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40 Years After Live Aid, It’s Still Personal for Bob Geldof
To mark the Live Aid anniversary, the BBC and CNN have co-produced a documentary series, “Live Aid: When Rock ’n’ Roll Took ...
Live Aid was my first gig so I could see McCartney
A music fan said he made his first ever concert experience 40 years ago at Live Aid as he wanted to see his "hero" Paul ...
Start your week smart: Coffee 101, Trump’s tariffs, Wimbledon, ‘Superman’ box office, Live Aid
Also at the multiplex is “Eddington,” a dark comedy billed as a contemporary Western starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone and ...
'They didn't invite us to do Live Aid so we did our own thing'
"They didn't invite us so we did our own thing," he says. "We made ourselves proud that we could put in whatever small fee to ...
'My father was an unsung hero of Live Aid'
Mr Jones, who was born in Wednesbury and lived in Walsall, was approached to help with the event because of his connections ...
Bob Geldof Looks Back on Live Aid at 40: Pressuring Bands to Perform, Getting a Massage From Bowie & Being ‘Out of My Depth'
Following the all-star Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas?" benefit single the previous December, it was 20-odd hours of ...
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‘Does that skirt come off?’ How Tina Turner and Mick Jagger’s racy duet electrified Live Aid audiences
A flirty and electrifying performance by Mick Jagger and Tina Turner at Live Aid 40 years ago endures as a moment in rock ‘n’ ...
Raymond J. de Souza: Memories of Live Aid and a different era
July 13, 1985 — everyone who was anyone in the music world was at Live Aid, the benefit concert for Ethiopian famine relief.