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Bob Geldof was left 'mortified' when he read the script for the Live Aid musical

Bob Geldof was left 'mortified' when he read the script for the Live Aid musical

Bob Geldof was left "mortified" when he read the script for the Live Aid musical.

The 78-year-old musician teamed up with Midge Ure to organise the the benefit concert and raised funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia with a major concert starring the likes of late Queen star Freddie Mercury, pop legend Sir Elton John and rock band Status Quo amongst a host of others but just days before the story behind it launches as jukebox musical titled 'Just For One Day' in London's West End, he admitted he felt uncomfortable reading about himself.

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