Live Aid is being celebrated on its anniversary by rebroadcasts of the concert by the BBC and 80sCentral.com, while CNN debuts a new four-week documentary, Live Aid: When Rock ‘n' Roll Took on the ...

Forty years ago this weekend, two concurrent concerts were held in London and Philadelphia in aid of relieving a brutal famine that had taken hold of Ethiopia. The legend of Live Aid has grown ...

CNN’s original four-part series takes music fans behind the scenes of the benefit concert that featured performances by Queen, U2, Mick Jagger with Tina Turner and other icons. By Danielle ...

(CNN) — British band Queen’s performance at 1985 charity mega concert Live Aid has gone down in the history books, but it almost didn’t happen, according to members Brian May and Roger Taylor.

Some of rock and metal's biggest names were at Live Aid in 1985, but there were also some very notable absences as well. Who are the big artists that missed out on Live Aid and why were they not there ...

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, ...

Phone lines melted during Live Aid 1985 due to the massive volume of donors calling in, but not during the set that most people think.

If you purchase a product through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. The first part of the Live Aid documentary took a look at the origins of the massive, iconic benefit concert, with a ...

If you purchase a product through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. The fourth part of the series will feature a look at organizer Bob Geldof’s work with Bono, in particular, to stage ...