| 14:45 | 8 mins | 14:53 | BILLY OCEAN Introduced by Chevy Chase [04:08] Caribbean Queen [03:38] Loverboy | |
| SADE Introduction [00:13] Why Can’t We live together [05:35] Your Love Is King [04:34] Is It a Crime [06:10] | 14:53 | 16 mins | 15:09 | |
| 14:55 | 15 mins | 15:10 | BLACK SABBATH Introduced by Chevy Chase [04:18] Children Of The Grave [07:44] Iron Man [03:18] Paranoid | |
| YUGOSLAVIAN contribution : Introduced by Mladen Popovic YU ROCK MISSION For a Million Year [04:42] | 15:10 | 5 mins | 15:15 | |
| 15:12 | 7 mins | 15:19 | RUN DMC Introduced by Joe Piscopo [03:00] Jam-Master Jay [04:24] King of Rock | |
| Noel Edmonds Introduced by Andy Peebles STING + PHIL COLLINS Introduced by Noel Edmonds Introduction [02:26] STING Roxanne [03:38] Driven To Tears [03:17] PHIL COLLINS Against All Odds [03:25] STING Message In A Bottle [04:32] PHIL COLLINS In The Air Tonight [04:45] STING + PHIL COLLINS Long Long Way To Go [03:30] Every Breath You Take [03:12] | 15:18 | 29 mins | 15:47 | |
| 15:27 | 10 mins | 15:37 | RICK SPRINGFIELD Introduced by Joe Piscopo [03:37] Love Somebody [04:04] State Of The Heart [02:32] Human Touch | |
| 15:47 | 10 mins | 15:57 | REO SPEEDWAGON Introduced by Chevy Chase [05:25] Can’t Fight This Feeling [04:41] Roll With The Changes with the Beach Boys on backing vocals | |
| HOWARD JONES Introduced by Andy Peebles Introduction [00:48] Hide And Seek [03:56] | 15:49 | 5 mins | 15:54 | |
| RUSSIAN contribution : ( live from Moscow ) AVTOGRAF Introduction by Vladimir Posner [00:58] Golovokruzhenie ( ” Vertigo “) [05:19] Speech by Vladimir Posner [00:38] Nam nuzhen mir ( ” We need peace ” ) [04:01] | 15:55 | 11:00 | 16:06 | |
| BRYAN FERRY Introduced by Andy Peebles Sensation [04:31] Boys And Girls [04:31] Slave To Love [03:43] Jealous Guy [04:49] | 16:08 | 18 mins | 16:26 | |
| 16:12 | 16 mins | 16:28 | CROSBY – STILLS & NASH [04:57] Southern Cross [03:13] Teach Your Children [08:05] Suite : Judy Blue Eyes | |
| GERMAN contribution : (Live in Köln) BAND FÜR AFRIKA (German Band Aid) Introduction by Evelyn Selbert & Ken Janz speech by Udo Lindenberg [04:13] Nackt Im Wind (“naked in the wind”) [04:03] Ein Jahr (Es geht voran) (“it goes ahead”) [02:29] | 16:27 | 10:00 | 16:37 | |
| 16:29 | 15 mins | 16:44 | JUDAS PRIEST Introduced by Chevy Chase [04:01] Living After Midnight [03:42] The Green Manalishi [07:16] You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ | |
| PAUL YOUNG Introduced by Andy Peebles Introduction [01:01] Do They Know It’s Christmas ? (intro) [00:53] Come Back And Stay [07:10] PAUL YOUNG + ALISON MOYET That’s The Way Love Is [04:51] PAUL YOUNG Every Time You Go Away [06:52] | 16:40 | 21 mins | 17:01 | |
| 17:01 | 17 mins | 17:18 | BRYAN ADAMS Introduced by Jack Nicholson [00:20] Introduction [02:59] Kids Wanna Rock [04:26] Summer of 69 [04:12] Tears Are Not Enough [05:34] Cuts Like A Knife | |
| U2 [00:29] Introduced from JFK by Jack Nicholson [00:41] Introduced from Wembley by Tommy Vance Introductions [01:10] Sunday Bloody Sunday [05:20] Bad* [12:37] [ inc. Satellite of love (Lou Reed) + Ruby Tuesday (Rolling Stones) + Sympathy for the Devil (Rolling Stones) + Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed) ] | 17:19 | 20 mins | 17:39 | |
| 17:39 | 16 mins | 17:55 | Marilyn McCoo Introduced by Bill Graham THE BEACH BOYS Introduced from JFK by Marilyn McCoo [00:53] Introduction [02:31] California Girls [03:07] Help Me, Rhonda [03:03] Wouldn’t It Be Nice [04:46] Good Vibrations [02:40] Surfin’ USA | |
