Live Aid: When Rock 'n' Roll Took On the World

After seeing a BBC report on Ethiopia's "biblical famine," rock star Bob Geldof brings together a group of fellow popstars to record a song that ignites a global movement and raises millions for relief efforts.

Live Aid – a same day, joint concert between London and Philadelphia - becomes the largest global event in history, bringing together a star-studded line up from Tina Turner to Bowie to Queen.

The second half of Live Aid in the United States brings in millions, thrusting Bob Geldof into Africa’s politics as he navigates fundraising, controversy and celebrity.

Bob Geldof and Bono join forces to stage Live 8, a global concert aimed at pressuring the world's richest leaders to tackle the root causes of poverty in Africa.