{"id":524269,"date":"2026-03-09T09:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T09:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/524269\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T09:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T09:27:08","slug":"phil-collins-used-a-concorde-so-he-could-outrun-time-to-perform-in-london-and-philadelphia-in-a-single-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/524269\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Collins used a Concorde so he could outrun time to perform in London and Philadelphia in a single afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Live Aid in 1985 was already shaping up to be one of the biggest concerts the world had ever seen.<\/p>\n

Two stadiums, two continents, and a broadcast linking them together for a global audience.<\/p>\n

Most performers simply chose which side of the Atlantic they\u2019d appear on.<\/p>\n

But Phil Collins decided to do both, and trusted Concorde<\/a> to make it possible.<\/p>\n

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Phil Collins\u2019 supersonic Live Aid race <\/p>\n

Live Aid<\/a> was split between Wembley Stadium in London and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on July 13, 1985, and Phil Collins<\/a> quickly realized something unusual.<\/p>\n

Because Concorde could cross the Atlantic faster than the time difference erased the day, performing at both concerts wasn\u2019t impossible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was simply a matter of timing everything perfectly.<\/p>\n

His London set began at 3:18pm and ran for about 32 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Phil<\/a>Live Aid<\/p>\n

As soon as he stepped off stage, the real race began.<\/p>\n

Television host Noel Edmonds flew him by helicopter from Wembley to Heathrow Airport<\/a>, where Collins boarded a regularly scheduled British Airways Concorde flight<\/a> to New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The aircraft cruised at around Mach 2 and roughly 55,000ft, covering the Atlantic in about three and a half hours.<\/p>\n

Because he was flying west, the five-hour time difference actually worked in his favor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In local time, he landed in New York earlier than when he\u2019d left London.<\/p>\n

From JFK Airport<\/a> another helicopter carried him to Philadelphia, where he still had time to take the stage again.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Collins played drums for Eric Clapton, performed a short solo set, and later joined the Led Zeppelin reunion performance.<\/p>\n

Not bad for someone who had been performing in London just a few hours earlier.<\/p>\n

\"Phil<\/a>Live Aid<\/p>\n

\"Phil<\/a>Live Aid<\/p>\n

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The Concorde that made it all possible<\/p>\n

By the mid-1980s, Concorde had already become one of the most recognizable aircraft in the world.<\/p>\n

Its sharp nose, delta wings, and supersonic speed turned a routine flight into something closer to an event, and crossing the Atlantic on it carried a certain celebrity of its own.<\/p>\n

World leaders, movie stars, musicians, and business executives<\/a> all used it to move between continents faster than any other commercial aircraft could manage.<\/p>\n

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That reputation shows exactly why Collins\u2019 Live Aid dash came together so perfectly.<\/p>\n

On that day in 1985, Concorde didn\u2019t just carry another famous passenger across the Atlantic \u2013 it helped create one of the most unforgettable logistical feats in concert history.<\/p>\n

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