31 Years On: Queen Perform At Live Aid
- Publish Date
- Wednesday, 13 July 2016, 2:53PM
It's 31 years since this incredible performance by Queen, do you remember watching the live stream?
Music-based fundraising initiative Live Aid was set up to raise funds for relief of the Ethiopian famine.The concert was billed as the "global jukebox" and was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom (attended by 72,000 people) and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (attended by about 100,000 people).
It one of the largest-scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations, watching the live broadcast.