Stay Assist to rejoice fortieth anniversary with musical, solid album, particular performances and a particular night time of BBC reveals

Stay Assist is to rejoice its fortieth anniversary with the discharge of the unique solid album for Simply For One Day – The Stay Assist Musical, together with a particular efficiency and an evening of BBC reveals.

The upcoming album, which is to be launched on July 11, was introduced right this moment (Could 1) throughout a particular occasion at Wembley Stadium hosted by radio DJ Jo Whiley. She was joined by the founders of Stay Assist and Trustees of the Band Assist Charitable Belief, Sir Bob Geldof, Midge Ure, Harvey Goldsmith and John Kennedy.

The group was handled to performances from the star-studded line-up, who additionally mentioned Stay Assist’s legacy and the forthcoming musical.

Arriving within the West Finish on Could 15 following a record-breaking, sold-out run at The Previous Vic theatre, Only for One Day – The Stay Assist Musical has been recorded into “a totally realised rock album, capturing the fervour, energy, and urgency that made the 1985 response to the famine in Ethiopia a turning level in music historical past.”

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As with the musical itself, Simply For One Day – The Stay Assist Musical (Unique Solid Recording) was created with the backing of Geldof and the Band Assist Charitable Belief. It options anthems from the artists who made historical past at Stay Assist, together with Queen, David Bowie, Ultravox, Boomtown Rats, U2, Elton John, The Police, The Who, Madonna, Phil Collins, Bob Dylan and extra.

The album is now obtainable to pre-order here, and those that do could have entry to an unique observe: The Police’s ‘Message In A Bottle’. Followers may also buy tickets to Only for One Day – The Stay Assist Musical here.

Along with the album, it was additionally introduced right this moment {that a} particular fortieth anniversary efficiency of Simply For One Day will happen on the Shaftesbury Theatre on July 13, adopted by an unique after occasion with shock particular visitor performances at KOKO, Camden. Go to here for tickets and extra data.

On the musical and album announcement, Geldof stated: “We couldn’t probably have recognized that 40 years down the observe, the difficulty could be as important or the curiosity as nice. Hundreds of thousands of youngsters right this moment are being pressured to starve as an instrument of battle, and tens of millions of lives are in peril as a result of AIDS and due to cuts to worldwide help.

“This musical is extraordinary, and it brings Stay Assist to a brand new era – the potential of what people can do collectively. It refutes Thatcher’s dictum that there’s no such factor as society. There may be and it roared its existence on that day 40 years in the past in Wembley Stadium. Human beings do care about one another – they rise above modern politics.”

He added: “Simply For One Day places Stay Assist into perspective. It’s an exceptional piece of labor. I learn someplace that it’s a ‘jukebox musical’ – dude, it’s the unique musical jukebox! That’s what we referred to as it again then – ‘Stay Assist – the International Jukebox’!

“That’s what Stay Assist was, arguably the best assortment of songs of the rock period, and so this musical is hit after hit after hit, stunningly organized for this era! Its achievement is to conjure that vivid sense of 40 years in the past, and to make it related to now.”

BBC Two and BBC iPlayer will even mark the anniversary with a broadcast of Stay Assist At 40, a brand new documentary sequence revealing the behind-the-scenes story of the 1985 charity live performance. Unique interviews embody figures equivalent to Geldof, Bono and Sting – together with US President George Bush, President Obasanjo of Nigeria and Birhan Woldu, the lady who, as a dying youngster, grew to become the abiding picture of the Wembley live performance and the famine.

Additionally coming to BBC Two in July is Stay Assist the Live performance, which provides followers an opportunity to relive over 6.5 hours of prolonged highlights of the London and Philadelphia live shows, along with backstage footage, together with interviews with Bono, Brian Could, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Howard Jones, Roger Daltrey, Spandau Ballet, Sting, The Type Council and a transatlantic interview with Phil Collins on Concorde.

On the finish of final 12 months, Geldof and Band Assist launched a brand new ‘2024 Final Combine’ model of  ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas? to rejoice the fortieth anniversary of the festive hit.

After Ed Sheeran acknowledged that he wouldn't have given permission for his vocals for use on the observe if he’d been requested, Geldof responded by saying: “This little pop tune has stored tens of millions of individuals alive.”