US EditionRock Music Menu: Historic Benefit Concert Live Aid Celebrates 40th Anniversary
LONDON AND PHILADELPHIA, JUL 9 – Live Aid raised over $150 million for Ethiopian famine relief and reached nearly 2 billion viewers worldwide, uniting top artists in a historic global broadcast event.
- Live Aid, a 16-hour charity concert on July 13, 1985, took place simultaneously at London's Wembley Stadium and Philadelphia's John F. Kennedy Stadium to raise famine relief funds for Ethiopia.
- The event followed a BBC documentary aired in October 1984 that exposed severe famine conditions, described by reporter Wooldridge as 'Hell on Earth', and mobilized global support.
- Live Aid featured 57 acts including Queen, U2, The Who, and reunions of top bands, while Phil Collins performed on both sides of the Atlantic during the simulcast watched live by nearly 2 billion people across 150 countries.
- Band Aid and Live Aid together succeeded in collecting over $150 million to aid those suffering from famine in Ethiopia, illustrating how even small efforts can drive significant change amid despair.
- The 40th anniversary of Live Aid in 2025 is marked by rebroadcasts, tribute concerts, and new interviews emphasizing its enduring impact as a landmark moment in music and humanitarian history.
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"He just saw stick figures jumping on the screen in the distance, someone said it was Queen." The apropos of our short story this week is that forty years ago, the Live Aid super concert was held to help the hungry in Africa.
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