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1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:05,280 This programme contains some strong language. 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,800 Around the world, it's time for Live Aid! 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:11,800 40 years ago, music brought the world together 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:13,360 to fight a famine in Ethiopia. 5 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:15,920 ♪ We can be heroes... ♪ 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:20,280 32 million human beings dying of hunger in a world of 7 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:25,120 surplus food, and it's this simple thing that drives me nuts. 8 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:26,640 ♪ Just for one day... ♪ 9 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:28,800 It all began with a song. 10 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:33,520 The most remarkable number one ever. It's sold a million in a week. 11 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,440 Well, that's more than any other record in the history of music. 12 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,920 It inspired Live Aid, one of the biggest global events in history. 13 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,160 To be honest, it seemed a harebrained scheme. 14 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:46,120 It seemed like this could never happen. 15 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,520 I remember the stadium shaking. 16 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:50,960 I was singing my face off, honey. 17 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,280 ♪ Well, it was 20 years ago today Sergeant Pepper... ♪ 18 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,640 20 years on, Live 8 challenged the leaders of the world's 19 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:01,200 richest countries to address the causes of poverty in Africa. 20 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:03,280 People said, "Why the hell are we going to spend money 21 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,320 "over in Africa when we g***t road problems in my state?" 22 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:09,920 I said to Bob, "I'll do the politics, you do the public." 23 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:16,400 Nothing can ever repair the damage, colonisation, slavery did. 24 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,240 Nothing. 25 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,880 But this was demonstrating what we could do. 26 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:30,280 ♪ Lonely Hearts Club Band... ♪ 27 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,000 This is the story of how a pop song inspired a movement 28 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,760 that secured tens of billions of pounds for Africa. 29 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,880 You can't change the world with a song or even a concert. 30 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:43,680 But you can plant a seed. 31 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:47,080 ♪ Lonely Hearts Club Band. ♪ 32 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:52,920 Bob Geldof announces his newest 33 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,240 and biggest idea to help victims of the African famine. 34 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,800 Good morning, everybody. 35 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:05,120 I'm very pleased to announce Band Aid start the second part of 36 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:10,000 their programme by announcing Live Aid, which, without a doubt, 37 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:16,120 will be the largest pop concert ever held, with the greatest audience. 38 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:17,920 Hello, Bob. 39 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,360 The Band Aid record money was dwindling. 40 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:29,560 Bob came in and said, "I've g***t this idea," 41 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,320 {\an8}and he announced the idea of Live Aid. 42 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,880 {\an8}I think we all thought it was technically impossible. 43 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:36,640 This was a shock. 44 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:41,560 One of the trustees whispered in my ear, "Kennedy, he's mad. 45 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,280 "You have to stop him. 46 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:46,640 "We do not know anything about putting on concerts." 47 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:49,240 But Bob knows a man who does. 48 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:53,160 He brings Harvey Goldsmith into the trustees' meeting, 49 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:56,040 one of the most successful promoters of all time. 50 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,880 Bob asked me to come to a meeting of the Band Aid Trust 51 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,440 and just announced, "We're doing the concert. 52 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:04,840 "Harvey's doing it. See you later." 53 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:10,000 Bob realised that he wasn't going to get enough global traction 54 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,560 if we just did one concert. 55 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:16,600 I needed something equal in the United States. 56 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,120 If we had it on two continents, then we united Band Aid 57 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:24,360 and USA for Africa, and that brought in those two countries. 58 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:29,240 So for me, it had to be the two. But also, it had to be a spectacular. 59 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:33,600 I stepped back and said, "He's barking mad. How do we do that?", 60 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,440 because that had never been done before. 61 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:43,680 I'd never seen, in all my working life, as many press that turned up 62 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:48,120 for this gathering in the ballroom of Wembley Stadium. 63 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,320 I kept saying to Bob, "What are we going to say?" 64 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:57,640 At that stage, I can't really remember who we had. 65 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:02,200 I listed a bunch of people who we probably could talk to. 66 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:07,000 The people taking part will be... 67 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,880 ...Bryan Adams... 68 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:10,160 ...Adam Ant... 69 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:11,920 ...The Boomtown Rats... 70 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:13,280 ...David Bowie... 71 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,760 ...the Cars... Queen... 72 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,160 I literally kept kicking him, saying, "No, you can't say that. 73 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,400 "No, you can't say that. No, we don't know about this. 74 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:21,720 "No, we don't know about that." 75 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:23,360 And about five minutes ago, 76 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,120 we heard some wonderful news, 77 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,160 and that is that The Who, one of the greatest bands ever in 78 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:31,800 rock music, are re-forming specifically for this event. 79 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,600 {\an8}No, we weren't getting back together. Erm... 80 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,480 {\an8}It was blackmail, really. He was brilliant, because he believed 81 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:43,360 that it was something that he passionately felt needed to be done. 82 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,920 I don't think he would deny that he bullied us into doing it. 83 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:51,120 I sort of winged it because of the Band Aid record 84 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,320 and the USA for Africa record. 85 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:57,360 So I was absolutely certain that, you know, 86 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,840 a good 80% of those guys would show up on the day, 87 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:04,320 in which case we have g***t a serious concert going on. 88 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:08,120 If I had done that, I'd be sued. I'd be shot. I'd be... You know. 89 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,560 But Bob doing it, he g***t away with it! 90 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,360 Box offices in London have been besieged by fans 91 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,120 queuing for the tickets despite their £25 price tag. 92 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,480 How much of the money do you think will actually reach Ethiopia, then? 93 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,880 I should imagine the majority of it. 94 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,520 But, I mean, I wouldn't pay it if I didn't think it was going. 95 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:29,560 No, I wouldn't pay 25 quid if it wasn't going to most of Ethiopia. 96 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,960 Are you coming here for the music or the charity? For charity. 97 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:34,840 And the music. 98 00:05:34,840 --> 00:05:37,520 25 quid's a lot of money to spend. Why are you doing that? 99 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,400 Because I want to see David Bowie. That's it? 100 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,840 You don't really care about the charity, you just want to see him? 101 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:46,880 Well, not particularly, no. I just want to see David Bowie. 102 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,800 It's to be approved by either me or Mike Mitchell. 103 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,920 I first came in contact with Bob 104 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:57,040 {\an8}through a mutual friend. 105 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,800 {\an8}This friend had known what I'd done at the Olympics 106 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:05,040 and knew what Bob was trying to do. You g***t to put it in perspective, 107 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:09,360 from where people were coming from in 1985 - 108 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:14,480 in the Olympics, we have one location, LA, 109 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:19,920 three satellites going to the world. In this particular broadcast, 110 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,920 we would be drawing from seven locations, 111 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:27,560 using 16 satellites, then mixing and going all back to the world. 112 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,320 So it had never been done. 113 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:34,480 I didn't know enough that it was impossible. No-one had ever 114 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,880 had 16 hours of anything on television. 115 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,280 Even the Olympics weren't that long. 116 00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:43,880 Band Aid's inspiration now spends 20 hours a day...