US EditionPhil Collins Jetted Across the Ocean to Perform in Two Live Aid Concerts, but It Wasn’t without Drama
LONDON AND PHILADELPHIA, JUL 19 – Phil Collins performed at Wembley Stadium and in Philadelphia on the same day, helping Live Aid raise over $100 million for Ethiopian famine relief, organizers said.
- Phil Collins performed at Live Aid in 1985, playing on two stages across different continents to support famine relief in Ethiopia.
- This event occurred because Bob Geldof and Midge Ure organized benefit concerts to raise money and awareness for the Ethiopian famine.
- Collins performed at Wembley Stadium, sang two songs, then traveled via Concorde and helicopter to Philadelphia to join Eric Clapton and a Led Zeppelin reunion.
- After the London performance, Collins said he was proud to participate and felt the first show went very well, though his Led Zeppelin reunion was later called problematic in 2021 due to limited rehearsal and strained relations.
- Live Aid generated over $100 million to support famine relief efforts, and Collins revealed in his 2016 autobiography that he was reluctant to join the Led Zeppelin reunion.
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Last weekend and throughout this week, all the so-called Generation Xers shared on social media the nostalgic memories of the Live Aid anniversary. What a unique and unforgettable concert it was exactly 40 years ago. The then homeland, although a border country in the bloc division of the world, generously afforded us an informal educational initiation into Anglo-American culture.
Phil Collins jetted across the ocean to perform in two Live Aid concerts, but it wasn’t without drama
With the help of helicopters and a supersonic turbo jet, Phil Collins pulled off a series of performances worthy of a “Mission Impossible” movie at Live Aid forty years ago.
The singer Phil Collins, 74, was the only artist to present himself at the two live Aid parks, which performed simultaneous shows in the United Kingdom and in the United States with the intention of raising funds to fight hunger in Ethiopia. To achieve this, 40 years ago he took a helicopter to Heathrow Airport in London, boarded the Concorde for New York and then took another helicopter to Philadelphia, where he joined Astro Eric Clapton for hi…
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