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

On July 13, 1985, the two Live Aid concerts took place at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia. The brainchild of Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, the dual concerts featured over 70 performances to help raise money for famine relief in Africa.

However, U2 singer Bono looks back at the 1985 Live Aid benefit concert with mixed feelings. He apparently has a critical view of his hairstyle from back then.

Forty years after Live Aid rocked the world, Evelyn O'Rourke looks at ten ways the music event of a lifetime made musical history.

Now a lecturer at the University of Brighton, Elaine Hills was a sixth form student when she promised her mother she wouldn't be going to Live Aid. However, she was soon caught out in a lie as she and her sister were pulled up on stage by U2 lead singer Bono. "It was such a surreal thing to be happening," remembers Elaine, 56.

Live Aid's historic 1985 concerts at Wembley and JFK stadiums featured icons like Queen and Madonna while raising funds for Ethiopian famine relief, reaching 1.9 billion viewers.