CNN’s original four-part series takes music fans behind the scenes of the benefit concert that featured performances by Queen, EU2, Mick Jagger with Tina Turner and other icons.

Geldof, 73, spoke to The New York Times for an article published July 13 in honor of the 40th anniversary of Live Aid. Geldof was inspired to organize the blockbuster concert, which was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, after he watched a 1984 BBC report about the famine in Ethiopia.

Musicians who performed at Live Aid, the transatlantic concert that raised millions for famine relief in Ethiopia, reunited in London on Sunday to mark the event's 40th anniversary, attending a special performance of the musical "Just For One Day".

To mark the Live Aid anniversary, the BBC and CNN have co-produced a documentary series, “Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took On the World.” It also covers Band Aid and Live 8, concerts that Geldof organized in 2005 that helped pressure the world’s richest countries to cut the debt owed by the poorest countries and increase aid spending.

Remembering sublime performances and hot messes, "blackmail" and backstage drama, the performer who played both the UK and US stages the same day, and more.

When Rock 'n' Roll Took on the World" aired on Sunday, July 13. Here's what you need to know to watch on demand.

A flirty and electrifying performance by Mick Jagger and Tina Turner at Live Aid 40 years ago endures as a moment in rock ‘n’ roll history.

"They didn't invite us so we did our own thing," he says. "We made ourselves proud that we could put in whatever small fee to what Live Aid did." The tech founder was spotted sporting newly grown thick white-grey hair during a visit to Sun Valley, Idaho The actress is fueling romance rumors with the hypnotist on her trip to Mallorca

Forty years ago, the legendary Live Aid concerts simulcast from Philadelphia and London aimed to do a lot of good.

Forty years after Live Aid, U2’s Bono recalled the ‘bad hair day’ he had at the charity concert in 1985. ‘One of the most famous moments of your life and your activism, you’ve got a mullet,’ Bono said in the new ‘Live Aid: When Rock ‘n’ Roll Took on the World’ documentary.

Bob Geldof produced one of the greatest feats in rock 'n' roll history with Live Aid. A new CNN series takes a deep dive.

A music fan said he made his first ever concert experience 40 years ago at Live Aid as he wanted to see his "hero" Paul McCartney. Aimed at raising funds for Ethiopian famine relief, the star-studded line-up at Wembley Stadium on 13 July 1985 also included Queen, U2 and David Bowie.