July 13, 1985!

12 noon UK time!

The world's most anticipated "Save Lives" charity concert was the first to be performed at Wembley Stadium in England!

The 72,000-strong crowd roared as some of America's biggest stars were to be the first to appear at Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, but it was 7 a.m. in Philadelphia, and the concert would not begin until two hours later.

However, this could not stop the enthusiastic fans, who flocked to the scene, which was already overcrowded.

In order to enjoy the concert at the scene, although Wu Jianye appeared in the back, he also came to Kennedy Stadium early.

"You said we'll see Bob Dylan in a moment, do you want him to ask for an autograph?" Huang Guanzhong said with some excitement.

Wu Jianye smiled: "You'd better not do this!"

When the song was first recorded, there was no Huang Guanzhong, so this was the first time Huang Guanzhong saw Wu Jianye, so when he saw Wu Jianye at the beginning, he was always a little unable to let go.

"Wu Sheng, is this a loss of face for you?"

Wu Jianye shook his head and said: "It's not like losing my face, it's just that you probably won't get Bob Dylan's autographed photo, if you're just a simple fan, maybe it's nothing, he will sign it for you, but you are now a contestant who is going to perform, if you go to Bob Dylan to sign a photo, he will think you are unprofessional!"

Some people may think that it is a very interesting thing to ask the singer to sign autographs at the concert, but it is really difficult to do it in Bob Dylan.

Huang Guanzhong sat down a little stupidly.

Huang Jiaju glanced at him with a smile, although Huang Guanzhong's temper was a little shorter, but the guitar played really well, if it weren't for this, he wouldn't have asked Huang Guanzhong to join beyond.

"Wu Sheng, when are we going to play?"

"Our appearance is around five o'clock in the afternoon, don't worry now, you can take a good look at the performance of other singers on the spot. ”

On the big TV screens at Wembley Stadium and Kennedy Stadium, they broadcast each other's live broadcasts. Each band has about 20 minutes of equipment adjustment time before they go on stage, just in time for the broadcast of the performance on the other side.

The time when the concerts or parties in China are the finale is often the last to appear, but in Europe and the United States and other places, it is different, their finale guests are generally at six or seven o'clock in the evening, and this time is the Asian time of European and American concerts and parties.

And now being able to arrange Wu Jianye to appear at more than five o'clock is already a very high salary, and the finale of the 'Save Lives' concert is Bob Dylan, and no one can take his place.

As for Wembley Stadium, the Beatles' McCartney, after the Beatles disbanded, they never reorganized, and everyone thought that this concert could reorganize the Beatles, but in the end there was still only McCartney.

But even so, McCartney still has to be placed in the finale, which shows the status of the Beatles and McCartney in the global music scene.......

On TV, the British royal family entered, and Princess Diana and Prince Charles walked into the stands one after the other.

As the organizer of this concert, Gildorf stood behind Princess Diana and Prince Charles, and at this moment Gildorf reached the peak of his life.

The 'Save Lives' concert has begun!

The first to appear was the legendary British rock band Status Quo.

Francis Rossi, who wore a ponytail, had a very good typhoon and also showed his style as a rock singer, with very little nonsense, just a short three sentences.

Hello！

How are you right？

You right？

Then this world-renowned concert officially began.

The first song he sang was the hit song "Rock in' All Over The World" by the status quo.

The song was cheerful and energetic, and immediately ignited the atmosphere of the scene.

Oh, let's stop here and start here

All in unison, rock 'n' roll road

Start here

Let the world rock and roll!

......

The "Status Quo" is a legendary veteran team that has been around for 20 years and is in the midst of a breakup crisis. It was this "life-saving" that brought them back together.

The second to appear was the band "Grace Committee", whose most popular song was "The Internationalist". The name of the song is very appropriate, and it certainly appears on 'Saving Lives'.

The third is Gildorf and his "Boum Rats". It was the first time he had performed on a stage of this scale. Of all the stars who participated in this live aid show, I'm afraid he is the least famous.

However, from this moment on, it is different.

Ultrasound's New Wave Punk, Spandoor's New Romance, Nick Kershaw's Electronic Pop, Nigerian-American Singer Sade's Warm Spirituals......