| DIRE STRAITS Introduced from JFK by Bill Graham Introduced from Wembley by Tommy Vance Introductions [00:53] Money For Nothing ( w/ Sting ) [07:26] Sultans Of Swing [11:17] | 18:00 | 19 mins | 18:19 | |
| 18:26 | 18 mins | 18:44 | GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS Introduced by George Segal GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS + BO DIDDLEY [05:34] Who do you love GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS [00:59] Tuning [06:03] The Sky Is Crying GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS + ALBERT COLLINS [05:10] Madison Blues | |
| GRIFF RHYS-JONES & MEL SMITH (introducing QUEEN) Introduced by Andy Peebles An old lady is complaining about the noise … [02:11] | 18:39 | 2 mins | 18:41 | |
| QUEEN Bohemian Rhapsody [02:22] Radio Ga Ga [04:00] Audience Participation [00:40] Hammer To Fall [04:46] Crazy Little Thing Called Love [03:37] We Will Rock You [01:16] We Are The Champions [03:41] | 18:41 | 21 mins | 19:02 | |
| DAVID BOWIE – MICK JAGGER ( pre-recorded Video ) Introduced from JFK by Chevy Chase Dancing In The Street [02:45] | 19:02 | 03:00 | 19:05 | |
| 19:05 | 16 mins | 19:21 | SIMPLE MINDS Introduced by Joe Piscopo [00:24] Introduction [05:50] Ghost Dancing [06:56] Don’t You (Forget About Me) [03:00] Promised You A Miracle (The feed was lost during the song. The broadcast time is only 02:09) | |
| DAVID BOWIE Introduced from JFK by Chevy Chase Introduced by Andy Peebles Introduction [00:26] TVC15 [03:35] Rebel Rebel [03:13] Modern Love [03:31] Heroes [06:41] Bowie introduces the famine clip made by CBC [00:41] | 19:23 | 17 mins | 19:41 | |
| FAMINE VIDEO made by CBC [03:45] | 19:41 | 4 mins | 19:45 | |
| 19:41 | 16 mins | 19:56 | THE PRETENDERS Introduced by Grace Slick [03:35] *Time The Avenger [03:15] Message Of Love [02:00] Stop Your Sobbing [03:35] Back On The Chain Gang [04:02] Middle Of The Road | |
| THE WHO Introduced from JFK by Jack Nicholson [01:13] Introduced in Wembley by Tommy Vance [02:10] My Generation * [01:40] * Pinball Wizard [03:02] Love Reign O’er Me [04:47] Won’t Get Fooled Again [09:25] The BBC blew a fuze during the two first numbers by The Who. The band didn’t stop playing but the broadcast was interrupted. | 19:59 | 22 mins | 20:21 | |
| 20:21 | 19 mins | 20:40 | SANTANA Introduced by Bill Graham [00:09] Introduction [03:22] Brotherhood [02:11] Primera Invasion [05:14] Open Invitation SANTANA + PAT METHENY [07:32] By The Pool/Right Now | |
| PHIL COLLINS & STEVE BLACKNELL Interview live on the CONCORDE [03:06] This interview was made during Santana’s performance and only aired by the BBC. | 20:27 | 03:00 | 20:30 | |
| VIDEO FROM NORWAY All Of Us [04:46] | 20:44 | 5 mins | 20:49 | |
| ELTON JOHN Introduced by Billy Connolly Introduction [01:07] I’m Still Standing [03:20] Bennie And The Jets [04:40] Rocket Man [04:44] Band Presentation [00:34] ELTON JOHN + KIKI DEE Don’t Go Breaking My Heart [04:51] ELTON JOHN + GEORGE MICHAEL + ANDREW RIDGELEY Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me [05:35] ELTON JOHN Can I Get a Witness [03:42] George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley are also known as WHAM ! | 20:50 | 25 mins | 21:15 | |
| 20:57 | 11 mins | 21:08 | ASHFORD & SIMPSON [04:56] Solid ASHFORD & SIMPSON + TEDDY PENDERGRASS [06:05] Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand) | |
| 21:19 | 5 mins | 21:24 | KOOL & THE GANG (pre-recorded live video) [02:01] Stand up and Sing [03:11] Cherish | |
| 21:27 | 20 mins | 21:47 | Bette Midler Introduced by Bill Graham MADONNA Introduced by Bette Midler [01:24] Introduction [06:20] Holiday [06:29] Into The Groove [05:17] Love Makes The World Go Round (with the Thompson Twins) | |
