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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.
On 21 February 2023, it was announced that BT Sport would rebrand as TNT Sports on 18 July 2023, ahead of the 2023–24 football season; the branding is derived from WBD's U.S. general entertainment channel TNT (which has historically carried sports coverage, such as the NBA; the brand had also previously operated in the UK), [39] and has also ...
JFK Stadium - Live Aid As Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young July 14, 1985 Houston Southern Star Amphitheatre July 17, 1985 Bonner Spring Sandstone Amphitheatre July 18, 1985 St Louis Fox Theatre July 19, 1985 Springfield Prairie Capital Convention Centre July 20, 1985 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum July 23, 1985 Toledo Centennial Hall
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 ...
The Live Aid concerts were notable for Collins performing at both the Philadelphia and London shows. Bob Geldof, the organiser of Live Aid, originally asked Collins to be part of Geldof's first charity effort, Band Aid. Collins provided drums and sang backing vocals for Band Aid's 1984 No. 1 UK hit, "Do They Know It's Christmas?".
On this day in 1985, a worldwide rock concert dubbed 'Live Aid' was organized to raise money for the relief of famine-stricken Africans at Wembley Stadium in London. According to History.com, the ...
TNT Sports is the brand name for sports television channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world that are owned and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). The name originates from the American cable television channel TNT .
He joined BBC Radio Five Live in 2004. [1] Whilst he was part of Five Live's main commentary team he commentated on two World Cups and a European Championship. [2] He also regularly appeared on the show 606, often alongside Robbie Savage. In 2010 he joined BBC Sport to be part of their coverage and also commentating on Match of the Day.