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Live Aid at 40: Artists and organizers reflect on the groundbreaking event
Forty years ago, the legendary Live Aid concerts simulcast from Philadelphia and London aimed to do a lot of good.
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.
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It’s Officially Live Aid Week in Philadelphia
A weeklong celebration and exploration of the greatest show on Earth.
Live Aid Founder Corrects “Bohemian Rhapsody” Mistake, Says It Was Actually David Bowie Who Caused Surge of Donations
Geldof, 73, spoke to The New York Times for an article published July 13 in honor of the 40th anniversary of Live Aid. Geldof ...
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Relive Live Aid with WXPN's rebroadcast of the concert that partly took place in Philly
Sunday marks 40 years since the benefit for famine relief in Ethiopia. Hear the performances and interviews with people who ...
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Live Aid, By the Numbers
1.9 billion: Number of people who reportedly watched the Live Aid broadcast. (Likely exaggerated.) The most popular ...
George Thorogood on his Live Aid performances with Bo Diddley and Albert Collins, and the two actors who made his day
Enlisted at the last minute, Thorogood and the Destroyers brought along two special guests and turned in one of the day's ...
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Live Aid at 40: 10 moments that made musical history
Forty years after Live Aid rocked the world, Evelyn O'Rourke looks at ten ways the music event of a lifetime made musical ...