I remember “Ship of Fools” by World Party and “Brass in Pocket” by The Pretenders and Chrissie Hynde shaking her arse at the crowd. I remember we jumped around a bit to them. I’d already taped Rum Sodomy and the Lash off Neil. I bought their album Shelter on tape after seeing them here. Maria McKee from Lone Justice was an amazing frontwoman. My memory’s a bit shaky, but seem to remember Lou Reed, Lone Justice and The Pogues. Some other band as well but I can’t even remember their name let alone anything about them. Again, wasn’t into him either so little springs to mind.
But it also might be that I don’t remember because it wasn’t them. Pogues? Wasn’t into them at this stage which is why I don’t remember. If you told me I would remember but I can’t at the mo. What can you remember about the support acts?
I think we made some of our parents drive us down to Brighton early one morning to get tickets from the box office round the back of the Brighton Centre. Pretty sure someone’s mum with a credit card. Don’t know but I would guess your dad may have had something to do with it. No internet back then so any idea how you got a ticket? I seem to remember them all standing in a desert, black and white photography and I imagine some sort of headgear is in evidence. I bought it on one of those big black round discs that the kids used to buy. Knew about 3 of them very well, the ones everyone knows. They played In God’s Country which was kind of alright but then they played Exit which was just fucking amazing. Pretty sure some of you came with me too? I also remember the week it came out they were on Whistle Test. I was properly obsessed with U2 back then so I got the train to Guildford on the day it came out to buy the album. I first heard it in our school RE lesson! I think we’d all been playing it nonstop since it came out. The Joshua Tree album had been out for 4 months when we went to the gig. Madonna at Live Aid in Philadelphia and simultaneously causing a commotion with the youth of far away West Sussex The Who were great too, I’d never heard Won’t Get Fooled Again before I saw them do it at Live Aid. I remember being a bit confused about what the hell was going on when Bono went on walkabout in Bad to get those girls out of the crowd. But I was nuts about U2 back then so the whole day was basically just building up to U2. I was disappointed that The Style Council didn’t play for longer! Loved Elvis Costello’s All You Need Is Love. It was quite a sunny day because I remember we moved the telly so we could sit in the garden and watch it.
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U2, Queen and Madonna were my standout moments plus didn’t George Michael sing with Elton John Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me. Think he jumped down from the stage and pulled some girl out of the audience but I might be making that up. Or possibly something to do with just not being cool. This may have had something to do with wearing the boots with a red white and blue ski-jacket. Can’t really remember what they played but would imagine it probably included stuff from Unforgettable Fire, so Pride etc? I think at the time Mr Bono was pre-sunglasses but definitely wearing black boots. I think U2 ended up playing longer than they were supposed to. Only Freddie Mercury geeing up the crowd and Bob Geldof swearing on TV. The quality wasn’t great, but still used to play it a lot in the car. I had a bootleg tape of the concert that I got from Camden Market. I think he went into some cover versions at the end of Bad, perhaps Rolling Stones. Bad was phenomenal!! Their set was great, but Bad was the standout, unforgettable. There always seem to be lots of rather large flags when U2 played, and I’m sure Live Aid was no exception. I remember The Style Council seeming to be a little quiet after Status Quo, Phil Collins on Concorde, Geldof swearing on live TV, Bowie.
Plus Madonna, I loved Madonna when I was 16/17. I do remember U2 at Live Aid and the Geldof rant. Did the Quo open Live Aid? I seem to recall that – I also remember of course Queen, the live feed with the US which was novel in those days, and the Phil Collins Concorde trip to perform at both. I remember Live Aid because my dad had invited family around – the event started in the afternoon and it was a good chance for me to slope off and listen to the opening act! It was also something about seeing Wembley Stadium full, both in the stands and on the pitch, crowds like that I’d never seen before. I remember both Live Aid and U2 – iconic events when most musos around our age look back. The gig we saw was 11 months after Live Aid? What do you remember about Live aid and U2’s performance in particular? I’ve interviewed some of my mates from West Sussex who were there with me that day to see what we remembered of it all. I was a wide-eyed 16 year old and it was the 4 th gig I ever went to. On 13 th June 1987, U2 played Wembley Stadium on The Joshua Tree tour.
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