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Live Aid 40th Anniversary Celebration To Include Musical Cast Album, Behind-the-Scenes BBC Doc and Highlight Broadcast
The original all-star famine relief shows were held on July 13, 1985 in London an Philadelphia and raised more than $125 ...
BBC announces programming to mark 40 years since Live Aid
Live Aid at 40 delves deep into the complex, sometimes controversial, stories behind this historic event and its legacy ...
Bob Geldof says another Live Aid event is ‘unlikely’ because of social media
The singer was speaking at a launch event at Wembley Stadium for Just For One Day, a musical about the charity event.
Bob Geldof says Live Aid’s success ‘would have been impossible without Philadelphia’
The Irish bandleader and political activist who organized Live Aid and Live 8 in Philly is being honored by the Philadelphia ...
Inside the new Band Aid musical and how iconic anthem left co-founder Midge Ure with lump in his throat
Oh” is booming around London’s Wembley Stadium as I relive Live Aid ahead of the global charity event’s 40th anniversary. As ...
Bob Geldof: 'I'm blue in the face listening to f**king Freddie Mercury'
The singer looks back on 40 years since Live Aid in a way only Bob Geldof can. As we approach the 40th anniversary of Live ...
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Keith Richards’ Qualms With the Legendary Live Aid Concert: “Makes Me Uneasy”
Another issue Richards had with Live Aid was his fellow musicians’ fake empathy to the cause. He found charity concerts, in general, to not be completely altruistic. “Some people played the ...