Im Irish and I never respected U2 until I met a beautiful friend Aidan who was an ex heroin user and I fell in love!!! This buddy has now passed and this song salute's him!!!! Peace bud!!!!!!

I was there. I was about 20 feet from where the second girl was rescued from the crowd. Bono could see they where being crushed, and that's why he raced over to the second girl and jumped down himself, he could see she was being crushed. The entire mood of the day, was the only time in my life, like i literally felt like we the people, where more important than the music. It was incredible, there was nothing contrived about Bono dancing with that girl, it was just a day where, we literally tried to live and send, as much love and hope as possible, as twee as that sounds. I still have my Live Aid T-shirt, bought on the day, U2 were only bested by Queen, although to be fair, Queen at Live Aid, was voted the best rock performance of the 20th century. And it was. I am in my 50's now, but i remember it like yesterday..

Now that is a Rock Star!. Hard to imagine any band being better in a moment with 1 billion people watching than this.

It's been literally decades and still whenever U2 play Bad live the crowd goes crazy. An absolute classic

The whole world had a party to watch this concert together. It may be the one time in history when this happened. U2 and Queen were the standouts. I'll never forget it.

Ive seen U2 live several times. Once in the ‘80’s and a couple of times in the ‘90’s. They were the hardest working band on the circuit. They gave 100% every time.

I remember this like yesterday, bono was only 25 yrs old than and had a great vocal range and was coming off the Unforgettable Fire tour and loved to interact with the audience

I don’t cry often but this song........whoa. It just gets me.

He still says God bless you, and thank you for the life you've given us. There will never be another band like U2, ever! They will go down in history as the greatest band in history!

remember, this is before the internet.....

One of the most emotional things I have ever seen. I still tear up 35 years later just as I did the day it happened.

This is not only U2's best ever live performance (IMO) but one of the greatest live performances of all time. Improvised brilliance form the band when Bono disappeared to ground level. Even the bit when Larry drum rolled as soon as Bono re-emerged.

The woman in the crowd was getting crushed and Bono saw this happening and reached out for her. This extended Bad, meaning they couldn’t play the rest of their short set list. Epic...

This is a masterpiece in human connection and Bono with a glorious ability to exist with no barriers.

during this time period, you had the Troubles in Belfast, and most of Ireland at the time. They concluded the set, in England, with so.e iconic English songs

From a Little Rock on the western edge of Europe, Ireland , my home, really does produce amazing music. I'm Irish and so proud when I watch u2 do there thing.

important to note: U2 wasn't a huge band at this point. They definitely had fans but...this performance and the next album began their superstardom

My favorite U2 song. Live version is always better.

A version I'll never be tired of watching. Utter classic. If you like this version a year later they did another show for the homeless and drugs in their home country Ireland. You should have a look at it. It's called Self Aid and that version of Bad is topping this version

Taken from two separate articles regarding the event at 7:40 "The third girl is 15-year-old Kal Khalique. She is not in the front row because she wants to be close to Bono. “My sister and I were desperate to see Wham!, so we had made it down to the front of the stage,” she explained... Bono saw she was being overwhelmed by the Wembley crowd. The U2 legend leapt off stage and pulled her free -- then smooched with her as his band played on. Kal, of Hampstead, North London, said: "The crowd surged and I was suffocating -- then I saw Bono. "Security helped him pull me out, then he held me and we danced. My heart was pounding."

I've seen U2 several times in concert they're my second favorite band behind Rush and I will never forget going to the concert in 2001 in Madison square Garden right after 9/11 it was the first show they were doing at the Garden after the towers fell and they scrolled the names of the deceased upon this canvas that went up in the center of the arena and it was the most amazing moment I'll ever experience in a concert period. They always knew how to make a poignant statement.

One of the best live bands ever. Amazing and truly timeless.

Young Lady, that is, for me, THE single greatest performance in the history of music....

