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Bob Geldof produced one of the greatest feats in rock 'n' roll history with Live Aid. A new CNN series takes a deep dive.
While Live Aid was undoubtedly one of the most successful set of benefit concerts in history, many of the line up ...
Bob Geldof has rejected the idea that he is a “white saviour” due to his charity work in Africa. The Irish musician and activist has found himself described as such since the Eighties, when he ...
Now, in an interview with The Times to mark Live Aid’s upcoming 40th anniversary (13 July), organiser Bob Geldof has been recalling the McCartney mishap. “Paul asked me which song he should do ...
Bob Geldof has denounced Donald Trump, Elon Musk and JD Vance and talked about charity as Live Aid Turns 40 on the BBC.
When Queen stole the show at Live Aid, Brian May and Roger Taylor sat with the royals and other rock stars but where was ...
As Live Aid celebrates its 40th anniversary, Sir Bob Geldof has told how it wouldn’t work as a fund-raiser today because rock’n’roll no longer has the currency it did in the 1980s. And the ...
As one News Journal reporter on scene noted, Live Aid was "the biggest one-day line-up of stars in rock music's 30-year ...
THE world will always remember 1985’s Live Aid as the global fundraiser organised by Bob Geldof. But the truth was, he could not have pulled off the mega rock concert without his then-girlfriend ...
Brian Aris had been entrusted by Bob Geldof to capture the action backstage Acclaimed celebrity photographer Brian Aris is ...
Sir Brian May has revealed that Queen were told by Bob Geldof to “just play the hits” before their legendary Live Aid performance in 1985. Queen’s six-song performance, which saw lead singer ...
Forty years ago, a well-intentioned, spontaneous group of musicians, led principally by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, produced Live Aid, the most ambitious and impr ...