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Live Aid was a multi-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday 13 July 1985. The original event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
5 days ago · Live Aid was a benefit concert held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on July 13, 1985. The concert drew an estimated 1.5 billion television viewers and raised millions of dollars for famine relief in Ethiopia.
Nov 24, 2009 · Organized in just 10 weeks, Live Aid was staged on Saturday, July 13, 1985. The lineup featured more than 75 acts, including Elton John, Queen, Madonna, Santana, Run DMC, Sade, Sting, Bryan...
Live Aid 1985: Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Elton John, Paul McCartney. Music. Live Aid 1985: The Day the World Rocked. An expression of musicians' concern for the starving of Ethiopia, this was...
Jul 13, 2023 · July 13, 2023. By. Martin Chilton. Photo: Queen Productions Ltd. The old Wembley Stadium was the setting, on July 13, 1985, for one of the greatest live concerts ever staged: Live Aid.
Jul 3, 2022 · Live Aid, which took place on July 13, 1985 for a global audience of 1.9 billion people, was a massive, bicontinental pop concert created to raise money for Ethiopian famine relief. It was the...
Welcome to the official Live Aid YouTube channel. Here you’ll find the legendary performances in the best possible quality. Here’s a first sneak peak from the 'Just In One Day’ rehearsals ...
Dec 23, 2020 · 358K. 61M views 3 years ago. Queen performing at Live Aid in front of 72,000 people in Wembley Stadium, London on the 13th July, 1985. The event was organised by Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to...
Jul 13, 2020 · Bob Geldof is probably most famous in North America for his work as the mastermind behind Live Aid. Held in Philadelphia and London on this day in 1985, the massive benefit concert raised money...
Jul 13, 2015 · The Legacy of Live Aid, 30 Years Later. The 1985 all-star benefit concert gave rise to the trend of high-profile, celebrity-endorsed charitable efforts, and changed the nature of fundraising in...
