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Live Aid
Ethiopia, as its borders were in 1985.
Location(s) London, Philadelphia
Years active 1985
Founded by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure
Date(s) 13 July 1985
Genre(s) Pop, Rock music
Website Live 8 Site

Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on July 13, 1985 (1985-07-13). original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the John F Kennedy Stadium (or JFK Stadium) was an open-air stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that stood from 1925 to 1992 Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, KBE, known as Bob Geldof (born 5 October 1951, is an Irish singer Midge Ure OBE (born James Ure, 10 October 1953, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a pop guitarist singer Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, KBE, known as Bob Geldof (born 5 October 1951, is an Irish singer Midge Ure OBE (born James Ure, 10 October 1953, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a pop guitarist singer NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Billed as the 'global jukebox', the main sites for the event were Wembley Stadium, London (attended by 82,000 people) and JFK Stadium, Philadelphia (attended by about 99,000 people), with some acts performing at other venues such as Sydney and Moscow. original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. John F Kennedy Stadium (or JFK Stadium) was an open-air stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that stood from 1925 to 1992 Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of It was one of the largest-scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: an estimated 1. 5 billion viewers, across 100 countries, watched the live broadcast.

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Origins

The concert was conceived as a follow-up to another Geldof/Ure project, the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", performed by a collection of British and Irish music acts billed as 'Band Aid' and released the previous winter. " Do They Know It's Christmas? " is a song written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in 1984 specifically to raise money for relief of 1984–1985 famine The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Band Aid was a British and Irish charity supergroup, founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise money

The concert grew in scope, as more acts were added on both sides of the Atlantic. As a charity fundraiser, the concert far exceeded its goals: on a television programme in 2001, one of the organisers stated that while initially it had been hoped that Live Aid would raise £1 million, the final figure was £150 million (approx. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. $283. 6 million). Partly in recognition of the Live Aid effort, Geldof received an honorary knighthood. The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery achievement or service to the United Kingdom. Music promoter Harvey Goldsmith was also instrumental in bringing the plans of Geldof and Ure to fruition. Harvey Goldsmith CBE (b 4 March, 1946 in Edgware, London, England) was the co–organiser together with Bob Geldof

Collaborative effort

The concert started at 12:00 GMT (7:00, EST) at Wembley Stadium, England. original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It continued at JFK Stadium, U.S., starting at 13:51 (8:51, EST). John F Kennedy Stadium (or JFK Stadium) was an open-air stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that stood from 1925 to 1992 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The UK's Wembley performances ended at 22:00 (17:00, EST). The JFK performances and whole concert in the US ended at 04:05 (23:05, EST). (See the full schedule of the concert here). Thus, the concert continued for 16 hours, but since many artists' performances were conducted simultaneously in Wembley and JFK, the total concert's length was much longer.

No previous concert had ever brought together so many famous performers from the past and present, whose names are shown here. Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia However, some of the artists who had been announced earlier did not appear at the last minute, including Tears for Fears, Julian Lennon and Cat Stevens, while Prince provided a clip of "4 The Tears In Your Eyes". Tears for Fears (sometimes informally abbreviated to TFF are John Charles Julian Lennon (born 8 April 1963) known universally as Julian Lennon, or by many fans Jude, is an English Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948 best known by his former Stage name Cat Stevens, is a British Musician Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American musician Stevens wrote a song for the Live Aid concert, which he never got to perform — had he done so, he would have made his first public concert appearance since converting to Islam and changing his name to Yusuf Islam. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948 best known by his former Stage name Cat Stevens, is a British Musician Also a reunited Deep Purple were set to perform, but they didn't appear after guitarist Ritchie Blackmore refused to take part in the event. Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertfordshire in 1968 For the rugby league footballer of the same name see Richie Blackmore (rugby league Richard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore (born

It was the original intention for Mick Jagger to perform an intercontinental duet from the US, with David Bowie in London, but problems of synchronisation made it impossible. Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, Kt (born 26 July 1943 is a Golden Globe -winning and two-time Grammy -winning English rock David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Instead, Jagger and Bowie created a video clip for the song they would have performed, a cover of "Dancing in the Street". " Dancing in the Street " is a 1964 song first recorded by Martha and the Vandellas. Jagger still performed live with Tina Turner, at the Philadelphia portion of the concert. Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an eight time Grammy Award -winning American

