13 July 1985

Arts & Culture

Live Aid

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Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, July 13th, 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. Billed as the "global jukebox", Live Aid was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia.

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Live Aid at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PASquelleCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
BernardwatsonBuchoamericaCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Books in banana boxes (3300527478)Michael Bernath from Neuhausen am Rheinfall, SwitzerlandCC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Cyrille-putman-concert-Live-Aid-1985UnknownCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Live Aid after dark at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA (cropped1)SquelleCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Live Aid after dark at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PASquelleCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
Live Aid at JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA (cropped1)SquelleCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons
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Bob Geldof Rock am Ring 1987The original uploader was 'ElLo57 at German Wikipedia .CC BY-SA 2.0 deWikimedia Commons
NOTES TO AID MEMORYUnknownUnknown — LoC, rights unverifiedLibrary of Congress
NOTES TO AID MEMORYUnknownUnknown — LoC, rights unverifiedLibrary of Congress

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