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History on song: Remembering Live Aid 1985 through books and online resources

Updated On: 13 July, 2022 11:27 AM IST | Vedika Mane

To commemorate the anniversary of Live Aid 1985, we curated podcasts, books, and documentaries to remember the iconic concert

The crowd at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium on July 13, 1985 in London, England. Pic Courtesy/Getty Images

Bob Geldof’s brainchild, Live Aid is regarded as the most well-known music-based fundraising event in history. The benefit performance, which was simultaneously conducted on July 13, 1985 at Wembley Stadium in London and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, attracted an estimated 1.5 billion television views and raised millions of dollars for famine relief in Ethiopia. Our definitive guide deep-dives into this significant day and the tales around it.

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>> Live Aid and We Heart Queen: Podcasters Heather Page and Jameson Maclnnis host a Gen X Guide to the Universe and discuss topics that can be new to millennials. In this episode, they take the listeners through MTV’s first live broadcast of the Live Aid concert. They speak about the funds raised for Ethiopia and its  16-hour coverage on television, along with sharing their favourite moments from the concert.
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