I was offered a ticket in the pub 3 nights before. Turned it down....

had something else planned for that morning. Turned on the TV at lunchtime and realised I'd made one hell of an error! Only lived 10 miles from Wembley at the time as well....

True Story. It's probably the biggest mistake of my life.

Posted By: Saucerer on July 12th 2025 at 21:20:51

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Any of you lot go to Live Aid? I’ve never met anyone who did. (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 12, 20:00:58
- Chatting to Phil Collins on Concorde 😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 12, 22:47:06
- Bruce never played at Live Aid but did donate his stage setup which he left in situ at (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 12, 22:02:09
- This Queen this is still astounding. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Jul 12, 21:35:03
  - Incredible. What a showman (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 12, 21:35:35
    - He’s wearing Kvistgaarden‘s jeans (n/m) (General Chat) - littletinyphil, Jul 12, 21:44:42
      - Ice Wash Wranglers (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 12, 21:53:39
        
        There on at the arts centre tonight (n/m) (General Chat) - littletinyphil, Jul 12, 21:58:07
    - It really was a redeeming performance for them at the time. They’d had a lot of (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 12, 21:43:33
- I was offered a ticket in the pub 3 nights before. Turned it down.... (General Chat) - Saucerer, Jul 12, 21:20:51
  - Shit! I’m pretty sure I didn’t know anything about it until the day (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 12, 21:28:38
    - I'd been to Wembley 2 weeks earlier (Springsteen) but really wish I'd gone to Live Aid (General Chat) - Saucerer, Jul 12, 21:34:52
      - Yeah imagine (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 12, 22:37:07
- at my brothers wedding. hotttt in the church. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jul 12, 21:17:22
- No, but I ran the world along with Nasty Nick Cotton from eastenders (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jul 12, 21:15:19
  - I’ve run better worlds in quicker times, with worse B list celebs (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 12, 21:30:06
- No, watched on TV in Lowestoft at a Band Aid BBQ! (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jul 12, 21:04:44
- ok I've just realised its on the fucking telly. on it like grommit, (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Jul 12, 20:46:51
- Bono has one hell of a mullet (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 12, 20:42:46
  - almost as if he's from the 2025's (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 12, 20:47:17
    - Wouldn’t have minded seeing ‘85 era U2 (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 12, 20:52:26
      - I saw them at Wembley arena in 1984. Unforgettable Fire tour. It was great. (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 12, 21:15:57
        
        👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 12, 21:30:00
      - good point. i saw '85 era norwich that end of wemburley a few months before (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 12, 20:57:01
        
        Ooh yes. Me too (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 12, 21:09:48
        
        i think he did lol (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 12, 21:22:47
      - Under a blood red sky (General Chat) - shoddy, Jul 12, 20:55:21
        
        I had a video of that, live from Red Rocks. The intro music was Enya (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 12, 21:17:53
- No (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jul 12, 20:25:24
- I'd have struggled to... (n/m) (General Chat) - Klobo04, Jul 12, 20:20:45
  - Indeed (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 12, 20:23:14
- I had a Live Aid t-shirt, which doesn't really count. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jul 12, 20:18:27
  - Cool! (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 12, 20:23:58
- I remember watching it (General Chat) - shoddy, Jul 12, 20:17:32
  - I was working at Anderson’s on the market but watched the evening stuff (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 12, 20:22:11
  - I was also 16. Was a hot day (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 12, 20:18:46
- No but i remember watching it on the day (General Chat) - littletinyphil, Jul 12, 20:12:49
- I was only 2. Would have loved to have gone (n/m) (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Jul 12, 20:07:19
  - You wouldn't have appreciated it at that age. Plus it was hot and (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jul 12, 21:19:34

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