U2 become stars after Live Aid

13 July 1985: Number 39 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicLike so many televised concerts, it looked better on the telly than it did live. But I didn't find that out until the following day. Returning home from Live Aid, I was relieved to find three E240 VHS cassettes – excitably Letrasetted a week previously – on the kitchen table. Beside them was a note from my cool, art-school older brother with "You owe me one" written on it. At 2am, he had already gone to sl...

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