Forty years ago this month, Bob Geldof unleashed his “global jukebox”. With the help of Midge Ure and promoter Harvey Goldsmith, he staged a concert across two venues on either side of the Atlantic, ...

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That image of Freddie Mercury still lingers. In a white chest-hugging vest, the frontman of rock band Queen had energetically pranced around London’s Wembley Stadium stage, belting out the hits Radio ...

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The Live Aid concert in 1985 in London, England. I mean, what could go wrong? (Photo by Dave Hogan via Getty Images) Forty years ago, a well-intentioned, spontaneous group of musicians, led ...

Forty years after Live Aid, U2’s Bono recalled the “bad hair day” he had during the charity concert in London in 1985 “One of the most famous moments of your life and your activism, you’ve got a ...

NEW YORK -- Forty years ago, the legendary Live Aid concerts aimed to do a lot of good - helping to raise over $100 million for famine relief in Ethiopia and inspiring worldwide awareness for a cause ...

The mullet’s not for everyone. In the new documentary “Live Aid: When Rock ‘n’ Roll Took on the World” documentary, Bono admitted that he regrets his hair choice during U2’s performance at Live Aid in ...

Backstage at Live Aid in Philadelphia in 1985 are (from left) David Crosby, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Jack Nicholson, Fred Spanjaard. Courtesy photo Back in 1985 when Live Aid, the largest charity ...

“One of the most famous moments of your life and your activism, you’ve got a mullet,” Bono said in a new documentary about Live Aid Staff/Mirrorpix via Getty; VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Forty years ...