Bob Geldof: Live Aid stage musical is 'not a tribute thing'

Bob Geldof has said that while he’s not looking forward to seeing someone else play him, the Live Aid musical blew him away
Bob Geldof: Live Aid stage musical is 'not a tribute thing'

Bob Geldof (Damien Eagers/PA)

Bob Geldof has insisted that a new musical based on the story of Live Aid “is not a tribute thing”.

The musical, titled Just For One Day, will tell the story of the Live Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia on July 13 1985, which were organised by Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for the Ethiopian famine.

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