CONCERT NEWS FROM HADLEIGH COMMUNITY CHOIR

40 years ago, the world came together for a day of music – two concerts, one in Wembley and the other in Philadelphia.

Live Aid, was watched by 1.9 billion people worldwide and is estimated to have raised around £150 million to help tackle the famine in Ethiopia. The two concerts brought together some of the most popular 80s music and artists.

On 13 July 2025 it will be exactly 40  years since these concerts took place.
To celebrate, Hadleigh Community Choir will be performing two concerts. Between them they will showcase many favourite songs from the original Live Aid concerts, from Elton John and David Bowie to Hall and Oates, from Status Quo to, of course, Queen. The two concerts will be totally different from each other and will contain, in total, 35 different songs.

The first concert is on Saturday 12 July in the Grand Hall, Hadleigh Town Hall, at 7:30pm. There will be a licensed bar and a cabaret feel to the evening, in order to capture some of the Live Aid spirit. The second concert will be on Sunday 13t July, exactly 40 years since the event, and will be in Hadleigh United Reformed Church at 4pm.

Advance ticket sales will be available on 15 June from The Little Ginger Bee, Avis the Newsagents and Idler Book Shop on Hadleigh High Street.

Ticket prices will be £10 for the Saturday (£5 for under 18s / over 60s) and £8 for the Sunday (£5 for under 18s / over 60s). If you buy your ticket in advance before 5th July you can get a weekend ticket for both concerts for £15 (still £10 concessions).

If anyone wants to sponsor a song for £20 and appear in our publicity and special souvenir programme there is still time to get in touch.

For further information please email us at:
contact-us@hadleighcommunitychoir.org.uk