And that ladies and gentlemen is how you work a crowd

Your eyes said it All. It was beautiful indeed. Thank you for posting. I remember this back then. U2 are and were a very special and incredibly talented band 🎉

He saw the SAME Girl at a show 30 years later. Best live band ever.

This performance put U2 on the map globally. It was one of the best of the whole series.

Him dancing with the girl always gets me.

Everyone talks about Queen's performance that day and rightly so but this performance by U2 put them on the map and showed that there was a worthy successor to Freddy on the same stage by the name of Bono.

Live Aid was designed to fight apartheid in South Africa. Bob Geldolf was apart of an unknown, in America, band called the Boomtown Rats, ... truly amazing what an unknown person can do to fight injustice and spark the world's attention

Important to note there was no internet in the year this concert took place so no youtube!! We only had VHS video tape recorders. Bono was singing words from several other songs including 2 rolling stones numbers. The concert was also being held simultaneously live in Fort Lauderdale. Phil Collins performed at wembley then caught Concorde to fly supersonic to uSA and later drummed for Led Zeppelin when the Live Aid concert continued there due to 5 hours time difference. This was the first time a concert was beamed via satellite live all over the world for live aid!! So landmarks in many respects!!

The best Band of the planet 80 2020...their music save me

This is when U2 was introduced to the world. Their popularity sky rocketed after the world saw this... then Joshua Tree made them the biggest band in the world.

The roadie in the sleeveless shirt handling Bono's microphone was Greg Carroll, who tragically was killed in a motorcycle accident the following year in 1986. The motorcycle belonged to Bono. U2 wrote the song "One Tree Hill" in his loving memory and it is included on "The Joshua Tree" album.

Was there,what a day,never to be forgotten. This is the day they became superstars!!!☘

I was fortunate enough to catch this on tv! One of my favorite bands along with Led Zeppelin

One of my favourite early u2 songs

Totally random bono being bono he cares for everyone hes a angel in disguise as a rock star god bless him...enjoy from new Zealand 👍❤

Notice how Bono pulled a black African woman out of the crowd as live aid was to help millions of black Africans . A lovely touch which made the U2 performance perfect.

I was just getting into U2 and caught this on tv on the day....the deal was sealed... awesome live band

I watched live aid all day that Saturday in 1985. I was 14 years old. I had 8 hours of it recorded on vhs tape but my mom recorded over the entire thing.

I’ve seen them live three times...absolutely epic concerts❤️❤️❤️

Amazing band.

This almost broke the band up, Edge was furious at Bono for his antics here. I agree with him here, this song is so powerful on its own, and the reality that they were still somewhat unknown. Reportedly, after they played Edge left without speaking and boarded a jet.

First timer you were wonderful with Bad

I was very fortunate to meet him and we held hands! It was amazing! A day at the experience show that I'll never forget! He is a lovely humble man!

There was 110,000 people that day and I was luckily one of them,blinding day x

I have see U2, 4 times always in Italy. Bad, is a Masterpiece

He saw the girl getting crushed and wanted to help bono has always hated the distance between fans and artist i think the moment summed the day up brilliantly

Best version ever

Best version of Bad live...Fact

The young girl he had Security pull out of the crowd as she was getting smashed was at a show at the last experience tour. Bono pulls people up on stage quite often, I had the privilege of meeting him before sound check at the experience tour show he held my hand and it was so moving! I love Bono to the moon and back, he is so humble and sweet, Seeing U2 is almost a religious experience, I'm the same age as Bono I've been a rabid fan for 35 years and U2 never gets old! Best band in the world!!!!!❤👌

They don't know each other. Bono felt the need to reach out with touch. He became personal with the audience as it was his way of saying I'm just as you. I'm human and love is with me as well as with you. Let music bring us closer. ❤❤

The love and seance of unity on that day was something to behold.

