uncageg said: "
Hope this makes it to the U.S. I so remember that day. I was living in Philly. Couldn't get a ticket to see the Philly concert at JFK Stadium so a bunch of us sat at my place and watched both concerts live on TV.
For anyone who has seen the musical, is it about the concert itself? It says it is about the day and the people united around it. So is there a story outside of the concert itself as part of the show?"
Others can probably explain it better than I could. It mainly focuses on the leadup to Live Aid, and the various challenges that Bob Geldof (among others) faced putting the event together. It's somewhat told through a modern day perspective, where people look back on Live Aid. Many of them were at Live Aid in various capacities and reflect positively about it, while there's a teenager who is more critical of it. Towards the end of the show, "Live Aid" the event does happen but it's not a major focus.
It's not perfect, but I enjoyed myself. The story probably isn't the strongest but it is fixable (assuming they do that), but the music is the star. They use all the songs from Live Aid but nobody impersonates the actual artists who were there, except for Bob Geldof and Midge Ure of course. For the most part, though, the songs are reinterpreted. So, there's nobody impersonating Freddie Mercury or David Bowie, etc.
I think this will do very well in England, and I could see it having some success in the US.
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