Live Aid
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| Initial release | July 13, 1985 |
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| Directors | Vincent Scarza |
| Attendance | London |
| Philadelphia | |
| Founded | Bob Geldof |
| Midge Ure | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1365843 |
About Live Aid
Live Aid was a dual-venue benefit concert held on Saturday 13 July 1985, and an ongoing music-based fundraising initiative. The original event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine.
Annabel Giles: TV presenter and actress dies
... Giles was married in the 1980s to Midge Ure - lead singer of Ultravox and founder of Band Aid and Live Aid...
Dire Straits star Mark Knopfler to auction Brothers In Arms guitars
... The sale includes the 1983 Les Paul that Knopfler used to record the hits Money For Nothing and Brothers In Arms, and which he played on stage at Live Aid in 1985...
Live Aid concert to be turned into stage musical
...By Colin PatersonEntertainment correspondentLive Aid, one of the most famous concerts of all time, is to become a stage musical in London next year...
An incomplete history of pop on BBC television
... When the BBC broadcast Live Aid in 1985, Whistle Test s team helmed the coverage - lending the event a gravitas that Top of the Pops more chummy presenters couldn t have managed...
Ofcom: Lord Michael Grade confirmed as chairman
... Sir Bob Geldof said nobody else would have had " the bottle" to hand over the network to broadcast the Live Aid charity concert in 1985; while his other decisions included scrapping sci-fi favourite Doctor Who, and cancelling coverage of beauty pageants, calling them an " anachronism in this day and age"...
Lord Michael Grade chosen as Ofcom chairman
... Sir Bob Geldof said nobody else would have had " the bottle" to hand over the network to broadcast the Live Aid charity concert in 1985; while his other decisions included scrapping sci-fi favourite Doctor Who, and cancelling coverage of beauty pageants, calling them an " anachronism in this day and age"...
Ukraine war: Fortnite owner Epic Games raises £37m for humanitarian efforts
... I am thinking now - has this been done before? And it has - it s like Live Aid - those big, big events where you had lots of creators all coming together in one versus a single person trying to contribute...
Coronavirus: Little Mix and Tom Jones Together in concert
... Although the show was considered the lockdown Live Aid , the stars were not asked the viewers to donate for charitable purposes...
Live Aid Photos