Each of the two main portions of the concert ended with their particular continental all-star anti-hunger anthems, with Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" closing the UK concert, and USA for Africa's "We Are the World" closing the US concert (and thus the day's proceedings). Band Aid was a British and Irish charity supergroup, founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise money USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa was the name under which forty-five predominantly U

Since the concert, bootleg videos and CDs have circulated widely, and an official book was produced by Bob Geldof in collaboration with photographer Denis O'Regan. Denis O'Regan (born November 1953 in London) is a renowned English photographer of rock and pop musicians The concert was never supposed to have been released commercially, but in November 2004, Warner Music Group released a four-disc DVD edition of the concert (see more details below). November 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal

The broadcasts

The concert was the most ambitious international satellite television venture that had ever been attempted at the time.

In Europe, the feed was supplied by the BBC, whose broadcast was opened by Richard Skinner, co-hosted by Andy Kershaw, and included numerous interviews and chats in between the various acts. Richard Skinner (born December 26, 1951) is a British radio and television broadcaster. Andy Kershaw (born November 9 1959 in Rochdale, Lancashire) is a British broadcaster The BBC's television sound feed was mono, but the BBC Radio 1 feed was stereo and was simulcast in sync with the TV pictures. Due to the constant activities in both London and Philadelphia, the BBC producers omitted the reunion of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young from their broadcast. Crosby Stills & Nash ( CSN) is a Folk rock / rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash The BBC, however, did supply a 'clean' feed to various television channels in Europe.

ABC was largely responsible for the US broadcast (although ABC themselves only telecast the final three hours of the concert from Philadelphia, hosted by Dick Clark, with the rest shown in syndication through Orbis Communications, acting on behalf of ABC). The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (born November 30, 1929) is an American Television, Radio personality, Game show host An entirely separate and simultaneous US feed was provided for cable viewers by MTV, whose broadcast was presented in stereo, and accessible as such for those with special receivers of the time, as there were very few stereo sets in the summer of 1985, and few television stations were able to broadcast in stereo. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. While the BBC telecast was run commercial-free (as it is a public broadcaster), both the MTV and syndicated/ABC broadcasts included advertisements and interviews. As a result, many songs were omitted due to the commercial breaks, as these songs were played during such times.

The biggest caveat of the syndicated/ABC coverage is that the network had wanted to reserve some of the biggest acts that had played earlier in the day for certain points in the entire broadcast, particularly in the final three hours in prime time; thus, Orbis Communications had some sequences replaced by others, especially those portions of the concert that had acts from London and Philadelphia playing simultaneously. For example, while the London/Wembley finale was taking place at 22:00 (10:00 pm) London time, syndicated viewers saw segments that had been recorded earlier, so that ABC could show the UK finale during its prime-time portion.

The ABC Radio Network broadcast the domestic feed of the concert, and later broadcast many of the acts that were missing from the original live radio broadcast. ABC Radio Networks, known as ABC Radio for short is an American Radio network.

At one point midway through the concert, Billy Connolly announced he had just been informed that 95% of the television sets in the world were tuned to the event. Billy Connolly, CBE (born William Connolly Jr on 24 November, 1942) is a Scottish

In 1995, VH1 and MuchMusic aired a re-edited ten-hour re-broadcast of the concert for its 10th Anniversary. MuchMusic (often referred to only as Much) is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel owned by CTVglobemedia On 19 November, 2005, the entire original 16 hour telecast, as aired on the BBC, was video-streamed via the Internet, through a Live Aid fan site. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land

Inspiration

Memorable moments at Wembley Stadium

Status Quo opened with "Rockin' All Over the World", also playing "Caroline" and fan favourite "Don't Waste My Time". Status quo is a Latin term meaning the present existing state of affairs or "the state in which" " Rockin' All Over the World " is a rock Song by John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival. This was to be the last appearance by the band of bassist Alan Lancaster and drummer Pete Kircher. Alan Lancaster (born Alan Charles Lancaster, February 7, 1949 in Peckham, South London, England[http //www Peter Kircher (born 21 January[[ 945]] Folkestone, Kent) is an English rock / pop Drummer.

