It transpired last week that my girlfriend Mandi had never seen Live Aid. I wrote last year about it, but have only seen it twice, once in 1985 when it was on the telly and again on Christmas Day 2004, when I bought it for my dad on DVD. With July the 13th approaching, we decided that we would make a day of it and watch it on the anniversary. To make it more interesting, we would start the DVD at noon, which of course meant that it was seven o'clock in Philadelphia.

It became apparent very quickly, and was reinforced by a tweet from my friend Andy, that we soon raced way ahead of schedule. Andy said that we should pause the DVD after each set and go over to David Hepworth in the studio. Queen came on at about three o'clock in the afternoon, whereas on the day it was about quarter to seven. All we were watching was an edited compilation of the performances, with none of the flumph that comes with staging a show of such magnitude. Again, I wished that we still had the original television broadcast that we videoed on the day. Next year, we'll have to invite David Hepworth round to comment in between each act. Although, looking at the running order I noticed that the time between sets can't have been that great.

In three years time, the world will celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of an event that history has been very kind to. I think that the reason history has been kind, and the reason we all have a rose-tinted memory of 'that brilliant concert' is the fact that it was never repeated. There was a lot of guff on stage that night, but we only remember Queen, Bowie, The Who, (who weren't as terrible as we remember, by which I mean their set, The Who are one of the best bands of all time of course), and an overlong set from U2.

For the thirtieth anniversary the whole thing could be staged exactly as it was. As far as I can see, it is only Freddie Mercury who is no longer with us, so for the Queen bit we would have to perhaps use Paul Rogers. Wembley Stadium and The JFK Stadium could be used as before, and all the same bands and singers could take part. The advantage being that these days we have far better technology at our disposal to make it run a little smoother than before. In three years time, technology will be three years ahead and might be even better than we have it in 2012, remember, the iPad is only two years old.

I would insist that it was as close to 1985 as possible; starting with Status Quo and ending with the 'Do They Know It's Christmas' finale. All of the original television and radio presenters would be involved, although it might be more suitable for Radio Two than One these days. I say 'these days', in the futuristic world of 2015 'these days' might be something different. We might not have television and radio as we know it in three years time, we might just get Live Aid beamed straight into our eyes and ears.

Even if that is the case, Adam Ant will still sing a song that nobody knows.