Live Aid
The Live Aid is a historical concert with humane vocation, having taken place the July 13rd 1985, organized by Bob Geldof and Midge RUE. Y were gathered artists as Queen (principal head of poster in this concert), Phil Collins (which played London then taken the Concorde to go to play Philadelphia), The Who, Elton John, Sting, Madonna, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Status Quo, Cat Stevens, U2. This event mainly was at the Wembley Stadium of London and at the John F. Kennedy Stadium of Philadelphia. One estimates at 1,5 billion the number of people having followed it in more than 100 different countries. Its success inspired the songs The Tide is Turning of Roger Waters and One Vision of Queen. The entirety of the event Live Aid was marketed (always at caritative ends) in the shape of a box quadruples DVD in 2005, at the time of its twentieth birthday.
It is on this same occasion that the experiment is renewed: it is about the Live 8, which was held the July 2nd 2005 but this time in a more international dimension. Indeed concerts took place in the towns of Philadelphia, London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Toronto, Tokyo, Johannesburg and even Moscow. Following the example Live Aid, Live 8 was marketed out of box DVD to support its cause.
List participants
- Status Quo
- Style Council
- Boomtown Rats
- Adam Ant
- INXS
- Ultravox
- Loudness
- Spandau Ballet
- Bernard Watson
- Joan Baez (introduced by Jack Nicholson)
- Elvis Costello
- The Hooters
- Opus
- Nik Kershaw
- The Furnace Signals
- B.B. King
- Billy Ocean
- Sade
- Black Sabbath
- Yu Rock Mission
- Run-DMC
- Sting (with Branford Marsalis)
- Phil Collins
- Rick Springfield
- REO Speedwagon
- Howard Jones
- Avtograph
- Bryan Ferry (with the member of the Pink Floyd David Gilmour with the Guitar)
- Crosby, Stills and Nash
- Udo Lindenberg
- Judas Priest
- Paul Young
- Alison Moyet
- Bryan Adams
- U2
- Beach Boys
- To say Straits
- George Thorogood and the Destroyers/Bo Diddley/Albert Collins
- Queen (introduced by Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones)
- Simple Minds
- David Bowie (with Thomas Dolby)
- The Pretenders
- The Who
- Santana
- Stalemate Metheny
- Elton John
- Elton John (with Kiki Dee)
- Wham!
- Ashford and Simpson
- Teddy Pendergrass
- Madonna
- Freddie Mercury & Brian May
- Paul McCartney
- Band Aid
- Tom Petty
- Kenny Loggins
- The Bus
- Neil Young
- Power Station
- Thompson Twins
- Thompson Twins with Madonna)
- Eric Clapton
- Led Zeppelin with Phil Collins and Tony Thompson with the battery
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Duran Duran
- Cliff Richard
- Patti LaBelle
- Hall & Oates (with G.E. Smith of Saturday Night Live with the guitar)/Eddie Kendricks/David Ruffin
- Mick Jagger
- Tina Turner
- Bob Dylan
- Keith Richards/Ron Wood
- the USA for Africa (directed by Lionel Richie)
See too
- nonofficial Site on Live Aid
- Band Aid
Simple: Live Aid
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