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When Rock 'n' Roll Took on the World" airs its second part on Sunday, July 27. Here's what you need to know to watch on ...
Artists who performed at Live Aid — Springfield, organizer Bob Geldof, Hall and Oates' John Oates and Judas Priest's Rob Halford — reflected on the event and its impact in interviews with The ...
It's been 40 years since musicians came together to raise money for foreign aid and reshaped attitudes towards international development.
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 famous moments of your life and your activism, you’ve got a ...
Live Aid's historic 1985 concerts at Wembley and JFK stadiums featured icons like Queen and Madonna while raising funds for Ethiopian famine relief, reaching 1.9 billion viewers.
U2’s Bono Regrets This 1 Thing About His 1985 Live Aid Charity Concert Performance “One of the most famous moments of your life and your activism, you’ve got a mullet,” Bono said in a new ...
NEED TO KNOW Forty years after Live Aid, U2’s Bono recalled the “bad hair day” he had during the charity concert in London in 1985 “One of the most famous moments of your life and your ...
That image of Freddie Mercury still lingers. In a white chest-hugging vest, the frontman of rock band Queen had energetically pranced around London’s Wembley Stadium stage, belting out the hits Radio ...
Queen were the undoubted stars of Live Aid, stealing the show at Wembley Stadium in 1985, but they did have a little help?
“Bohemian Rhapsody,” the 2018 film about the singer Freddie Mercury, suggests that Queen’s Live Aid performance was the moment when the donations started flowing in.
The Live Aid benefit concert was a dual-venue concert held on this day in 1985, in London, England, and Philadelphia, United States.
The author argues that Live Aid demonstrated the power of individual freedom and responsibility in addressing global issues. Forty years ago today, the world did something extraordinary.