Live Aid 1985

<London Wembley Stadium>

Coldstream Guards

Status Quo

The Style Council

The Boomtown Rats

Adam Ant

Ultravox

Spandau Ballet

Elvis Costello

Nik Kershaw

Sade

Sting Phil Collins Branford Marsalis

Howard Jones

Bryan Ferry David Gilmour (on guitar)

Paul Young

U2

Dire Straits

Queen

David Bowie Thomas Dolby (on keyboards)

The Who

Elton John

Freddie Mercury Brian May

Paul McCartney

Band Aid

Performers and setlists

Performer(s) Performed song(s)
Coldstream Guards "Royal Salute"
  "God Save the Queen"
Status Quo "Rockin' All Over the World"
  "Caroline"
  "Don't Waste My Time"
The Style Council "You're the Best Thing"
  "Big Boss Groove"
  "Internationalists"
  "Walls Come Tumbling Down"
The Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays"
  "Drag Me Down"
  "Rat Trap"
  "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"
Adam Ant "Vive Le Rock"
Ultravox "Reap the Wild Wind"
  "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"
  "One Small Day"
  "Vienna"
Spandau Ballet "Only When You Leave"
  "Virgin"
  "True"
Elvis Costello "All You Need Is Love"
Nik Kershaw "Wide Boy"
  "Don Quixote"
  "The Riddle"
  "Wouldn't It Be Good"
Sade "Why Can't We Live Together"
  "Your Love Is King"
  "Is It a Crime"
Sting "Roxanne"
Phil Collins "Driven to Tears"
Branford Marsalis "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
  "Message in a Bottle"
  "In the Air Tonight"
  "Long Long Way to Go"
  "Every Breath You Take"
Howard Jones "Hide and Seek"
Bryan Ferry "Sensation"
David Gilmour (on guitar) "Boys And Girls"
  "Slave to Love"
  "Jealous Guy"
Paul Young "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (intro)
  "Come Back and Stay"
  "That's the Way Love Is" (with Alison Moyet)
  "Every Time You Go Away"
U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
  "Bad" (with snippets of "Satellite of Love", "Ruby Tuesday",
  "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Walk on the Wild Side")
Dire Straits "Money for Nothing" (with Sting)
  "Sultans of Swing"
Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody"/"Radio Ga Ga"
  "Hammer to Fall"
  "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
  "We Will Rock You"/"We Are the Champions"
David Bowie "TVC 15"
Thomas Dolby (on keyboards) "Rebel Rebel"
  "Modern Love"
  "Heroes"
The Who "My Generation"/"Pinball Wizard"
  "Love, Reign o'er Me"
  "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Elton John "I'm Still Standing"
  "Bennie and the Jets"
  "Rocket Man"
  "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with Kiki Dee)
  "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (with George Michael)
  "Can I Get a Witness"
Freddie Mercury Brian May "Is This the World We Created?"
Paul McCartney "Let It Be" (with backing vocals for the ending by Bob Geldof, David Bowie, Pete Townshend &Alison Moyet)
Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas?"