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.

Midge Ure does not think Live Aid could happen today. The former Ultravox frontman, who co-organized the supersized charity concert event with Bob Geldof in 1985, told Good Morning Britain that smartphones changed “everything” over the past four decades.

"It felt like something that needed to be done on an anniversary year, and I hoped we'd all still be around to do it," Davis said with a laugh.

In 1985, humanity came together for a charitable event, the likes of which was never seen before at this scale. The Live Aid concert sou

1.9 billion: Number of people who reportedly watched the Live Aid broadcast. (Likely exaggerated.) The most popular performance on the Live Aid YouTube channel, by far, is Queen doing UK at Wembley, with 263 million views. Most viewed from JFK? Madonna’s “Holiday” with 20 million.

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Sunday marks 40 years since the benefit for famine relief in Ethiopia. Hear the performances and interviews with people who were at JFK Stadium.

It has been 40 years since the world came together for Live Aid—a global concert that redefined the power of music. Broadcast to over a billion people and spanning two continents, the legendary event raised millions for famine relief in Ethiopia and cemented its place as one of the most iconic humanitarian efforts in modern