It has been announced today that Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical will extend its run at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. Originally due to close on 10 January, the production will now play until Saturday 7 February 2026, ahead of a scheduled refurbishment at the theatre. Exciting news about the future life of the show will be shared in the coming weeks.

Marking 40 years since the legendary Live Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia, the production donates 10% of all ticket sales directly to The Band Aid Charitable Trust. To date, the musical has raised over £1.2 million for the charity.

Following its record-breaking world premiere at The Old Vic – where it became the fastest-selling musical in the theatre’s history – and a successful North American run at Toronto’s CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, the West End production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in May 2025 to great acclaim.

On 13 July 1985, music united the world. Four decades later, Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical brings the behind-the-scenes story of that extraordinary day to the stage. Featuring anthems by Bob Dylan, David Bowie, The Who, U2, Queen, Madonna, The Police, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Diana Ross and many more, it is a joyous and exhilarating night out that Rolling Stone has hailed as “the most fun in the West End right now.”

Live Aid was an unprecedented global event that reached 1.5 billion people, and this musical retells the story of the day rock ‘n’ roll truly changed the world.

The cast includes Kelly Agbowu, Julie Atherton, Jason Battersby, Jordan Cambridge-Taylor, Eloise Davies, Craige Els, Kerry Enright, Ahmed Hamad, Evan Fox Harrison, Matthew Harvey, Fayth Ifil, Melissa Jacques, Hope Kenna, Esme Laudat, AJ Lewis, Freddie Love, Tim Mahendran, Eddie Mann, Jaye Marshall, Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky, Jack Michael Stacey, Emily Ooi, Sadie-Jean Shirley, Lukin Simmonds, Jake Small, Tamara Tare, George Ure and Dyd Wynford.

Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical is written by John O’Farrell and directed by Luke Sheppard, with musical supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by Matthew Brind, choreography by Ebony Molina, set design by Soutra Gilmour, costume design by Fay Fullerton, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Gareth Owen, video and projection design by Andrzej Goulding and casting by Stuart Burt CDG.

The production is presented by Jamie Wilson Productions, Kevin McCollum, Sonia Friedman Productions, Gavin Kalin Productions, Kenny Wax, ATG Entertainment, David & Hannah Mirvish, Nederlander Presentations, Stephen C. Byrd, Tilted, No Guarantees Productions, Burnt Umber Productions, Willette & Manny Klausner, Nicole Eisenberg, Hornos/Moellenberg and The Old Vic, by permission of The Band Aid Charitable Trust.