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Bob Geldof produced one of the greatest feats in rock 'n' roll history with Live Aid. A new CNN series takes a deep dive.
On July 13, 1985, the two Live Aid concerts took place at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in ...
WHEN Paula Yates’ two-year-old daughter Fifi presented Princess Diana with a limp bunch of flowers at Live Aid, the cute ...
That image of Freddie Mercury still lingers. In a white chest-hugging vest, the frontman of rock band Queen had energetically ...
Now a lecturer at the University of Brighton, Elaine Hills was a sixth form student when she promised her mother she wouldn't ...
Following the all-star Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas?" benefit single the previous December, it was 20-odd hours of ...
"Featuring exclusive interviews with iconic figures such as Bob Geldof, Bono, Sting and Midge Ure, the series chronicles how ...
Bono also admits that even though U2’s stirring performance has been decreed a pinnacle of Live Aid, he can’t bring himself to watch it. “It was such a bad hair day,” he recalls.
IT was 12 noon on Saturday, July 13 when a couple of ageing rockers in jeans walked onto the stage at Wembley Stadium.
Forty years ago, the legendary Live Aid concerts simulcast from Philadelphia and London aimed to do a lot of good.
The Live Aid concerts for African famine relief turn 40 on Sunday, July 13, but for organizer Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats ...
Profoundly moving’ Live Aid at 40 documentary praised by viewers - Over one billion people watched the concert, set up by ...