Continuing the nostalgia surrounding Live Aid at the moment, and after watching When Harvey Met Bob, it seemed inevitable that I would be listening to a Boomtown Rats album. I have only ever known the Mondays song and until watching his performance at Wembley, I don’t think I’d ever seen Geldof actually sing. So this was a revelation. I loved it though, it’s quirky and weird and I can see why they didn’t become mega-famous outside of the charity work, but I really enjoyed it. The Wind Chill Factor song got stuck in my head for days as well.

There’s a lot of Live Aid nostalgia around at the moment as we recognise 40 years since the life-changing music event. This was a made-for-TV movie that documents Bob Geldof organising the charity concert, both working alongside and arguing incessantly with Harvey Goldsmith. It’s a great dramatisation of events, I’m sure with elements dramatised for effect but also I’m sure with great accuracy - for example how much Geldof lied and effectively bullied to get this thing off the ground. I was a bit disappointed that Paula Yates was effectively a non-speaking role, but there was plenty else to enjoy - particularly Domhnall’s portrayal of Bob which was accurate and moving in equal measure. Great job.

Rami Malek is incredible in this, embracing the spirit and the passion and the teeth of Freddie Mercury with style, grace, and a touching humanity. The actor playing Brian May was also really good, I thought. The scenes were well made with incredible attention to detail, particularly in the remakes of Top of the Pops and of course, Live Aid. It told whatever story it was trying to tell well, and swept you along to the end, by which time I was in floods of tears.

The Jubilee concert was a real mixed bag, as these things are, but at one point, it did make me stop and think. Many of the acts are from yester year - Elton John, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Annie Lennox, Cliff Richard, and Shirley Bassey. These are artists who are all still incredible (give or take a Cliff Richard or two), but can’t possibly claim to be anything but sliding past their best.

First I would like to make it clear that I support the cause. You’ve seen the wristband, you’ve seen the banner, you know I do. But I strongly believe that they shouldn’t have repeated the Live Aid gigs. First time round was so special (I mean, okay, I was only 1 at the time but I still know there was magic on the stage that day), the it shouldn’t and couldn’t be repeated.

We so should have called our film festival DVD Day. Anyway, we watched The Day After Tomorrow and Troy. During the week, Mr C purchased Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure and Live Aid 4 Disc Special Edition. He’d previously seen Dave Gorman live on stage, and laughed so much that DG actually stopped and looked at him, so my expectations were pretty high. I only managed to watch half of it in one go, but it was funny. I remembered parts of it from the book, which helped, as he talks really fast. It was good though, I’m going to watch the second half soon.