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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?"
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.
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.
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 the...
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Jun 3, 2005 · It all started when Bob Geldof, who had seen Michael Buerk's news reports in 1984 about the appalling famine in Africa, felt he had to do something to stop the suffering. He and Midge Ure of...
Oct 2, 2024 · The brainchild of musicians Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, Live Aid was an ambitious, multi-venue benefits concert created to raise funds for the relief of the 1983 – 1985 famine in Ethiopia.
Jul 13, 2015 · Live Aid, as the event was known, was attended by almost 175,000 people at both venues, and raised an initial $80 million in aid for the victims of a horrific famine.
