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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 ...
Bob Dylan stunned the Farm Aid crowd outside Indianapolis last night (Sept. 23) with a surprise three-song set backed by members of the Heartbreakers, marking the first time he’d played guitar ...
"Not ready to tour," Young recently wrote to fans. "Covid is real danger. Long covid? No thanks. Expose my son to big crowds. No."
Shortly after finishing Scarecrow, Mellencamp helped organize the first Farm Aid benefit concert with Willie Nelson and Neil Young in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid concerts have remained an annual event over the past 39 years, and as of 2024 [update] the organization has raised nearly $80 million to promote a strong and ...
Summer performed at Farm Aid 4 in 1990 along with Elton John, Guns and Roses' last original lineup, and Mellencamp. He has also worked with Jimmy Rip, Graham Maby, Leigh Foxx, and Michael Organ. On February 9, 2014, he was inducted into the Wabash Valley Musicians Hall of Fame.
The annual Farm Aid benefit concert is returning to the Indianapolis area for the third time in its 38-year history on Sept. 23, with founders Neil Young, Willie Nelson, and John Mellencamp all ...
Live 8, a large, international series of benefit concerts staged in 2005. A benefit concert or charity concert is a type of musical benefit performance (e.g., concert, show, or gala) featuring musicians, comedians, or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose, often directed at a specific and immediate humanitarian crisis.
In solidarity with America’s small, family farms, more than 20,000 concert goers attended Farm Aid in Raleigh.