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2. • Multi-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative

     • Live Aid was a multi-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985.
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   What is Live Aid?

   • With the crisis continuing in Ethiopia, and the neighboring Sudan also stricken with famine, Geldof proposed Live Aid, an ambitious global charity concert aimed at raising more funds and increasing awareness of the plight of many Africans. Organized in just 10 weeks, Live Aid was staged on Saturday, July 13, 1985.

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   When was Live Aid held?

   • Live Aid, benefit concert held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on July 13, 1985. Organized by Boomtown Rats front man Bob Geldof and Ultravox vocalist Midge Ure, the event drew an estimated 1.5 billion television viewers and raised millions of dollars for famine relief in Ethiopia.

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   What is the legacy of Live Aid?

   • The legacy of Live Aid is a powerful one. It showed that music can be used for immense good and set a precedent for future benefit concerts. Events such as Farm Aid, Live 8 and Global Citizen Festival. It also inspired a musical – Just For One Day – which played at London’s Old Vic Theatre from January to March 2024.

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   Was Live Aid a success?

   • By the first of these metrics, sheer numbers, Live Aid was an overwhelming triumph. Geldof and company secured both Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia to host the concert on two continents.

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   How did Live Aid start?

   • Explore the story of how it all began and how things unfolded. Once upon a time, in the mid-1980s, the world witnessed a phenomenon that would change charity concerts forever – Live Aid. It was more than just a musical event, it was a globe-spanning, rock-and-roll revolution that united the world in a common cause.

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   Why was Live Aid a famine relief concert?

   • 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.

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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?"

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   2 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.

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7. www.eadt.co.uk › news › 21647816Live Aid raised millions of pounds but, 30 years on, what is ...

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   Jul 12, 2015 · Birhan survived the famine. But what do those on the ground think of Live Aid’s achievements? Farm Africa, which, like Live Aid, marks its 30th anniversary in 2015, works with communities...

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   Once upon a time, in the mid-1980s, the world witnessed a phenomenon that would change charity concerts forever – Live Aid. It was more than just a musical event, it was a globe-spanning, rock-and-roll revolution that united the world in a common cause.

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   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...

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    Nov 24, 2009 · On July 13, 1985, at Wembley Stadium in London, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open Live Aid, a worldwide rock concert organized to raise money for the relief of famine-stricken...

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    Jul 13, 2024 · The 2019 hit biopic Bohemian Rhapsody starts and ends with footage recreating Queen’s Live Aid concert – a performance that remains the high point of the band’s live history. Their ...