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40 Years After Live Aid, It’s Still Personal for Bob Geldof
To mark the Live Aid anniversary, the BBC and CNN have co-produced a documentary series, “Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took On the World.” It also covers Band Aid and Live 8, concerts that Geldof organized in 2005 that helped pressure the world’s richest countries to cut the debt owed by the poorest countries and increase aid spending.
Live Aid at 40: The Sets
One of the Live Aid's standout performances, with four classic songs including ‘Heroes’. One of the 80s biggest solo stars opened his set with ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’. Bryan Ferry performs two of his biggest hits - ‘Slave to Love’ and ‘Jealous Guy’. Only 18 months on from her debut, this performance helped confirm Madonna's iconic status.
CNN’s original four-part series takes music fans behind the scenes of the benefit concert that featured performances by Queen ...
Forty years ago, the legendary Live Aid concerts simulcast from Philadelphia and London aimed to do a lot of good.
Forty years after Live Aid, U2’s Bono recalled the ‘bad hair day’ he had at the charity concert in 1985. ‘One of the most ...
On July 13, 1985, musicians and celebrities gathered at arenas in London and Philadelphia to hold a 16-hour Live Aid concert, ...
The Grammy award-winning musician, actor and author, who was one of the performers that day, looks back at the massive star-studded benefit concert that raised money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
About two billion people tuned in alongside those in the audience as acts such as Queen, Madonna, Paul McCartney, David Bowie ...
Here's how Bob Dylan’s remarks at Live Aid about paying farm mortgages sparked the creation of Willie Nelson's Farm Aid concerts.
On July 13, 1985, the dual Live Aid concerts held at John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia and Wembley Stadium in London ...
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