A promoter of Live Aid has dismissed Ed Sheeran’s criticism of Band Aid as the stuff of “busybodies and woke people and do-gooders”. Sheeran contributed to a 2014 version of Do They Know It ...
In the spirit of the unabashedly uncool band itself, I’d like to add my voice to the chorus. First, a confession: I wasn’t even alive when Queen played Live Aid. I was born three years later ...
The success of Band Aid spawned Live Aid, the legendary 1985 multi-venue benefit concert that raised £114m for Ethiopia, as well as the charity single industry. Band Aid itself has been re ...
The musical tells the behind-the-scenes story of the Live Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia in 1985, featuring the ...
It was described as 'The Day Rock and Roll Changed the World' but how did that unforgettable day on 13 July 1985 come about. Band Aid... It all started when Bob Geldof, who had seen Michael Buerk ...
Tonight, the Jewish community in New York and worldwide will rally around the uniting power of music for a night of healing and mutual aid in the form of a livestream at the Relix Studio in New ...
It is a song that spawned many musical efforts to grow charitable giving. It launched Band Aid which led to Live Aid, Farm Aid and many other events. However, the song's tone of colonialism has ...
Over the past four decades, it is believed the Band Aid Charitable Trust "has raised more than £140 million in total", said the BBC. The hit also spawned Live Aid, the 1985 concert, and Live 8 ...
This show features Live Aid, the biggest benefit concert in history. Taking place simultaneously in two separate stadiums in the USA and the UK, many of the top contemporary rock music acts play ...
Live Nation has announced a 'Fire Aid' benefit concert for victims of the California wildfires slated for Jan. 30 at the ...
Band Aid performers gather for group portrait ... notably 1985's "We Are the World," by USA for Africa and the 1985 Live Aid concert with iconic performances from artists such as Queen, Elton ...