Bono and u2 has always been gracious to his fans always warm and welcoming just a great band thanks for an amazing heart felt reaction u rock

I was 24 going on 25. I watched the U2 set live in Australia on the TV during the early hours of the morning - it was nightime in Australia. It still sends goosebumps down my spine - knowing how Bono went completely off-script as the band played such a long version of "Bad" - & were unable to play their third & final song "Pride". During "Bad" in Live Aid - U2 were discovered by the rest of the world - it was a defining moment for the band.

when time stood still. Wonderful reaction greetings from Australia

Well U2 had originally more songs to play but because of him having to help the poor lady who was being suffocated in the crowd they instead made it an extended version of the song.. They ( the band ) never missed a beat. That's talent.!!!

U2 has a real connection with their fans. At the end of every live U2 show I’ve been to, Bono thanks the fans for giving them a life they love. Their new Sirius XM channel has a regular show that features U2 fans selecting and introducing their personal Top 5 U2 songs. They’ve been my favorite band since 1983...best live act EVER!!

I had just returned from hockey camp and was fortunate to watch this performance. It was the coolest thing I had seen on television! It was mesmerizing!!

A great video I saw was Chester Bennington singing in the middle of a crowd and gravitated to a young girl. It was raw, emotional, amazing. Unfortunately I saw this video a few weeks after his death. He was truly loved

he always invite someone to come on the stage to dance with him specially in the song " she moves in mysterious ways " and " with or without you" .

I remember this day like it was today, I was 17 and waited all day for them to come on about 5ish, I was mocked back then for being a fan especially from the old man, he shouted me from the room to tell me yer bands on in 5, I finished the washing up and ran into the room, half way through Bad the volume went up a couple of notches, then the magic happened, not Bono jumping in the crowd but looking across and seeing the old man tapping his foot in time to the beat, I will never forget his smile when he realised he'd been busted, it was a validation to me and a moment of dawning for him, dad may be gone but the memory will last

At the time I think we felt that the girl he danced with was a proxy for the audience, for the world. For the love U2 was trying to say we should all have for each other. Especially at a time like this.

Bono was always pulling anonymous girls out of the audience to join him on stage to sing to, to dance with, to kiss, and the audience loved it.

u2 360 tour... mind blown

great!!! U2 😍

Legends

This is great. You know, after this performance, all five of U2's LPs at the time went back into the UK charts; such was the interest in the band after this epic 20 minute show or whatever it was. This unexpected windfall allowed the band to spend more time on their next record, which would become The Joshua Tree. That record didn't do too badly at all! Best wishes to you and thanks for this great video.

Besides journey live in Houston 81 Queens live aid performance was awesome. One of the best I've ever seen

He doesn't know them, he does that at every concert.

Bono said he didn't feel they were connecting with the crowd so he started motioning for security to allow someone up on stage. He then saw the dark haired girl, who he danced with, being pushed up against the barrier, so he jumped down to stop her from getting hurt. U2 was actually scheduled to play 3 songs (Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bad and Pride), but because of him jumping off stage, they ran out of time before performing Pride.

Had to play a lotta 100 rooms and 500 rooms, 1K Rooms and 5k rooms. They played the Joshua tree tour without anything special. But in the past 30 years U2 just wanted to blow your mind. Kinda makes a Pink Floyd laser show look like flashlight tag.

Love

Wembley Stadium in the tiers alone held 100K. to watch mainly a football match. Years later reduced for safety to 92K. Now you telling me there is just 72K there. HMmmmmmm. A great day, I thank my mum I was around to see it live.

"Kal Khalique was just 15 when Bono saw she was being overwhelmed by the Wembley crowd. The U2 legend leapt off stage and pulled her free--The crowd surged and I was suffocating -- then I saw Bono. " "Security helped him pull me out, then he held me and we danced. My heart was pounding." This is the true story in the girl's own words as told in The Sun on July 1st, 2005

the lyric “wide awake” is right....how Bono managed to be super-humanly alert & notice/see those girls in that literal sea of people is just crazy to me, & beyond me... i read ur reply to the guy who explained the situation, & every time i see this, i tear up a little, sometimes, & im a dude...its a truly incredible moment...great reaction:D

That day was magic

Another fun fact. They were supposed to play a set but this was such a moment for them they kept it going BTW No pics No cell phones in 85

Back when Bono was full strength.