Queen opening to massive cheers with "Bohemian Rhapsody", and the antics of lead singer Freddie Mercury who got the entire Wembley crowd clapping in unison to "Radio Ga Ga" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" before singing along, word-for-word, to "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions". Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist is a Song written by Freddie Mercury and originally recorded by the band Queen for their 1975 album ''A Night at the Opera''. Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991 was a Zanzibar -born British Musician, best known as the lead "Radio Ga Ga" is a song performed and recorded by the band Queen, written by their drummer Roger Taylor. " Crazy Little Thing Called Love " is a song performed by the English rock band Queen, written by singer Freddie Mercury. " We Will Rock You " is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen. See also Af banen (Danish film also known as We Are the Champions See also We Are the Champions (TV series " We Are the Champions The band's performance, also including "Hammer to Fall", led to Queen's slot being voted in a recent poll (by fans and musicians alike) as the 'Greatest Live Gig Ever'. "Hammer to Fall" is a 1984 Hard rock Song written by Brian May and performed by the British rock group Queen. [1]

Co-founder Midge Ure wearing huge sunglasses and a long grey overcoat while performing with Ultravox

Elvis Costello singing a simple but touching version of the Beatles "All You Need is Love" which he introduced by asking the audience to "help (him) sing this old English folk song". Midge Ure OBE (born James Ure, 10 October 1953, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a pop guitarist singer Ultravox (formerly Ultravox!) were a British New Wave band that rose to prominence in the late 1970s/early 1980s Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 " All You Need Is Love " is a song written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney.

Another moment that garnered a huge crowd response was when David Bowie performed "Heroes" and dedicated it to his young son, as well as "all our children, and the children of the world". David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger.

U2's performance established them as a pre-eminent live group for the first time — something for which they would eventually become superstars. Bono jumped off the stage to join the crowd and danced with a girl. Because of this, the band only played two songs; the third, "Pride (In the Name of Love)", had to be ditched. " Pride (In the Name of Love " is the second song on U2 's 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire and was released as the album's first single In July of 2005, the girl with whom he danced revealed that he actually saved her life at the time. She was being crushed by the throngs of people pushing forwards; Bono saw this, and gestured frantically at the ushers to help her. They didn't understand what he was saying, and so he jumped down to help her himself. [2] This can be seen on the Live Aid DVD during "Bad". " Bad " is the seventh track from U2 's 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire.

The transatlantic broadcast from Wembley Stadium suffered technical problems and failed during The Who's performance of their song "My Generation", immediately after Roger Daltrey sang "Why don't you all fade. The term transatlantic refers to something occurring all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend My Generation is the debut album by the English rock band The Who, released in the UK in December of 1965 Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE (born 1 March 1944) is an English rock Vocalist, songwriter and actor best known as the . . " (the last word was cut off when the generator exploded). The Who were playing with Kenney Jones on drums, who was still an official member of The Who at this time, although this was their first performance since they'd officially disbanded after their 1982 'farewell' tour. Kenneth Thomas "Kenney" Jones (born 16 September 1948, Stepney, East London) is a veteran English rock The Who's performance included an at times shambolic, but still blistering version of "Won't Get Fooled Again", which was extremely popular with the audience in Wembley Stadium. original Wembley Stadium was a football Stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the The band's performance was described as "rough but right" by Rolling Stone magazine, but they would not perform together again until the 1988 BPI Awards. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry 's annual pop music awards

Concert organizers have subsequently said that they were particularly keen to ensure that at least one surviving member of The Beatles, ideally Paul McCartney, took part in the concert as they felt that having an 'elder statesman' from British music would give it greater legitimacy in the eyes of the political leaders whose opinions the performers were trying to shape. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, McCartney agreed to perform and has said that it was "the management" — his children — that persuaded him to take part. In the event, he was the last performer (aside from the Band Aid finale) to take to the stage and one of the few to be beset by technical difficulties; his microphone was turned off for the first two minutes of his piano performance of "Let It Be", making it difficult for television viewers and impossible for those in the stadium to hear him. "Let It Be" is a song by The Beatles, released in March 1970 as a single and as the Title track of their album Let It Be. He later jokingly thought about changing the lyrics to "There will be some feedback, let it be".

