The 1985 Live Aid concerts were the brainchild of musician and activist Bob Geldof and musician Midge Ure. Taking place simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London, England and the John F. Kennedy ...

July 13, 1985, brought the world what many consider to be the greatest rock and roll concert and performance of all time.

It’s been more than 33 years since Queen, spearheaded by their electric front man Freddie Mercury, charged onto the stage of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. July 13, 2025, marks the 40 th anniversary of Live Aid. The iconic charity concert was the brainstorm of rock legends Bob Geldof ...

Following the success of Band Aid, Bob Geldof visited Ethiopia to oversee the distribution of aid and realised that if the Band Aid organisation owned its own fleet of trucks to transport much-needed ...

Live Aid: 40 Years Later, Docuseries Exposes The Truth Behind Iconic Moments originally appeared on Parade. On July 13, 1985, Live Aid became a worldwide phenomenon, uniting the biggest names in music ...

On July 13, 1985, for 16 hours a concert was held simultaneously at JFK Stadium Philadelphia and at Wembley Stadium in London. Live Aid raised more than $125 million to fight famine in Ethiopia.

I can’t recall much about the summer of 1985, but I do remember July 13. That morning 40 years ago, I flipped on my family’s old Zenith television to look at Live Aid, the fund-raiser for famine ...

(CNN) — Paul McCartney hadn’t taken the stage in over five years when he sat down at his piano to sing “Let It Be” for Live Aid on July 13, 1985, in a performance that was almost totally derailed by a ...

On July 13, 1985, for 16 hours a concert was held simultaneously at JFK Stadium Philadelphia and at Wembley Stadium in London. Live Aid raised more than $125 million to fight famine in Ethiopia. In ...

Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite ...