Live Aid Musical ‘Just For One Day’ to play at Glasgow King's 2027

By Ally Collingham

Unplash image via Gwen King

A musical based on the back story leading to one of the most ambitious global events in history is set to come to Glasgow’s Kings Theatre stage 27 - 31 July 2027.  

The London run that concluded in the beginning of February, with funds from the show supporting the Band Aid Charitable Trust, has raised £1.6 million for the cause.  

Sir Bob Geldof, co-founder of the 1985 Live Day music event, said: “Just For One Day brilliantly reimagines why Live Aid worked then and why the humanity of that day still matters now.  

“I’m delighted that more of the UK and Ireland will finally get to see this extraordinary and compelling musical.”  

The original Live Aid Music fundraising event was played live in Wembley Stadium, with performances including Status Quo, U2, Queen, David Bowie, The Who, Elton John, Paul McCartney and Led Zeppelin.   

Co-founders used the concert as a platform to raise awareness and relief for the early 80s famine in Ethiopia. They raised an estimated £30 million, which would be just under £7.7 billion in today’s money.  

Live Aid was said to be one of the largest television broadcasts of all time. Asides from the live audience, 1.9 million people in 150 nations watched the live broadcast, nearly 40% of the world’s population. It was a global event with other music fundraising events taking place in the USA, Soviet Union, Canada, Japan, Yugoslavia, Austria, Australia and West Germany.  

Geldof said: “The reaction the show gets continually surprises and amazes me, with standing ovations and people coming back time and time again, introducing the Live Aid Story to new generations.  

“It’s f*****g phenomenal.”