Phil Collins performed at both Wembley Stadium and JFK, utilising Concorde to get him from London to Philadelphia. Philip David Charles Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951 Chiswick, London) is an English Singer-songwriter, Drummer WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout UK TV personality Noel Edmonds piloted the helicopter that took Collins to Heathrow Airport to catch his flight. Noel Ernest Edmonds Aside from his own set at both venues, he also provided drums for Eric Clapton and the reunion of Led Zeppelin at JFK - Led Zeppelin were not happy with the way they played. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Led Zeppelin were As such, they refused to let their songs be put on the DVD. Originally, Duran Duran were supposed to perform at both venues, but bowed out. On the flight, Collins bumped into Cher, who didn't know anything about the transatlantic events. Cher ( IPA: /ʃɛr/ born Cherilyn Sarkisian, May 20 1946 She can be seen performing with the USA for Africa finale in Philadelphia. USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa was the name under which forty-five predominantly U

At the conclusion of the Wembley performances, Bob Geldof was raised heroically onto the shoulders of The Who's guitarist Pete Townshend and McCartney — symbolising his great achievement in unifying the world for one day, in the spirit of music and charity. Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, KBE, known as Bob Geldof (born 5 October 1951, is an Irish singer Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London) is an English rock Guitarist, Singer,

Memorable moments at JFK Stadium

Stage view of Live Aid at JFK Stadium in Philly
Stage view of Live Aid at JFK Stadium in Philly

At the very beginning of the US portion, Joan Baez announced to the assembled crowd (and the viewing audience) that "this is your Woodstock, and it's long overdue. Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941 in Staten Island, New York) an American Folk singer and Songwriter known "

When Madonna got on stage she proclaimed "I'm not taking shit off today!" referring to the recent release of early nude photos of her in Playboy and Penthouse magazines. Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy Penthouse, a Men 's Magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and Soft-core pornographic pictorials

When Bob Dylan broke a guitar string, Ronnie Wood took off his own guitar and gave it to Dylan. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood (born 1 June 1947 in Hillingdon London) is an English rock Guitarist and Bassist best known Wood was left standing on stage guitarless. After shrugging to the audience, he played air guitar, even mimicking The Who's Pete Townshend by swinging his arm in wide circles, until a stagehand brought him a replacement. Playing air guitar is a form of dance and movement in which the performer pretends to play rock or heavy metal -style Electric guitar solos The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London) is an English rock Guitarist, Singer, Although this moment was left off the DVD, the performance itself was included, featuring footage focusing solely on Keith Richards. Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943 is an English Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, producer and a founding member of The Rolling

During their duet on "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll", Mick Jagger ripped away part of Tina Turner's dress, leaving her to finish the song in what was, effectively, a leotard. Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, Kt (born 26 July 1943 is a Golden Globe -winning and two-time Grammy -winning English rock Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an eight time Grammy Award -winning American

The JFK portion included reunions of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the original Black Sabbath with Ozzy Osbourne, and surviving members of Led Zeppelin, with Phil Collins and Chic member Tony Thompson sharing duties on drums (although they were not officially announced by their group name from the stage, but were announced as Zeppelin on the VH1 10th Anniversary re-broadcast in 1995). Crosby Stills & Nash ( CSN) is a Folk rock / rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash Black Sabbath are an John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer Led Zeppelin were Chic ( pron. ˈʃiːk ("sheek" sometimes fully capitalized as CHIC is an American Disco and R&B band that was formed in 1976 For the R&B vocalist and Hi-Five lead singer see Tony Thompson. VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television

Teddy Pendergrass made his first public appearance since his near-fatal car accident in 1982 which paralysed him. Theodore "Teddy" DeReese Pendergrass Sr (born March 26, 1950) is an American R&B / soul Singer and Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Pendergrass, along with Ashford & Simpson, performed "Reach Out and Touch". Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in

Also, Duran Duran performed a four-song set. Duran Duran are an English Pop rock band famous for a long series of popular singles, albums and vivid Music videos for which they've won two The five original band members would not perform together publicly again until 2003. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Their set is also memorable for an inadvertent falsetto note hit by frontman Simon Le Bon during "A View to a Kill", an error trumpeted by some media outlets as "The Bum Note Heard Round The World". Simon John Charles Le Bon (born October 27, 1958) is the lead singer and lyricist of the pop/rock band Duran Duran and its offshoot Arcadia " A View to a Kill " is the thirteenth single by Duran Duran, released in May 1985

Live Aid under the lights at JFK Stadium
Live Aid under the lights at JFK Stadium

Raising money

Throughout the concerts, viewers were urged to donate money to the Live Aid cause. Three hundred phone lines were manned by the BBC, so that members of the public could make donations using their credit cards. The phone number and an address that viewers could send cheques to were repeated every twenty minutes.

