BBC Breakfast host makes plea to viewers after 'overwhelming' update

Rachel Burden was forced to make a BBC Breakfast plea, requesting for viewers to get in touch after a Live Aid clip was shown from more than 40 years ago.

In the "overwhelming" snippet, fans were shown a montage from the momentous day which took place on July 13, 1985, at Wembley Stadium.

Fans lucky enough to bag themselves a ticket to Bob Geldof's charitable event, would have paid £25 per ticket with £20 of the proceeds going to charity.

To mark the 40th anniversary since the likes of Bob Geldof, Status Quo, Bono, Tony Hadley and many more stars from the '80s took to the stage for the first time ever together, BBC chatted to those who had actually been there.

One concert goer described the event as "the best day of my life" while another said "it was spine-tingling" from start to finish. Following their testimonials of the live gig, BBC Breakfast returned to the studio with host Rachel, who was keen to hear from others at the event.

Rachel said: "Wow, and you can watch the three part documentary Live Aid at 40 When Rock 'n' Roll Took on the World," she added: "Its brilliant actually, I've seen the first part, it's on iPlayer right now.There's also a Radio 2 special called Live Aid the Fans Story which is available on BBC Sounds."

Making a public plea she further urged: "And we'd love to hear from you, your memories of that day. A telephone number and email address then flagged up on the screen for people to get in touch as Rachel continued: "Maybe you were there? Do you remember watching it at home? Do get in touch in all the usual ways on screen right now, we'd love to hear from you."

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