Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical announces major UK and Ireland Tour in 2027
Just for One Day - The Love Aid Musical will head out on a major UK and Ireland tour, opening at Curve in Leicester in March 2027. The production will set out on a tour following its record-breaking world premiere at The Old Vic in 2024 and subsequent West End run at Shaftesbury Theatre.
Hailed by our reviewer as “perfectly suited to the theatre”, Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical finishes its run in London on Saturday 7 February 2026, ahead of a scheduled period of refurbishment at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
Bob Geldoff 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 reaction the show gets continually surprises and amazes me, standing ovations and people come back time and again, introducing the Live Aid story to new generations."
On 13 July 1985, music united the world. Now, more than 40 years on, audiences can discover the behind-the-scenes story of Live Aid in a whole new way. Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical is the story behind the greatest gig in music history.
With hit songs by Bob Dylan, David Bowie, The Who, U2, Queen, Madonna, The Police, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Diana Ross and more of the iconic artists who made history at simultaneous charitable concerts in London and Philadelphia.
Live Aid was an unprecedented global music event that brought 1.5 billion people together, and they all have a story to tell about ‘the day rock ‘n’ roll changed the world’.
Celebrating the iconic Live Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia, Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical will continue to support the work of The Band Aid Charitable Trust with £1.5million raised to date.
Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical is written by John O’Farrell and directed by Luke Sheppard, with musical supervision, arrangements and orchestration by Matthew Brind, choreography by Ebony Molina and casting by Stuart Burt CDG.
The tour will open in Leicester before visiting Cardiff, Canterbury, Manchester, Oxford, Edinburgh, Plymouth, Sunderland, Birmingham, and Nottingham. Further venues and dates will be announced soon. For information on when tickets will go on sale, visit theliveaidmusical.com.
