When Bob Geldof barked “give us your f***ing money” at a television audience of 1.9 billion in 1985, it was a blunt demand backed by guitars, satellites, and a moral certainty that music could feed ...

A new photographic exhibition at the National Photographic Archive brings audiences face-to-face with the colour, energy and emotion of the two iconic Live Aid concerts held at Wembley Stadium and JFK ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Bob Dylan, Pete Townshend and Jimmy Page were among the guitarists who ruled the day at Live Aid ...

Freddie Mercury didn't want to do Live Aid at first. He wasn't against the cause of trying to feed starving children in Africa. The issue was that Queen had not played together in a bit, and ...

On July 13, 1985, the world’s biggest music stars gathered for Live Aid, a massive benefit concert to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. In a new original series, CNN and BBC go behind the ...

Freddie Mercury peacocking across the stage, pumping his mic stand while 72,000 pairs of hands double clapped in unison during Queen's “Radio Ga Ga.” David Bowie, elegant in his powder blue suit, ...

(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.

(CNN) — Paul McCartney hadn’t taken the stage in over five years when he sat down at his piano to sing “Let It Be” for Live Aid on July 13, 1985, in a performance that was almost totally derailed by a ...

(CNN) — With the help of helicopters and a supersonic turbo jet, Phil Collins pulled off a series of performances worthy of a “Mission Impossible” movie at Live Aid forty years ago. The singer and ...