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Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.
Just For One Day is a jukebox musical with a book by John O'Farrell.Told through a modern-day perspective, Just For One Day retells the events leading up to Live Aid, the 1985 benefit concert organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise awareness and funds for the famine in Ethiopia.
Live 8 producer/promoter Russell Simmons was the man responsible for adding more African-American artists to the Live 8 Philadelphia bill, including some Def Poetry Jam poets. After noticing the lack of hip-hop artists on the bill, Bono called Jay-Z and Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park personally and asked them to perform in Philadelphia.
Related: 1985 Live Aid Concert to Become a London Stage Musical Geldof also said that in today’s “fractious” world, “people have lost any ability to control events,” but when it comes to ...
While signed to Atlanta International, Byron Cage & Purpose released two live recordings: Dwell Among Us in 1995, and Transparent in Your Presence in 1996. On both albums, Cage served as co-producer. Cage has also made a guest appearance with the Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship Church Choir and Bishop Paul S. Morton. He appeared on the albums ...
Live Aid organiser Bob Geldof announced the event on 31 May. Many former Live Aid acts offered their services to the cause. Prior to the official announcement of the event, many news sources referred to the event as Live Aid 2. However, Geldof and co-organiser Midge Ure have since explicitly said they do not think of the event as the same as ...
Lifeway Research offers custom research services for churches, parachurch organizations and ministries. [20] Lifeway Research has also developed several assessments used by Southern Baptist churches and others that are designed to assess church members' spiritual growth, potential church revitalization efforts and church planting. [citation needed]
That song is definitely about hope." [4] Jones performed a solo acoustic version of the song at the 1985 Live Aid benefit concert. [4] He reflected in 2015 that it was "very fortunate" that he picked that song to perform and said that it was a "wonderful feeling" when the audience joined in to sing parts of the chorus. [3]