Editing Live Aid (section)

== Legacy ==
{{Quote box|width=27%|align=right|quote="Everyone has a common experience of it, everyone remembers where they were and what they felt about it. It's one of those little pegs that you hang all your other memories on."|source=—''Harry Potter'' author [[J. K. Rowling]] speaking on the BBC's ''Live Aid – Rockin' All Over the World'' in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=Live Aid – Rockin' All Over The World |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0078x3p |access-date=9 June 2020 |publisher=BBC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717083506/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0078x3p|archive-date=17 July 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

Live Aid eventually raised $127&nbsp;million ($370 million in 2024 terms) in famine relief for African nations, and the publicity it generated encouraged Western nations to make available enough surplus grain to end the immediate hunger crisis in Africa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/live-aid-concert|title=Live Aid concert – Jul 13, 1985 |publisher=History.com|access-date=1 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307213438/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/live-aid-concert|archive-date= 7 March 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> According to one aid worker, a larger impact than the money raised for the Ethiopian famine is that "humanitarian concern is now at the centre of foreign policy" for the west.<ref name="Guardian"/>

Regarding Buerk's landmark [[BBC News]] report as a watershed moment in crisis reporting that influenced modern coverage—one that was broadcast in its entirety with Buerk's narration on a major US channel—Suzanne Franks in ''[[The Guardian]]'' states, "the nexus of politics, media and aid are influenced by the coverage of a famine 30 years ago."<ref name="Buerk Report"/>

Many artists and performers at Live Aid gained prominence and positive commercial influence. For all the cultural, charitable, and technological significance of 1985's Live Aid, its most immediate impact was on the charts. In the UK, for example, ''[[No Jacket Required]]'' by Phil Collins and Madonna's ''[[Like a Virgin (album)|Like a Virgin]]'' leapt back into the top ten. Queen's three-year-old ''[[Greatest Hits (Queen album)|Greatest Hits]]'' rose fifty-five places into the top twenty, followed by Freddie Mercury's ''[[Mr. Bad Guy]]''. Every U2 album available at the time also returned to the chart.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Six Degrees of Rock Connections: The Complete Road Map of Rock 'N' Roll|last=Macdonald|first=Bruno|publisher=Sweet Water Press|year=2010|isbn=978-1532-510373|pages=214}}</ref> In 1986, Geldof received an honorary knighthood from Queen [[Elizabeth II]] for his efforts.<ref name=":0" /> [[Claire Bertschinger]], the nurse who featured in Buerk's news reports that sparked the aid relief movement, received the [[Florence Nightingale Medal]] in 1991 for her work in nursing and was made a [[Dame]] by Queen Elizabeth II in 2010 for "services to Nursing and to International Humanitarian Aid".<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=59282|date=31 December 2009|page=6|supp=y}}</ref>

Queen's performance at Live Aid was later recreated in the band's biographical film ''[[Bohemian Rhapsody (film)|Bohemian Rhapsody]]'' in 2018.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a869002/bohemian-rhapsody-queen-live-aid-performance/ |title=How ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' recreated that incredible Queen performance at Live Aid |first=Ian |last=Sandwell |website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=23 October 2018 |access-date=24 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024113134/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a869002/bohemian-rhapsody-queen-live-aid-performance/ |archive-date=24 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Footage from the original performance can be seen to match very accurately with the movie performance.<ref name=":1" /> In 2020, [[Queen + Adam Lambert]] reprised the original Queen setlist from Live Aid for the [[Fire Fight Australia]] charity concert in Sydney, Australia.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dye |first=Josh |title=Queen reprises famous 1985 Live Aid set at Fire Fight Australia concert |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/fire-fight-relief-concert-raises-millions-for-bushfire-victims-20200216-p5419w.html |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=16 February 2020 |access-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216133424/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/fire-fight-relief-concert-raises-millions-for-bushfire-victims-20200216-p5419w.html |archive-date=16 February 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The background to the staging of the concert as a whole was dramatised in the 2010 television drama ''[[When Harvey Met Bob]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wympz|title=When Harvey Met Bob|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=31 December 2010|access-date=7 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224195755/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wympz|archive-date=24 December 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2023, Geldof stated that a six-part miniseries about Live Aid was being produced by [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] as well as an [[IMAX]]-format theatrical documentary from Geldof himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bob-geldof-live-aid-imax-the-wall-camerimage-1235646673/|title=Bob Geldof Reveals Plans For a Live Aid Imax Doc and Reflects on Making 'The Wall': "I Don't Like the Film"|last=Giardina|first=Carolyn|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=17 November 2023|access-date=24 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118001405/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bob-geldof-live-aid-imax-the-wall-camerimage-1235646673/|archive-date=18 November 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

A jukebox musical based on the day, ''[[Just for One Day (musical)|Just for One Day]]'' (named after a line in Bowie's song "[["Heroes" (David Bowie song)|Heroes]]", which he performed at the event), had its world premiere at [[The Old Vic]] in London in February 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bamigboye |first=Baz |date=2 October 2023 |title=Breaking Baz: Bob Geldof Collaborates On Live Aid Musical With Broadway & West End Director Luke Sheppard; Show Will World Premiere At London's Old Vic |url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/live-aid-musical-just-for-one-day-bob-geldof-luke-sheppard-old-vic-1235560439/ |access-date=2 October 2023 |website=Deadline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001173618/https://deadline.com/2023/10/live-aid-musical-just-for-one-day-bob-geldof-luke-sheppard-old-vic-1235560439/ |archive-date=1 October 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |date=2 October 2023 |title=Bob Geldof gives nod of approval to the Old Vic's Live Aid musical |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/02/bob-geldof-gives-nod-of-approval-to-old-vic-live-aid-musical-just-for-one-day |access-date=2 October 2023 |issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002123553/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/02/bob-geldof-gives-nod-of-approval-to-old-vic-live-aid-musical-just-for-one-day |archive-date=2 October 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2024, opening for [[Taylor Swift]]'s [[The Eras Tour|Eras Tour]] at Wembley Stadium, [[Hayley Williams]], lead vocalist of [[Paramore]], tributed Freddie Mercury's Live Aid performance. Wearing an outfit compared to the one Mercury wore, Williams led the audience in unison refrains, similar to Mercury's during Queen's set, while the other band members took a break.<ref>{{cite news |last=Boisvert |first=Lauren |date=21 August 2024 |title=Watch Paramore's Hayley Williams Honor Freddie Mercury At Wembley Stadium |work=American Songwriter |url=https://americansongwriter.com/watch-paramores-hayley-williams-honor-freddie-mercury-at-wembley-stadium/ |access-date=31 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821151004/https://americansongwriter.com/watch-paramores-hayley-williams-honor-freddie-mercury-at-wembley-stadium/ |archive-date=21 August 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>