Big-name stars and bands with different styles have taken the stage one after another, which is a rare spectacle in the history of world music.

Not to mention the co-performances of big names. The tenth to take the field was Sting and Phil Collins. One of them plays the guitar and the other plays the piano, sometimes solo, sometimes together.

Even though Sting had just held his solo concert here the day before, he hadn't sung enough.

So, soon he appeared again, running to sing harmony for people - the partner was a well-known band:

Dire Straits – The Strait of Terror.

Soon, his high-pitched and clear singing voice fluttered over Wembley Stadium.

I want my MTV......

That's right, the masterpiece of the Terror Strait, "Money for nothing".

These people are the blades of world rock in the eighties. Their enlightening effect on late-developing countries is immeasurable. Especially Huaxia.

Take the two singers of this song "Get It for Nothing" as an example, they each influenced a part of Chinese rock.

When he first debuted, Cui Jian was often said to have a style like Sting. He himself said:

My "Nothing" and "False Monk" were influenced by Sting, and "Rock on the Road of the New Long March" was influenced by the Jingcha band.

The Terror Strait profoundly affected Su Yang.

When he was young, Su Yang got a ripped tape and liked it so much that he listened to it countless times.

He didn't know English because he didn't have his name on the tape, and he didn't know what it was called. Many years later, he learned that it was called the Terror Strait.

In the 80s, China had just opened its eyes, but the world was in its prime.

But now it's different, there is Wu Jianye in Huaxia, even if Wu Jianye doesn't want to admit it, but now the world has seen him as a representative of Chinese rock music.

If you have to describe a band today, it must be them - Queen.

As soon as the prelude to "Bohemian Rhapsody" sounded, the audience thundered with joy. The New York Times report that day called it "the Queen's most wonderful scene."

Previously, Gildorf called to invite Freddie, the lead singer of Queen, but Freddie himself could not be contacted. The agent whispered to him:

Freddie has a good face, you can announce it to the public now, and he will be embarrassed not to participate when the time comes.

Therefore, in the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody", the plot of the gay agent who seized the news and never told Freddie is not true. He didn't know he had AIDS. That was two years later.

At this time, Freddie was in excellent condition, and he made a careful choreography for this performance. There are six stanzas in this song, and he only sings the second stanza that has the most live atmosphere. Then cleverly picked up the second track, "Radio Gaga......

Queen's appearance ignited another gao tide on the scene.

The entire Wembley Stadium continued to fall into the carnival festival, and all the fans went crazy, not to mention them, even Huang Jiaju and others at Kennedy Stadium, who were also passionate at this time, singing along with Freddie in the same place.

The temperature at Wembley Stadium reached 32 degrees today, and 70,000 men and women huddled together to scream and jump. Countless people took off their clothes, men were topless, and women were left with only bras.

The staff had to call in the nearby fire brigade to come to the rescue, using high-pressure water cannons to spray water into the sea of people at the scene to cool down.

Watching this scene on TV, Huang Jiaju and others couldn't help but sigh.

"When will it be great for our concert to have such an effect?"

"There will be this opportunity, believe in yourself!" Wu Jianye encouraged them.

Xiangjiang is too small, so small that it can't accommodate a band like beyond and many top stars, only by truly opening up the Chinese market and relying on the huge market of Huaxia can they truly be compared with the world's top stars.

It's a long and difficult process, but Wu Jianye is working hard for it all.

There was another fun to the concert at Wembley Stadium, that is, the Wembley bathroom couldn't withstand so many people, and it quickly blocked and broke. At one point, the women forcibly occupied the men's restroom, queuing for four or five hours to go to the toilet once. Many people have to use beer bottles or plastic bottles to solve the problem.

Two hours after the start of the London session, the Philadelphia session started on time.

It's the most bizarre show in the world – halfway around the world, audiences on both sides can watch it at the same time.

Calls for donations from all over the world are pouring in. The operators were so busy that they couldn't distinguish between their hands and feet.

There was no internet crowdfunding in those days. Gildorf initially commissioned the BBC to open 20 telephones to answer phone donations, and later commissioned a team of 200 people from a telephone exchange company.

