Fancied a bit of eighties nostalgia last night, so watched a load of the Live Aid stuff from '85. Hard to believe the clothes and hair back then. It was mid July for the concert at Wembley, the crowd being doused with water on a baking hot day. Midge Ure did his set wearing a full length raincoat, sweat dripping off, what was he thinking? Then Spandau Ballet did their turn, and Tony Hadley took it a stage further, dressed like he'd just come off a fishing trawler in the high seas - must have been making maggots
On the big day itself, all those years ago, I was in London for the day with an American cousin and her 2 friends, doing the typical sightseeing stuff, and missed all the Live Aid frenzy that most others were glued to.
Great nostalgia looking back, but also a tad embarrassing.