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‘Does that Skirt Come Off?’ How Tina Turner and Mick Jagger’s Racy Duet Electrified Live Aid Audiences

PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, JUL 13 – David Crosby criticized Judas Priest's follow-up performance at Live Aid, a concert that raised over $125 million and reached 1.8 billion viewers worldwide, spotlighting diverse artist reactions.

  • On Saturday, July 13, 1985, Live Aid concerts took place, and Mick Wall reported that Crosby called Judas Priest `some heavy metal garbage!` during the reunion of Crosby, Stills & Nash.
  • Styled as a global jukebox, Live Aid raised over $100 million for Ethiopian famine relief and drew nearly two billion viewers in 169 countries.
  • Among the acts were Queen, The Who and more, featuring Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, in a star-studded lineup at Philadelphia’s Veteran’s Stadium.
  • Judas Priest singer Rob Halford said, `Looking back, I feel good that Priest took part`, adding their presence highlighted music’s unifying power.
  • Marking the 40th anniversary, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure will attend a matinee of Just For One Day: The Live Aid Musical at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre.
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Forty years later, the greatest concert in history in favor of the victims of famine in Ethiopia, the singer says: "I can't imagine it happening again"

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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’ roll history.

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How much money did Live Aid raise? See total amount from historic 1985 event

The benefit concert organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure was to help the 1983 to 1985 famine in Ethiopia.

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