People only need to make a phone call, quote their credit card number and the amount of the donation, and indicate how much they are willing to donate to Africa.

Before Wu Jianye was reborn, he once saw such a comment on the Internet: Everyone who watched the live video of this performance found that he was born decades later.

Now Wu Jianye has not only seen this performance, but will even join it as a participant.

As early as the preparation of the show, Gildorf was so anxious that he couldn't sleep for several nights.

There are so many big names, and they are generally unruly and untamed people.

As long as one or two of them drink too much and release the pigeons, then there will be a big trouble, and the order of the performances will have to be rearranged. Because, he himself is a thorn in the head who has always been unreliable.

What's more, there is no contract signed for this performance, and most of the big names just say a simple 'OK'.

Wu Jianye had known about Gildorf's concerns for a long time, but Wu Jianye could only say to Gildorf: Hehe, it's over.

Because something did happen on the scene.

It happened when Gildorf's hometown, the Irish band U2, came on the scene.

"Damn, Bono is out!" Huang Jiaqiang couldn't help but shout as he watched the broadcast of Wembley Stadium on the screen.

It turned out that after Bono finished singing a song, he suddenly jumped off the high stage, crossed the security line and pulled a girl in the audience to the stage, and danced a slow dance together.

Watching Bono dancing with the girl, Wu Jianye couldn't help but sigh, and he really deserved to be the world-class lead singer who loves to do things-Bono.

This kind of thing can be done on this occasion, but don't worry, there will be other fun on the American side as well.

The expressions of the other members of U2 on the screen were a little confused, even if they had long been accustomed to Bono's various behaviors, they still couldn't walk in the same band as Bono, so they looked a little sluggish on the screen.

It is estimated that at this time, Gildorf was scolding his mother, scolding his fellow countrymen for not giving him face and not being authentic.

In fact, twenty years later, when the official commemorative version of the VCD of this concert came out, this paragraph was pinched......

Afterwards, the girl defended Bono by saying that there were so many people that they almost trampled her to death, and that it was Bono who saved her.

But Bono didn't give face at all, he still looked like he was hanging to the sky, and told the truth:

As a performer, I am not satisfied with the distance between the performer and the audience. I always try to cross that distance.

It's a big show for our band, with a billion people watching, and we're not singing the songs we're known for. Everybody was annoyed with me, even very angry.

That move ruined my day, and I thought I was going to ruin the band's future.

Of course, U2 wasn't the only ones who were laid off.

Led Zeppelin has been disbanded for 5 years due to the accidental death of a drummer while drinking, and it was only because of this live aid that they temporarily reunited. They didn't even have a drummer, and now they asked Phil Collins to make a cameo as a drummer.

Because it was too long since they reunited, this great band became the scene of a major car accident.

Phil Collins didn't say anything about the wrong rhythm, and the lead singer sang out of tune, and his voice was split. Twenty years later, they offered to have their show part cut out.

At this time, the concert at Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia had also begun.

The heat on the American side is no weaker than that of the United Kingdom.

Although Michael Jackson did not appear, he was certified by Guinness World Records as the most popular female singer of the 20th century - Madonna, Sister Na. At the age of 27, she is at the age of infinite youth.

No matter what her private life is, at this time, she stands on the stage and is a well-deserved Queen.

There is also 19-time Grammy Awards in his lifetime, and the only rock legend to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times.

The lead singer of the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger. Their logo, the big red tongue, is the most famous rock 'n' roll logo in the world.

Later, the Chinese rock veteran Zheng Jun gave his son the English name Jagger, just to pay tribute to the legendary old Paoer, who had been bohemian all his life and gave birth to an eighth child at the age of 73.

Jagger, as a rock veteran, if he didn't do something at the concert, it wouldn't be him.

When singing in duet with Tina Turner, the godmother of rock and roll, she suddenly ripped off her skirt and forced her to finish the whole song wearing only black stockings and panties.

Huang Jiaju and others sat in the background and saw all this.

"Jiaju, why don't you wear a skirt at concerts in the future......."

Huang Guanzhong couldn't help but say.

Huang Jiaju: "......"

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