Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical starts West End performances

The Live Aid musical will take to the Shaftesbury Theatre and begin a new run tonight, 15 May.

Just For One Day is based on a huge moment in music history where 70 artists performed for free in London and Philadelphia, raising $127 million for famine relief. It was created with permission from the Band Aid Charitable Trust and delves behind the scenes to show how Live Aid came to be.

The jukebox musical features the songs of Bob Dylan, David Bowie, The Who, U2, Queen, The Police, Elton John, Paul McCartney, The Pretenders, The Cars, Status Quo, Paul Weller, Sade, The Boomtown Rats, Bryan Adams, Diana Ross, Ultravox and more.

Written by best-selling author John O’Farrell (Mrs Doubtfire, Something Rotten!) and directed by Luke Sheppard (& Juliet, The Little Big Things), the musical had its world premiere at the Old Vic.

The original cast includes Julie Atherton, Ashley Campbell, Jackie Clune, Craige Els, James Hameed, Naomi Katiyo, Hope Kenna, Freddie Love, Emily Ooi, Rhys Wilkinson, Jason Battersby, Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong, Olly Dobson, Joe Edgar, Kerry Enright, Jo Foster, Collette Guitart, Eddie Mann, AJ Lewis, Joel Montague, Rachel Moran, Abiona Omonua, Jack Shalloo, Danielle Steers, Tamara Tare and Dyd Wynford.

Additionally, at a special press event held at Wembley Stadium, Jo Whiley revealed that the original cast recording will arrive on 11 July 2025.

It’ll rock the West End into 2026.