Dire Straits performs at Live Aid 30 years ago this hour (July 13 1985)


Video: 'Dire Straits - Live aid Concert 13th July1985'

(Saturday, July 13, 1985, 18:00 BST/13:00 EDT; during Live Aid) — Dire Straits performed tonight at Wembley Stadium in London for Live Aid, a globally televised dual-venue concert to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Dire Straits’s set included “Money for Nothing” (with Sting) and “Sultans of Swing.”