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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Live_AidLive Aid - Wikipedia

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   It was one of the largest satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time; an estimated audience of 1.9 billion, in 150 nations, watched the live broadcast, nearly 40 percent of the world population. [3] [4] The impact of Live Aid on famine relief has been debated for years.

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2. www.britannica.com › event › Live-AidLive Aid | History, Date, Bands, & Facts | Britannica

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   May 31, 2024 · 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.

3. www.loudersound.com › features › queen-at-live-aidQueen at Live Aid: the real story of how one band made rock ...

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   Jul 13, 2021 · Queen rotated around the stadiums of the world after Live Aid 1985. After their jaded years, they enjoyed an Indian summer of a career, having cemented their place as one of history's true great rock'n'roll bands. Queen's Live Aid setlist. Bohemian Rhapsody (first half only) Radio Ga Ga; Ay‐Oh (vocal improvisation) Hammer To Fall

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_languages_by_totalList of languages by total number of speakers - Wikipedia

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   The following languages are listed as having 45 million or more total speakers in the 26th edition of Ethnologue published in 2023. This section does not include entries that Ethnologue identifies as macrolanguages encompassing all their respective varieties , such as Arabic , Lahnda , Persian , Malay , Pashto , and Chinese .

5. www.npr.org › 2020/07/13 › 890386253Bob Geldof Reflects On Live Aid, 35 Years Later - NPR

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   An estimated 1.9 billion people tuned in to watch Live Aid 35 years ago today. It was an unprecedented, star-studded benefit concert – and it was the brainchild of today's guest, Bob Geldof.

6. internetlanguages.org › en › numbersThe language geography of Wikipedia - State of the Internet's ...

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   Traditional Chinese, Italian, Malay, Romanian, Greek, and Russian are the most prevalent languages in two countries. The remaining 60 languages are most prevalent in a single country. We compare this language distribution with a proxy-measure of the global distribution of Wikipedia content.

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   What is Live Aid?

   • The brain-child of musicians Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, Live Aid was conceived as a follow-on project to the successful charity single of the previous year - " Do They Know It's Christmas ," which was performed by a group of British and Irish music acts, collectively billed as Band Aid.

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   How many languages does Wikipedia have?

   • [PDF↓] Although we have only considered a tiny subset of the 300 Wikipedia languages, we have noted some striking differences in content coverage between them. Overall we find that Wikipedia’s language editions vary widely in scale, both in terms of number of articles, but also in terms of the size of their editor communities.

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   Who performed at Live Aid?

   • The UK concert of Live Aid featured monumental performances from Queen, U2, Elvis Costello and The Who while the audience in Philadelphia were treated to appearances from Bob Dylan, Madonna, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. The sister concerts were shown live in 110 countries to an estimated 2 billion viewers.

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   • The Wikipedia article “ List of Wikipedias ” offers basic information and general statistics about the 300 Wikipedia language editions. Part of our analysis relies on data dumps by the Wikimedia Foundation, i.e. downloadable data sets that capture basic information about the articles and edit activity of the various Wikipedia language editions.

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8. www.smithsonianmag.com › smithsonian-institutionLive Aid: 25 Years Later | Smithsonian

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   Jul 13, 2010 · The brain-child of musicians Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, Live Aid was conceived as a follow-on project to the successful charity single of the previous year - " Do They Know It's Christmas ,"...