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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.
The legendary Live Aid concerts 35 years ago did a lot of good — helping reduce African famine and putting a spotlight on the world’s poorest nations. Irish rock star Bob Geldof may have ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 January 2025. Irish singer-songwriter and political activist (born 1951) Bob Geldof KBE Geldof in 2009 Born Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof (1951-10-05) 5 October 1951 (age 73) Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland Occupations Singer-songwriter political activist Years active 1975–present Spouses ...
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.
Bob Geldof has pushed back against claims he’s a “white saviour” for organising the 1985 Live Aid concert. Geldof, now 72, and fellow musician Midge Ure organised a major multi-venue benefit ...
When Harvey Met Bob is a 2010 television film, written by Joe Dunlop, dramatising the relationship between musician Bob Geldof and concert promoter Harvey Goldsmith as they organize the massive fundraising concert Live Aid in 1985. Directed by Nicholas Renton, the film stars Domhnall Gleeson as Geldof and Ian Hart as Goldsmith. [1] [2] [3]
Bob Geldof had one warning for the producers of the forthcoming stage adaptation of 1985’s Live Aid concert: “It better not be s***.”. Geldof and Scottish musician Midge Ure co-organised the ...
Live Aid, a 1985 fund-raising effort headed by Geldof, induced millions of people in the West to donate money and to urge their governments to participate in the relief effort in Ethiopia. [39] Some of the proceeds also went to the famine hit areas of Eritrea. [44] The event raised £145 million. [45]