US EditionCanadian Pilot Recalls Ethiopia Mission That Helped Spark Historic Live Aid Concert 40 Years Ago
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Canadian Pilot Recalls Ethiopia Mission That Helped Spark Historic Live Aid Concert 40 Years Ago
When William Rew left Montreal at age 30 in 1983 to fly aid missions in Ethiopia, he never expected it would help spark one of the largest charity broadcasts of all time two years later. Rew joined up to deliver food and medicine to drought- and famine-stricken Ethiopia in late 1983 and throughout 1984 with Mission Aviation Fellowship of Canada (MAF). Those efforts contributed to the making of a groundbreaking BBC television report in 1984, whic…
“I still get goosebumps from the moment I first heard about it.” Even a seasoned pop journalist like Jean-Paul Heck had to pinch himself before the story behind an iconic mixing console sank in. The one in pop venue Gebouw T in Bergen op Zoom turned out to have been the linchpin in the worldwide broadcast of Live Aid. The largest pop concert ever was held exactly forty years ago this month. “I can still remember that it was a warm Saturday when …
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