| FREDDIE MERCURY & BRIAN MAY Introduced by John Hurt Introduction [00:35] Is This the World We Created ? [02:57] | 21:47 | 4 mins | 21:51 | |
| PAUL Mc CARTNEY Let It Be [04:52] | 21:51 | 5 mins | 21:57 | |
| LONDON FINALE Intermission [00:57] Do They Know It’s Christmas ? [03:41] | 21:57 | 5 mins | 22:02 | |
| 22:02 | 18 mins | 22:20 | Don Johnson Introduced by Bill Graham TOM PETTY & The HEARTBREAKERS Introduced by Don Johnson [00:10] Introduction [04:07] American Girl [04:46] The Waiting [05:42] Rebels [03:44] Refugee | |
| 22:30 | 4 mins | 22:34 | KENNY LOGGINS Introduced by Chevy Chase [04:14] Footloose | |
| 22:39 | 16 mins | 22:56 | THE CARS [03:02] *You Might Think [04:04] Drive [03:26] Just What I Needed [05:11] Heartbeat City | |
| 23:06 | 21 mins | 23:27 | NEIL YOUNG Introduced by Joe Piscopo [04:45] Sugar Mountain [02:31] The Needle & the Damage Done [04:22] Helpless [04:44] Nothing Is Perfect [04:49] Powderfinger | |
| 23:42 | 10 mins | 23:52 | POWER STATION Introduced by Don Johnson [00:17] Introduction [04:20] Murderess [06:00] Get It On | |
| 00:21 | 12 mins | 00:33 | THE THOMPSON TWINS Introduced by Bette Midler [00:53] Introduction [07:59] Hold Me Now THOMPSON TWINS + MADONNA [04:47] Revolution | |
| 00:38 | 17 mins | 00:55 | ERIC CLAPTON Introduced by Bill Graham [05:13] * White Room [04:44] She’s Waiting [06:44] Layla | |
| 01:00 | 10 mins | 01:10 | PHIL COLLINS Introduced by Jack Nicholson & Bette Midler [01:02] Introduction [03:45] Against All Odds [04:36] In The Air Tonight | |
| 01:10 | 22 mins | 01:32 | PLANT ; PAGE and JONES Introduced by Phil Collins [01:36] Introduction [04:43] Rock & Roll [05:20] Whole Lotta Love [09:19] Stairway To Heaven | |
| 01:39 | 6 mins | 01:45 | CROSBY – STILLS – NASH & YOUNG [03:33] Only Love Can Break your Heart [00:44] Tuning [02:25] Daylight Again | |
| 01:46 | 22 mins | 02:08 | DURAN DURAN Introduced by Chevy Chase [00:15] Introduction [04:07] A view to a Kill [04:41] Union Of The Snake [06:44] Save A Prayer [06:01] The Reflex | |
| CLIFF RICHARD (live in the BBC chat Room) Introduced by Andy Kershaw A World Of Difference [02:46] | 02:11 | 03 mins | 02:14 | |
| 02:20 | 20 mins | 02:40 | PATTI LABELLE Introduced by Bette Midler [00:32] Introduction [02:51] New Attitude [04:44] Imagine (John Lennon) [05:54] Forever Young (Bob Dylan) [02:20] Stir It Up [02:43] Over The Rainbow [02:44] Why Can’t I Get It Over | |
| 02:50 | 22 mins | 03:12 | Dionne Warwick Introduced by Bill Graham HALL & OATES Introduced by Dionne Warwick [00:43] Introduction [04:27] Out Of Touch [05:27] Maneater HALL & OATES w/EDDIE KENDRICKS [02:34] Get Ready HALL & OATES w/DAVID RUFFIN [02:49] Ain’t Too Proud To Beg HALL & OATES w/EDDIE KENDRICKS & DAVID RUFFIN [02:41] The Way You Do The Things You Do (voc : E. KENDRICKS) [03:41] My Girl (voc : D. RUFFIN) | |
| 03:15 | 20 mins | 03:35 | MICK JAGGER Introduced by Bette Midler [00:29] Introduction [03:25] Lonely At The Top [05:27] Just Another Night [05:10] Miss You MICK JAGGER + TINA TURNER [02:34] State Of Shock [02:55] It’s Only Rock & Roll Note : Hall & Oates & Kendricks & Ruffin stayed on stage to play and sing with Mick Jagger. | |
| 03:39 | 14 mins | 03:53 | Jack Nicholson Introduced by Bill Graham BOB DYLAN + RON WOOD + KEITH RICHARDS Introduced by Jack Nicholson [01:09] Introduction [04:34] Ballad Of Hollis Brown [03:36] When The Ship Comes In [04:36] Blowin’ In the Wind | |
| 03:55 | 10 mins | 04:05 | US FINALE [08:57] We Are the World |