Bob Geldof has said Live Aid still resonates today, 40 years on from the two-venue benefit concert which brought together a stellar cast of celebrity musicians. The campaigner and rock star, 73, said ...
Freddie Mercury peacocking across the stage, pumping his mic stand while 72,000 pairs of hands double clapped in unison during Queen's “Radio Ga Ga.” David Bowie, elegant in his powder blue suit, ...
A documentary celebrating 40 years of Live Aid has received widespread praise on social media. Airing on BBC Two on Sunday (6 July), the three-part series, Live Aid at 40: When Rock and Roll Took on ...
“It’s 12 noon in London, 7 a.m. in Philadelphia, and around the world, it’s time for Live Aid!” BBC DJ and Live Aid host Richard Skinner declared as crowds cheered. It was Saturday, July 13, 1985, and ...
Bob Geldof was in a French cafe recently when a man came up to him and said, “Thank you for the best day of my life.” “I didn’t know what he was talking about, but I assumed it was Live Aid — I don’t ...
The rock star-turned-activist reflects on the 1985 benefit concert and why it could not happen now. The singer and activist Bob Geldof at home in London. The Live Aid shows were seen by about 1.5 ...
Forty Years Later: How Live Aid Changed Charitable Giving And The World Forty years ago, music history was made when simultaneous concerts in London and Philadelphia raised money for famine relief.
Legend also has it that you were initially resistant to having Queen play. Geldof: Look, if you want a single reason why punk existed, a single word -- Queen, OK? Spare me all this (expletive), ‘Hey, ...