Date/Time: Wednesday, 18th June 2025 at 14:30
Location: Shaftesbury Theatre, 210 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8DP
Price:
For those aged 60 and over: £35 per person. Member and guest £70.
For those aged under 60: £40 per person. Member and guest £80.
Event Organiser: Pete Wells. 7, Wayfaring Court, Safflower Lane, Romford RM3 0LQ
Back by popular demand: A second chance to see this truly uplifting musical.
This musical retells the story of Live Aid, the 13th July 1985 benefit concerts which were organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for the Ethiopian famine that would claim the lives of as many as one million people. The play transports the audience back to that astonishing day, conjuring up the atmosphere of political unrest and social revolution, and conveying just how momentous it really was, with as many as 1.5 billion people tuning in to support the cause.
“From seeing Just For One Day throughout its development, if this musical encourages just one person to have a positive impact for the better, then it will be a job well done,” said Geldof. “I’m looking forward to seeing it at [the theatre] … it better not be shit!”
Just for One Day is not “a tribute thing”, Geldof told the BBC. “I wouldn’t have anything to do with that. So, there isn’t a person dressed up as Freddie wearing a crap moustache. The songs drive the drama along.”
The musical features many of the best-loved songs from the 70 acts who played at the two humongous Eighties concerts (in London’s Wembley Stadium and Philadelphia’s John F. Kennedy Stadium), including tracks from David Bowie, The Who, U2, Queen, The Police, Elton John and Paul McCartney. These songs have been arranged by composer Matthew Brind, whose orchestra work has included English National Opera, BBC Concert Orchestra, and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Band Aid Charitable Trust has given its permission for this musical to go ahead and will receive 10% of the ticket sales.
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