I Witnessed History

The day Live Aid rocked the world

Telegraph Features Writer Mick Brown was in Wembley Stadium during Live Aid, 1985. From one man’s vision to halt famine in Ethiopia, to a stadium packed with 72,000 fans and a television audience of over a billion, Mick Brown relives the world’s most famous rock concert. He captures the atmosphere, the spectacle and the scope of this unique event, and its legacy three decades later.  Watch Mick talk about that day in a video version of this podcast: <a href="https://youtu.be/IE7bAGR_Iuk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/IE7bAGR_Iuk</a>|Revisit that historic day: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/LiveAidOfficial" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/c/LiveAidOfficial</a> |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: <a href="https://telegraph.co.uk/audio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://telegraph.co.uk/audio</a> |See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Where were you when 9/11 happened? When Harry married Meghan? When Margaret Thatcher resigned? The Telegraph’s journalists were right there. Each week they tell us what happened when they witnessed history. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.