This day in music history.

July 13, 1985, Status Quo opened the 'Live Aid' concert held between Wembley Stadium, London and The JFK Stadium, Philadelphia. Some of the worlds biggest rock stars took part in the worldwide event. Highlights of the show included Queen opening their set with their encore show stopper "Bohemian Rhapsody," Adam Ant singing some bullshit no one remembers, George Michael singing lead vocals to Elton John's performance of ``Don't Let Your Son Go Down on Me'', A completely wasted Bob Dylan broke a guitar string and a completely wasted Ron Wood took off his own guitar and gave it to Dylan, which left Wood standing on stage guitarless, Paul McCartny singing the first half of Hey Jude with his microphone turned off and the highlight of the show for me was the Led Zeppelin reunion with Phil Collins sitting in on drums, Jimmy couldn't remember the solos and Robert couldn't hit the high notes. (that's why their not on the DVD)
The concerts were held to help starving people in Africa. The shows were organized by Boomtown Rats lead singer Bob Geldof and It's estimated that the shows were either watched or listened to by an audience of one and a half billion. Live Aid eventually raised £40m. Half of the money was spent on food and half on long term development.