For a band still relatively unknown when compared with their fellow performers at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium in 1985, U2 is often cited for their fiery performance at the concert in London. Along with "Sunday Bloody Sunday", U2 played an epic twelve-minute (over twice the length of the studio recording) version of "Bad". The song was extended further by snippets of Lou Reed's "Satellite of Love" and "Walk on the Wild Side", and The Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday" and "Sympathy for the Devil", Bono also utilized a two-minute instrumental interlude to kiss and dance with a fan [15-year-old Kal Khalique] offstage. The performance was so long that the band was only able to play two of the three songs in their set, leaving out "Pride (In the Name of Love)" which was supposed to end the band's performance. In July of 2005, around the time of the similar Live 8 concerts, the fan with whom Bono had danced at Live Aid revealed that he had saved her life, as she was being pushed against the barrier by the crowd and would have been crushed to death had Bono not leapt off the stage and pulled her free.
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