U2 At Live Aid

[mathbrmath]

The greatest show on that night was Queen's one. But this show is awesome for a U2 before Joshua Tree

[carolannsydney]

queen were awesome of course (i was right at the front), and i know you didn't have to be there to have an opinion - that's not what i said! - I said, unless you were there, in the crowd, breathing the air thatthe energy that u2 gave off that day would be hard to fathom!

[TroyDouglas917]

@carolannsydney No, you can fathom what a day it was from the TV pictures. You only have to compare the crowd to Live 8 twenty years later. The audience was dead there. The front of the crowd was reserved for corporate clients who didn't give a shit about the show and every time a song ended, the heads went down to the mobile phones and the audience tuned out. Whereas at Live Aid, the audience was tuned in 100% at all times & really felt they were changing the world with that gig. A great day.

[carolannsydney]

Bono's spontaneous leap onto the ground and his dance with the girl was both poetic and brazen. I was there and have never felt such energy from a crowd before or since. U2s set was simply amazing. I was 16 and this was the third time I had seen U2. Queen were fantastic too but it was U2 who brought real soul to the stage and the fans that day - unless you were there on the day you really can't understand!

[TroyDouglas917]

@carolannsydney You don't have to have been there to have an opinion about Live Aid. U2 were stars who became superstars that day, Queen were superstars who became legends. Queen's performance has been voted the best live performance of all time and it is.

[carolannsydney]

Bono's spontaneous leap onto the ground and his dance with the girl was both poetic and brazen. I was there and have never felt such energy from a crowd before or since. U2s set was simply amazing. I was 16 and this was the third time I had seen U2. Queen were fantastic too but it was U2 who brought real soul to the stage and the fans that day.

[carolannsydney]

Bono's spontaneous leap onto the ground and his dance with the girl was both poetic and brazen. I was there and have never felt such energy from a crowd before or since. U2s set was simply amazing. I was 16 and this was the third time I had seen U2. Queen were fantastic too but it was U2 who brought real soul to the stage and the fans that day.

[shempone]

Queen smoked em

[MegaTrainspotter]

yeah ...why did they want to pull out?

[xArmagideonTime]

Why did they threaten to pull out? What a nasty thing to do for such a good cause.

[nsav8]

Freddie Mercury made U2 look like wannabes. Sorry, but it's true.

[oldtimee]

@nsav8 you got that right m8.

[TheMysticalMeadows]

What song is this that they were playing?

[woodpigeon66]

i just finished watching a documentary on live aid, and this bit made me cry :) it's nice how this spans generations - i watched it with my mum, who's 55, and i'm 17. we both loved it

[SuperDistinguished]

Great performances, nevertheless on that day Queen stole the show :)

[spartanwarrior340]

nevermind the video answered that one

[spartanwarrior340]

why did he almost get fired?

[Samspark72]

Is there any truth in it that he quite often used to do this kind of thing at concerts (grabbing & dnacing with a girl) as can remember when I went back to school on the Monday our form teacher who was a big fan said he had seen him do it at concerts he had been to but don't know how much truth there is in that???

[BubblesTheDuck]

25 years ago today!!!!!

[desasterz]

Is Bono acting a Jesus stage charachter? I can't get enough of waching him waltsing with the girl... It's so beautiful. There are things that anoy me about Bono, but that's what I admier about him. That kind of shit.

[TroyDouglas917]

@desasterz U2 were a cult band who on the verge of becoming superstars and Live Aid was the moment that happened. It was clever of Bono to go into the crowd because everyone remembered that moment. He sold himself and his band like a pro to the world's public and it worked.

[desasterz]

I thought it was Bono's wife he was holding. She looks like her, maybe that's why he chose her. lol. Love Bono, see you in heaven brother!

[NoFaithNoPain]

@desasterz No, thats littel 16 year old Kal Khalique from London.

[extreme67]

U2 wrote "Miami"

[jlitt2003]

This was the moment, in front of 1 billion viewers, that U2 went from cult band to superstars.

[curelove29]

unbelievenable moments. love you so much

[TroyDouglas917]

You love U2 or you love me? He he.

[ataridan64]

that's bonow, bonow who? U2. U2! what, we haven't got a clue!

[mautrindade]

I'm wondering if does exist a HQ version of this performance. It was f** good mate

[D4RKSG1RL]

I love the two ladies at the end. "U2 what?" lol

[TroyDouglas917]

Yeah, that was probably the last time that someone didn't know who Bono was.