Live Aid
Historic event at London's Wembley Stadium and Philadelphia's John F. Kennedy Stadium on 13 July 1985 in aid of famine relief in Ethiopia.
Documents
Live Aid LX Plan (July 1985)
Lighting by Jimmy Barnett
[LX Plan - click on the thumbnail]
From Rob Halliday Collection
Jimmy Barnett at PLASA with a VL1 (September 2025)
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From Rob Halliday Collection
Lighting
The lighting designer at Wembley was Jimmy Barnett.
The lighting plan can be viewed on the Backstage Heritage Collection (thumbnail above).
Celco Series 2 90 lighting desk used along with a Vari*Lite Series 100 desk.
Links
- Studio Sound, October 1985 (page 54)
Charity
The Band Aid Trust continues the charitable work that started in 1984.
Read more on their website: https://www.bandaidtrust.co.uk/