Live Aid
The Live Aid concerts took place on July 13, 1985, at Wembley Stadium in London, England, and at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The concerts raised almost $140million for the starving in Africa, the most money ever raised for charity by a single event. The combined concerts remain the biggest music event ever held.
Live Aid was the brainchild of rock singer Bob Geldof (1954–) of the Boomtown Rats. Moved by images of starving Ethiopian children on a television (see entry under 1940s—TV and Radio in volume 3) documentary, he decided something had to be done. Two charity records—Geldof's.....
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