Nearly seven hours into the concert in London, Bob Geldof enquired how much money had been raised; he was told £1. 2 million. He is said to have been sorely disappointed by the amount and marched to the BBC commentary position. Pumped up further by a performance by Queen that he later called 'absolutely amazing', Geldof gave a famous interview in which he offended many millions of viewers by using the f-word. Fuck is an English Word that as a Verb, means "to have Sexual intercourse " The BBC presenter David Hepworth, conducting the interview, had attempted to provide a list of addresses to which potential donations should be sent; Geldof interrupted him in mid-flow and shouted: "Fuck the address let's get the numbers!" Private Eye made great capital out of these outbursts, emphasising Geldof's accent which meant the profanities were heard as "fock" and "focking". David Hepworth (born 27 July 1950 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire) is a journalist and music writer responsible for the launch of many British magazines Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical Magazine, edited by Ian Hislop. After the outburst, giving increased to £300 per second.

Later in the evening, following David Bowie's set, a video, shot by CBC, was shown to the audiences in London and Philadelphia, as well as on televisions around the world, showing starving and diseased Ethiopian children set to the song "Drive" by The Cars. "Drive" is a 1984 song by The Cars, the third single from the band's Heartbeat City album and their biggest international hit The Cars were an American rock band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s (This would also be shown at Live 8 in 2005. ) The rate of giving became faster in the immediate aftermath of the moving video. Ironically, Geldof had previously refused to allow the video to be shown, due to time constraints, and had only relented when Bowie offered to cut short his own set as a trade-off.

As Geldof mentioned during the concert, the Republic of Ireland gave the most donations per capita, despite being in the throes of a serious economic depression at the time. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Per capita is a Latin phrase meaning for each head with Per meaning 'through' or 'by' The single largest donation came from the ruling family of Dubai. Dubai (in دبيّ,) is one of the seven emirates and most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE They donated £1m in a phone conversation with Geldof.

The next day, news reports stated that between £40 and £50 million had been raised. Now, it is estimated that around £150m has been raised for famine relief as a direct result of the concerts.

Criticisms and controversies

Bruce Springsteen could not play at Live Aid, despite his huge popularity in 1985, because he was doing his Born In the USA Tour which was obviously sold out but he allowed his stage to be used in London. Michael Jackson and Prince also did not play (although Prince did send a pre-taped video of an acoustic version of 4 The Tears In Your Eyes, which was played during the concert. The original version appears on the We Are The World album, while the video version was released in 1993 on Prince's compilation The Hits/The B-Sides. We Are the World was a 1985 Album that contained USA for Africa 's " We Are the World " superstar charity recording for Famine The Hits/The B-Sides is the first Greatest hits Compilation album by Prince, released in 1993 ) Springsteen has since expressed regret at turning down Geldof's invitations to appear at Live Aid stating how he could have played a couple of acoustic songs if there was no slot available for a full band performance. If he had appeared he would have been the only American artist on an otherwise UK-centric bill. Among other artists, Tears for Fears did not appear at the Philadelphia leg of the concert, though listed on the bill. Tears for Fears (sometimes informally abbreviated to TFF are According to band member Roland Orzabal, Bob Geldof "gave us so much gip for not turning up at Live Aid. Roland Jaime Orzabal de la Quintana (born 22 August 1961) is a British Musician, Songwriter and Record producer. All those millions of people dying, it was our fault. I felt terrible. I tell you, I know how Hitler must have felt. " The group made up for the absence by contributing a re-recording of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (entitled "Everybody Wants to Run the World") for Geldof's Sport Aid charity event in 1986. " Everybody Wants to Rule the World " is a song by the British pop / rock band Tears for Fears. " Everybody Wants to Run the World " is a re-recording of the song " Everybody Wants to Rule the World " originally written by Roland Orzabal Sport Aid (also known as Sports Aid) was a charitable event held on May 25 1986, raising millions of pounds to support famine relief in Africa

Bob Dylan's performance generated controversy for his comment:

"I hope that some of the money. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major . . maybe they can just take a little bit of it, maybe. . . one or two million, maybe. . . and use it, say, to pay the mortgages on some of the farms and, the farmers here, owe to the banks. . . "

He is often misquoted, as on the Farm Aid web site,[3] as saying:

"Wouldn't it be great if we did something for our own farmers right here in America?"

