Live Aid at 40: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took on the World

After watching a BBC report on Ethiopia's 'biblical famine,' Bob Geldof puts a band of rock stars together and records a song that sparks a global response, inspiring millions.

Live Aid becomes the biggest global fund-raising concert, drawing Geldof into charity politics in Africa as he navigates fundraising, controversy and celebrity.

In 2005, Geldof and Bono team up to stage Live 8, a global concert to pressure the world's richest leaders to confront the root causes of poverty in Africa.