# Live Aid musical benefitting The Band Aid Charitable Trust opens this month

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2024/01/08/live-aid-musical-benefitting-the-band-aid-charitable-trust-opens-this-month/
- Published: 2024-01-08T09:51:50+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**A musical about Live Aid hits the stage later this month, telling the story of
the 1985 multi-venue concert that was created in response to the then famine in 
Ethiopia and watched by around 1.5 billion people globally.**

[Just For One Day](https://www.oldvictheatre.com/stage/event/just-for-one-day) opens
on 26 January at London’s Old Vic, and is set to run until 30 March, and will see
10% from the sale of all tickets donated to The Band Aid Charitable Trust – whose
permission has been gained for the production.

The musical has been written by John O’Farrell (Mrs Doubtfire, Something Rotten)
and is directed by Luke Sheppard (& Juliet, The Little Big Things). With a cast 
of 26, it features the songs of Bob Dylan, David Bowie, The Who, U2, Queen, The 
Police, Elton John, Paul McCartney, and many more.

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It tells the story of the event and how it brought together the global audience 
of over a billion people to raise £150 million ($127 million) for famine relief –
way exceeding expectations.

[Tickets](https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/show/35497-just-for-one-day) are available
from £28.

## More on Live Aid

[Live Aid concert finally released on DVD](https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/10/23/live-aid-concert-finally-released-dvd/)–
October 2004

[When Harvey Met Bob: BBC2 to screen Live Aid](https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/11/25/when-harvey-met-bob-bbc2-screen-live-aid-drama/)
drama

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   27 July 2009)
 * **[Fairsharemusic.com lets you donate as you download](https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/06/21/fairsharemusiccom-lets-you-donate-you-download/)**(
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