In his best-selling autobiography, Is That It? (published in 1986), Geldof was extremely critical of the remark; he states:

"He displayed a complete lack of understanding of the issues raised by Live Aid. Farm Aid started as a Benefit concert on September 22, 1985, in Champaign Illinois, held to raise money for Family farmers in the Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) . . . Live Aid was about people losing their lives. There is a radical difference between losing your livelihood and losing your life. It did instigate Farm Aid, which was a good thing in itself, but it was a crass, stupid, and nationalistic thing to say. "

Singer Pat Boone, while commenting that Live Aid was a noble cause to start, did comment how uncomfortable he felt with some of the lyrics. He especially noted that Duran Duran's performance of "A View to a Kill" (with its lyric "dance into the fire").

Although a professed admirer of Geldof's generosity and concern, Fox News television host Bill O'Reilly has been critical of the Live Aid producer's oversight of the money raised for starving Ethiopian people, noting (in June 2005) that much of the funds were siphoned off by Mengistu Haile Mariam and his army. William James O'Reilly Jr (born September 10 1949 is an American television / radio host, Author, Syndicated columnist, and Mengistu Haile Mariam (መንግስቱ ኃይለ ማርያም məngɨstu hi lə maryam (born 1937 a repression campaign against the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party and O'Reilly believes that charity organisations, operating in aid-receiving countries, should control donations, rather than possibly corrupt governments. [4].

Tim Russert, when interviewing Bono on Meet the Press shortly after O'Reilly's comments, addressed this concern of O'Reilly and others to the singer. Timothy John Russert II (May 7 1950 &ndash June 13 2008 was an American television Journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC. Bono responded that corruption, not disease or famine, was the greatest threat to Africa, agreeing with the belief that foreign relief organisations should decide how the money is spent. On the other hand, the singer said that it was better to spill some funds into nefarious quarters for the sake of those who needed it, than to stifle aid because of possible theft. [5]

Other critics have argued that donations to charity organisations often end up being used by corrupt governments as well. Much of the money raised by Live Aid went to NGOs in Ethiopia, some of which were under the influence or control of the Derg military junta. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page The Derg or Dergue was a communist military junta that came to power in Ethiopia following the ousting of Haile Selassie I. A military dictatorship is a Form of government wherein the political power resides with the Military; it is similar but not identical to a Stratocracy, Some journalists have suggested that the Derg was able to use Live Aid and Oxfam money to fund its enforced resettlement and "villagification" programmes, under which at least 3 million people are said to have been displaced and between 50,000 and 100,000 killed. Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice [6]

Live Aid performers and setlists

(In order of appearance, times given are British Summer Time and indicate the start time of the performance. Western European Summer Time ( WEST) is a summer Daylight saving time scheme 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Key: W - London Wembley Stadium, JFK - Philadelphia JFK Stadium)

London Wembley Stadium

Philadelphia JFK Stadium

Melbourne Live Aid

Main article: Oz for Africa

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Live Aid recordings/releases

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Official Live Aid DVD

Madonna at Live Aid at JFK Stadium
Madonna at Live Aid at JFK Stadium

An official four-disc DVD set of the Live Aid concerts was released on November 8, 2004. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " It contains 10-hour partial footage of the 16-hour length concert. The DVD was produced by Geldof's company, Woodcharm Ltd. , and distributed by Warner Music Group. Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal

The decision to finally release it was taken by Bob Geldof nearly 20 years after the original concerts, after he found a number of pirate copies of the concert on the Internet (see full story here). There has been controversy over the DVD release because a decision had been taken for a substantial number of tracks not to be included in this edited version.

The most complete footage that exists is from the BBC, and it was the main source of the DVD. During production on the official DVD, MTV lent Woodcharm Ltd. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. their B-roll and alternate camera footage; this was an additional source of the US footage that appears on the official DVD. While performing it had to stop in the middle of the show because of an outbrake.

