Live Aid possibly coming to DVD

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The historic Live Aid concert is to be released on DVD after chief organiser Bob Geldof discovered pirate copies were being sold on the Internet.

Geldof hopes the classic DVD will raise "a few million pounds" during the planned release next Christmas, almost 20 years after the 1985 event.

Organised by the Boomtown Rats lead singer, Live Aid was held in London\'s Wembley Stadium and the JFK Stadium, Philadelphia - six months after Do They Know It\'s Christmas?, which raised £8 million, was released.

The live 16-hour broadcast instantly raised £50 million - climbing to £80 million - for African famine victims.

Organisers have now decided to auction the rights to release the DVD of Live Aid, which has never come out on CD, video or DVD.

The successful bidder will have to get the permission of all performing artists, which included U2, Madonna and Sir Elton John.

Founding Band Aid trustee John Kennedy told BBC News Online: "We don\'t expect any of them to be anything other than co-operative."

He added that Geldof, who received an honorary knighthood in 1986 for his charity efforts, "sees it as an asset of the people of Ethiopia" that was not being fully utilised.

"It\'s a surprise to all of us that we\'re still here 20 years on spending and receiving money.

"But because of piracy, it\'s becoming available without earning any money," he said.

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Live Aid Programme
Wembley Stadium, London - JFK Stadium, Philadelphia

(All times given in UK time for simplicity.)

 12.02 Status Quo (UK)
 12.19 Style Council (UK)
 12.44 Boomtown Rats (UK)
 13.00 Adam Ant (UK)
 13.06 INXS (video from Melbourne)
 13.16 Ultravox (UK)
 13.34 Loudness (video from Japan)
 13.47 Spandau Ballet (UK)
13.51 Bernard Watson (US)
14.02 Joan Baez (US)
 14.07 Elvis Costello (UK)
14.10 The Hooters (US)
 14.10 Opus (video from Austria)
 14.22 Nik Kershaw (UK)
14.32 The Four Tops (US)
 14.38 B.B. King (video from The Hague)
14.45 Billy Ocean (US)
14.52 Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath (US)
 14.55 Sade (UK)
15.12 Run DMC (US)
 15.12 Yu Rock Mission (video from Belgrade)
 15.18 Sting (UK)
15.27 Rick Springfield (US)
 15.27 Phil Collins (UK)
15.47 REO Speedwagon (US)
 15.50 Howard Jones (UK)
15.55 Autograph (video from Moscow)
 16.07 Bryan Ferry (UK)
16.07 Crosby, Stills and Nash (US)
 16.24 Udo Lindenberg (video from Cologne)
16.26 Judas Priest (US)
 16.38 Paul Young (UK)
 16.48 Paul Young / Alison Moyet (UK)
 17.00 Linkup between UK and US
17.02 Bryan Adams (US)
 17.20 U2 (UK)
17.40 Beach Boys (US)
 18.00 Dire Straits / Sting (UK)
18.26 George Thorogood and the Destroyers / Bo Diddley / Albert Collins (US)
 18.44 Queen (UK)
19.03 David Bowie / Mick Jagger (prerecorded video)
19.07 Simple Minds (US)
 19.22 David Bowie (UK)
19.41 The Pretenders (US)
 20.00 The Who (UK)
20.20 Santana / Pat Metheny (US)
 20.50 Elton John (UK)
20.57 Ashford & Simpson / Teddy Pendergrass (US)
 21.05 Elton John / Kiki Dee (UK)
 21.09 Elton John / Kiki Dee / Wham!  (UK)
21.30 Madonna (US)
 21.48 Freddie Mercury / Brian May (UK)
 21.51 Paul McCartney (UK)
 21.54 Paul McCartney / David Bowie / Pete Townshend / Alison Moyet / Bob Geldof (UK)
 21.56 UK Finale (UK)
22.14 Tom Petty (US)
22.30 Kenny Loggins (US)
22.49 The Cars (US)
23.07 Neil Young (US)
23.43 Power Station (US)
00.21 Thompson Twins (US)
00.39 Eric Clapton (US)
01.04 Phil Collins (US)
01.13 Robert Plant / Jimmy Page / John Paul Jones (US)
01.47 Duran Duran (US)
02.15 Patti LaBelle (US)
02.50 Hall & Oates / Eddie Kendricks / David Ruffin (US)
03.15 Mick Jagger (US)
03.28 Mick Jagger / Tina Turner (US)
03.39 Bob Dylan / Keith Richards / Ron Wood (US)
03.55 US Finale (US)

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Phil Collins appearing first in the UK then again in the US after flying over during the middle of the show

[leith]

One of the coolest concerts on TV. Had to tape last half of it as I was going to be seeing Grateful Dead in Ventura that night which happened to be my 15th B-day.