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Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.
On July 13, 1985, before performing "When The Ship Comes In" with Keith Richards and Ron Wood at the Live Aid benefit concert for the 1983–1985 Ethiopian famine, Bob Dylan remarked about family farmers within the United States in danger of losing their farms through mortgage debt, saying to the worldwide audience exceeding one billion people, "I hope that some of the money ... maybe they can ...
Bowie performed at Live Aid on 15 July 1985 at Wembley Stadium, with a band including guitarist Kevin Armstrong, keyboardist Thomas Dolby, saxophonist Clare Hirst, bassist Matthew Seligman, percussionists Neil Conti and Pedro Ortiz, and backing vocalists Tessa Niles and Helena Springs.
On this day in 1985, a worldwide rock concert dubbed 'Live Aid' was organized to raise money for the relief of famine-stricken Africans at Wembley Stadium in London. According to History.com, the ...
The horn section departed in 1980, and Bundrick left in 1981. The latter was replaced by Tim Gorman for the band's final tour in 1982. The Who broke up in 1983. [10] The who reunited at Live Aid in 1985, with Jones and Bundrick reprising their roles. [11] The band reunited again in 1988, [12] which the same personnel. [13]
A live version of "Tears Are Not Enough" was performed at the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame gala in Toronto on September 24, 2022. The rendition included many original Northern Lights members including soloists Hart, Hill, and Cockburn plus new Canadian talent such as Alessia Cara and Charlotte Cardin .
Just For One Day is a jukebox musical with a book by John O'Farrell.Told through a modern-day perspective, Just For One Day retells the events leading up to Live Aid, the 1985 benefit concert organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise awareness and funds for the famine in Ethiopia.
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