Working from the BBC and MTV footage, several degrees of dramatic license were taken, in order to release the concert on DVD. For example, many songs on the official DVD had their soundtracks altered, mainly in sequences where there were originally microphone problems. In one of those instances, Paul McCartney had to re-record his failed vocals for "Let It Be" in a studio, nearly twenty years after the event, expressly for the DVD, as otherwise both "Let It Be" and the UK finale that followed would have been left off the official DVD for continuity reasons. Also, in the USA finale, the original 'USA for Africa' studio track for "We Are the World" was overlaid in places where the microphone was absent (in fact, if you listen closely, you can hear the vocals of Kenny Rogers and James Ingram, two artists who did not even take part in Live Aid). Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston Texas) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter James Ingram (born February 16, 1956) is an American soul musician

Judicious decisions were also made on which acts would be included and which ones would not, due to either technical difficulties in the original performances, the absence of original footage, or for music rights reasons. For example, Rick Springfield, The Four Tops, The Hooters, Power Station, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young were among those acts that were left off the DVD. Rick Springfield (born Richard Lewis Springthorpe on August 23 1949 in Sydney) is an Australian American Songwriter The Four Tops are an American vocal Quartet, whose repertoire has included Doo-wop, Jazz, Soul music, R&B, Disco The Hooters are an American Rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Power Station was a 1980s supergroup made up of singer Robert Palmer; bassist John Taylor and guitarist Andy Taylor of Duran Duran Crosby Stills & Nash ( CSN) is a Folk rock / rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash Many of the artists' songs that were performed were also omitted. For example, Madonna performed three solo songs in the concert, but only two were included on the DVD ("Love Makes the World Go Round" was omitted). Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American

There were also issues with the artists themselves. Two such performers were left off at their own request: Led Zeppelin and Santana. Led Zeppelin were Santana is a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s The former defended their decision not to be included on the grounds that their performance was 'sub-standard', but to lend their support, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant have pledged to donate proceeds from an upcoming DVD release of Led Zeppelin to the campaign, and John Paul Jones has pledged proceeds from his current American tour with Mutual Admiration Society. James Patrick Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944 is an English Guitarist, Composer and record producer Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948 West Bromwich, England) is an English rock singer and songwriter famous for his membership in the John Paul Jones (born John Baldwin on January 3, 1946) is an English Musician, Composer, arranger, Record Mutual Admiration Society is a musical collaboration between singer/songwriter Glen Phillips and progressive bluegrass trio Nickel Creek.

In 2007, Queen released a special two-disc DVD set Queen Rock Montreal. Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Queen Rock Montreal is a Live album by English band Queen. It was released in 2007 as a double CD / triple vinyl on October 28 Disc one is their 1981 concert from The Forum in Montreal, Canada, and disc two is their complete Live Aid performance, along with Freddie Mercury and Brian May performing Is This The World We Created...? from the UK finale, all of which is mixed into DTS 5. The Works is a 1984 rock album by English band Queen. The band's eleventh studio album it marked a partial return to their rock 1 by Justin Shirley-Smith. Also on the disc is their Live Aid rehearsal, and an interview with the band, from earlier in the week.

On its release, the then British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, decided the VAT collected on the DVD would be given back to the charity, which would raise an extra £5 for every DVD sold. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all Economic and Financial WikipediaManual of Style (biographies#Academic titles --> James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951 is Value added tax ( VAT) or goods and services tax ( GST) is a consumption Tax levied on value added.

Unofficial recordings

Because the Live Aid broadcast was watched by billions of people, most of the footage was recorded on home consumer video recorders all around the world, in various qualities. Many of these recordings were in mono, because in the mid 1980s most home video machines could only record mono sound, and also because the European BBC TV broadcast was in mono. (As mentioned previously, the US MTV broadcast, the ABC Radio Network and BBC Radio One simulcasts were stereo). ABC Radio Networks, known as ABC Radio for short is an American Radio network. These recordings started to circulate among collectors 20 years ago, and in recent years have also appeared on the Internet in file sharing networks. See Shared resource for the conventional meaning of file sharing File sharing refers to the providing and receiving of digital files over a Since the official DVD release of Live Aid includes only partial footage of this event, unofficial distribution sources continue to stay the one and only source of the most complete recordings of this important historical music event.

The official DVD is the only authorized video release in which proceeds go directly to famine relief, the cause that the concert was originally intended to help.

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References

  1. ^ BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Queen win greatest live gig poll
  2. ^ How Bono Saved Me | U2 news article from @U2
  3. ^ http://www.farmaid.org/site/PageServer?pagename=aboutus_history
  4. ^ FOXNews.com - Giving Money To Poor Africans... - Bill O’Reilly | The O’Reilly Factor
  5. ^ Transcript for June 26 - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC - MSNBC.com
  6. ^ David Rieff: Did Live Aid do more harm than good? | World news | The Guardian
  7. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3604680.stm BBC News: How Live Aid was saved for history
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