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It's 3.50 pm on July 13, 1985 at Wembley Stadium in London, England.

34-year-old Phil Collins rises from the seat behind a piano as the crowd explodes in cheers.

He moves to the front of the stage to take in the applause alongside the performer Sting,

with whom he's just finished a seven-song set. Phil and Sting don't usually play together.

Phil is the drummer and lead singer for Rock Band Genesis,

while Sting is the frontman of the police. But today, they've teamed up for an extraordinary concert.

Live Aid, the biggest musical event in history.

As Phil exits the stage, he enters a maze of corridors underneath the stadium.

Some of the most famous musicians in the world offer him high fives as he walks briskly by.

Phil grins and calls out friendly greetings, but he doesn't stop to chat. Instead,

he hustles to a backstage runner who's waving to catch his attention.

The runner pushes open a door to a parking lot, where there's a helicopter on the ground with

its engine running. Phil ducks underneath the spinning rotor blades, climbs into the cockpit.

He does a double-take, though, when he sees the pilot, primetime English television presenter

Noel Edmonds, who just a few minutes ago introduced Phil and Sting on stage.

Now Noel, also a licensed helicopter pilot, gives Phil the thumbs up and pulls back the stick

to lift the chopper off the ground, taking them away from one concert and to another in ocean away.

Phil Collins swift departure from Wembley Stadium means he misses the chance to soak up the

atmosphere of the historic moment. An estimated 1.9 billion people across the globe have tuned

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