This performance put them over the top and at this moment became infamous FUN FACT 95 % if TVs in the entire world watched this concert that day

We can not stop to admire artists with a great talent !!!

Things were different in the 80's, you really can't do that anymore , although he's still doing it at his concert in Vegas , bono is a devout Christian

Bono has a thing about wanting to make a connection with the audience so tries to dance with someone on stage. But this was the biggest concert and venue they'd ever been to and no way to get from audience to stage so he had to jump down. Then of course he couldn't get back up. U2 almost broke up after this gig as this was their BIGGEST break ever but they had to cut their third song 'pride'(in the name of love)' which was their big hit, because they ran out of time due to how long it took to do the dance and get back up.

I've seen U2 in concert many times. I saw them in Chicago in 2018 and in Indianapolis in 2017. Both were insanely good concerts.

I seen U2 live after that Bono pickeed up at the concert I was to three girls. He had also an champagne bottle with him who the girls poored over him while they all hugged him. Until the guards took them of the stage. This was 1991. My favorit song with U2, where the streets have no name. And Sonday bloody sunday. It was through most of us discovered them

He dosen’t know them! It’s something that’s he used to do in their concerts! They are very closed to the crowd , I know it because I follow them since I was 13! The are history of music and for me, BAD my favorite song 😍

See them 5 times live..... sooo good.

U2 and Bono always the best live band, and still the best live band..

If you think about the crowd size the old Wembley seated Capacity: was 82,000 ((original standing capacity was 125,000) Bob Geldof was also from Dublin.

The people in the crowd weren’t even fans!! This was before the Joshua tree era when they made it “big”. This just proves how good they were(are) & why they still perform at the highest level & make sure that all the other groups aspire to get close to their mastery. Queen were very good on the day also but the longevity of U2 makes them the greatest band of all time & that includes The Beatles!!!

When they recorded the "Where The Streets Have No Name" video in Las Vegas I just happened to be downtown with my Uncle at the Freemont....we came outside to all the commotion and there was the band roaming around with everyone being filmed for the video.....when Bono jumped on the hood of the car at the end of the video, we were literally 20 feet from him and he saw us laughing....he approached us and said...."Are you guys fans or just here for the hype?" I replied....(mind you I was 21 years old)...."There's enough hype already in Vegas, we're fans!" and he laughed and asked what happened to my leg....of which I had broken my ankle a few weeks prior, needless to say Bono signed my cast with a Sharpie (of which I still have to this day)...and Adam gave my Uncle a beer.

Love U2 aswell.

We saw Bono and U2 do the same sort of thing in the "Under A Blood Red Sky" video, filmed at Red Rocks Amphitheater . He grabbed a girl out of the crowd to dance with her to "Party Girl", I think it was. I believe I read or heard an interview once (a long time ago) saying that Bono (and the rest of the band) were really influenced by Bruce Springsteen and Bruce was known for bringing a girl out of the audience to dance with (hence the "Dancing in The Dark" video). Anyway, really cool. Bono is the man.

He always does that! My love ❤️

Sensacional!!! ❤

One of the best live performances ever

I constantly watch this performance on your channel & dare I say it, a few other reactors as well, I was 16 when I watched this on TV the streets were empty when Live Aid aired. What a performance & it still gives me goosebumps at 54 years of age, nothing will ever come close to that ever again, Hope your well, Love from the UK 🇬🇧

God I’d give anything for hair like that. Bono rocked the mullet. Bono+mullet = bonnet

RIP Greg Carroll