'I was at Live Aid and you won’t believe the star on stage when the crowd booed'

A man who was lucky enough to be a member of the 72,000-strong audience who attended Live Aid in Wembley Stadium on July 13, 1985, has revealed the one moment that made the crowd boo while a huge superstar was on stage. Kevin Hughes from Conwy in North Wales was just 22 when her attended the history-making event, and had a prime spot just a few rows from the front in the centre for the duration of the show. Four decades on from the global music extravaganza, he exclusively told Express.co.uk his recollections, revealing The Beatles star Paul McCartney was trying to perform on stage as the crowd booed.

However, Kevin was keen to assert the boos were because he couldn't be heard following a technical issue with his microphone, leading to frustration from those who were excited to see the star's first live performance in six years! "Paul McCartney came out and his mic famously didn't work at the beginning. There was certainly a reaction. Yeah, there were a few down the front, and they were booing - obviously because of the fact that they couldn't hear him, not booing him personally," Kevin recalled.

"They were booing the technology because there was obviously, big build up for him. But then it clicked in after a bit so no problems," Kevin said.

Paul was the final performer at the end of the mammoth show and took to the stage immediately after a second appearance from Freddie Mercury and Brian May who had performed the acoustic track Is This The World We Created.

He was only singing one song, the iconic Let It Be, but landing him was a big coup as, although he was musically active, the star hadn't set foot on a live stage since Wings 1979 tour.

It was also the first time he had performed in front of such a huge crowd since the shocking murder of fellow Beatle John Lennon in 1980.

Ironically Paul never got the chance to perform Let It Be with The Beatles in front of an audience, it didn't make the setlist for their legendary rooftop concert although he did perform it with Wings during their last tour in 1979.

It took a full two minutes for his sound to return, but he soldiered on singing, although he was inaudible to the crowd.

When the microphone finally kicked in, Bob Geldof, David Bowie, The Who's Pete Townshend, and Alison Moyet joined him on stage to re-sing the opening verse for those who couldn't hear it the first time around

Bob Geldof later recalled: “Paul asked me which song he should do and I said‘Let It Be, because it’s a benediction. Then his mic fails and Pete Townshend grabs me from one side and says, ‘Let’s help him,’ and David Bowie grabs me from the other, and with Alison Moyet we went out to sing along.”